MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1189, 26 July 1911, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.)

TWO PARROTS OF U.S.S. CO. WHO TOOK THEM"? At the Magistrate's Court yesterday Chas. J. Williamson was charged with (hut, on or about. April 12, ho stole two parrots, valued at .L'2o, tho property of the Union Steam Ship Company. An adjournment was asked for. It was stated that Williamson was second cook on the Aorangi, and it was alleged that on the last occasion on which tho vessel visited Wellington tho accused stolo tho two birds. So far, one bird had been recovered. A remand till to-day was allowed Bail (one surety of £20) was fixed.

KING AND TIE-I'IN. Christopher Gut was ("arged wilh having tlolcn a gold ring ;iml one opal tin-pin, on July £1, of the total value of .£(!, thi' property of Edith Biiquisl. CliiL'f-JJptcctivp flroljpi'i! ]iiwpcu(pd, anil Mr. JI. I'. O'Lcary roproionlcd the defpiubnt. Edith BiiT|iiist gave pvidenre that, while she wns. sbviiiß at. Hip Slippherd's Arms Hotel, she met Can , . One day Carr picked up the ring in question, and said;

"You litul belter give Iliis lo mo." \\"il-nc.-s answered that .'he would i-ell il lo him. lor HO?, liul mlio made Ilial. rwnnrl; only "in fun." Last Sumlay (In- rhis; and the lie-pin were missing' from Imt (lressinjr-inblo.

The ilel'e'.iilnnt admitted flint lie had picked up the riiift, but declared thai lie hail no intention of .stealing it. lie .-aid that he knew nolliixs at all of the liepi n. His 'tt'or.-Oiip observed that the probabilities were ii»ain?t Hie defendant', win would he convicted of the theft of thiring. There was no evidence on which to convict him of the theft of thu tiepin. .As the defendant had not brr:i before the Court before, he would be convicted and ordered to conic up for fentencp when called upon. "1 hope this will be a lesson lo him." remarked his Worship. UXSOBEF. Two person?, charged with insobriety, made their first /,. appearance, pleaded guilty, and were convicted and discharged. Three other first offenders failed to appear, and the Court, dealt with all of Iliem by estreating (heir half-sovereign bail.

CIVIL SIDE. THE OWNER AND THE TENANTS. S. E. Knowles, Wellington, proceeded against A. M'Donald, of tihuzneo Street, and his wife, a boardinghouse-keeper, to recover <E9 Os. 6tl. damages caused, it was alleged, by tho defendants' use of a dwelling and fixtures, such dwelling being tho property of the plaintiff. Judgment was given for plaintiff for .£5 10s., with costs amounting to £i 3s. Cd. JJr. C. E. Dix appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. A. L. Herdman for the defendants.

JUDGMENTS BT DEFAULT, (Before Dr. M'Arthnr, S.M.) In the following cases judgment by default was given in favour ot plaintiffs:— Jenkins and Mack v. T. Hill, ils., costs 55.; W. H. Xash v. W. J. Adcock, .£5 Is. 5d., costs .CI 3s. Cd.; Stewart Timber, Glass, and Hardware Co., Lid., v. Harry Smith, JEIB 11?. lOd., costs 155.; and Kennedy Jlacdonald, Ltd., v. Agnes Dawson Welsh, £L 155., costs ss. CONFLICTS EE AWAEDS. The Inspector of Awards claimed to recover from Isaac .Mav.'hincy .25 as penalty for a breach of tho Wellington Typographical Award. It was set out that the defendant had accepted £2 a week a» wages as a compositor, instead of <#J 55., as required by the award. Defendant was fined JM. Messrs. Johnson and Son were charged by the Inspector of Awards with having failed to pay Issac Mawhiney the minimum rate. The particulars stated by the inspector wero that Mawhiney had'been employed by Messrs. Johnson and Son since June 18, 1910, till November 8, receiving ,£1 ss. per week, and since November 8 he had been receiving .£2. Mawhiney could not be classed a≤ a "turnover ' (an apprentice turned over from one employer to another to finish his time), as he had been about ten years at tlio trade. Ho was about thirty years of age. Sir. Sievwright (the manager"of the firm) had stated that prior to engaging Mawliiney ho had advertised for a "turnover" and Mawhinoy had applied and agreed to work for:the wages staled. The inspector thought that tho man's appearance could not lead anyone to siippo-o that he was an apprentice. The inspector claimed to recover from the defendant .£lO as a penalty for a breach of the award.

Judgment was in favour of the inspector in the amount of ,£lO. Percy Hudson, Island Bay; a .builder, appeared to answer .1 ilaiiii of the inspector of Awards that he should pay a penalty of JMd for nn .alleged broach of the Carpenters' and Joiners' Award. The inspector complained that. .TIml?on had employed men at work in a suburban locality and had not paid them for (lie time necessarily occupied in travelling to and from work. Mr. JG. G. Jelliccc opppared for the defendant. The inspector called evidence relating to happenings in Juno, and when the ' inspector closed his case Mr. Jellicoe drew attention to the fact that the information referred to May. The case was dismissed. There was a partial hearing of a ense in which W. Lingard. estate agent. Wellington (for whom Mr. A. R. Atkinson appeared) sued K. K. Sweeney, eoatrac-tor, to recover .£23 allecred to be due on an I 0 TV Mr. A. Fair appeared for lbs defendant. The case will be contimi»d today.