MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1389, 15 March 1912, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Dr. M'Arthur, S.il.) DAY'S BAY FIRE. Dr. M'Arthur continued the hearing of the enso in. which the Wellington Steam lYnips, Ltd., was sued by two Day's Bay property-holders, who clniired, between tlu'm, .£250, us (ho amount cf damage, to property dona by a fire, wli.ch, they alIcKt'd, the lorry Company's servants had caused through negligence. The plain(ills were Catherine M'lntish, a Civil \ , ''!'™ ,lt - wl '° ftomipcl 4:iSO; and Arthur njlhain Press nn accountanl, who claiml Jl . r " '*• ''• I '"' ;o nPPC'Ptt for Miss At Intosh, Mr. T. Young fot Press, and Mr. T. S. Weston walclied the case on uplmlt of certain other interested navtu's. Mr. A. Blair and Mr. Watson represented the Ferry Compaiy. At the former hearing, it was stated that the allegation was that tho tuo bad been started 3n tho delendnnts property by the. defendant's servants, nn d that, throngl tho negligence, of those servants, it had spread and caused tho damage, alleged Usterday, Mr. Blair (on bhalf of the llelondant company) submitted that the plaintills would need to prove beyond doubt that tho fire which tlfe defendant's servants had lit was the lire which had n Innately done the damage in question. Ino lire made by the defendant's men had been made in a sheltered place, and, also, had been carefully extinguished. However, it the Court contidered there was any doubt in tho maiter, tho dcdoubt m SCt lhe b€llcflt; cf tHt „„ ] d V Mf n r W I S Sivoll 0r > *i e fondant, and the Court reserved decision. SCHOOL TEACHER AND HOTELICEEI'ER. D M. Poison school feather, of Wellington, sued W, ,1. .lorgtnson, hotelkeeper, Petono, for .£SO, „ nd j nlPrest wf°? 6 PS* «™t as from December 28, 1911. Mr. T. c. A. HWon reiiicwnted tho plaintiff and Mr. J.' J. MGrath the defendant. lhe plaintiff stated that in November, 1311, ho had negotiated with defendant for the purchase of the leaso of tho Crand National Hotel, j'etone, and tl e purchase of the furniture anil the stock of the defeiuiant. It had been arranged that p ail'.M should deposit .£SO with defendant's solicitors, which amount was to be. available ,f an agreement was armed at. A o agreement had been come to and the £o0 was payable to plaintill on December ''8 Defendant brought n cross action claiming Al-0 1..;. I,d. as damages alleged to of plaintiff to complete an nlleged contract to purchase, the furniture for -EIOO. LMdcnoe was hoard, and the case was then adjourned till next Thursday. CYCLEMAKEKS' CLAIM. Jm- thß T e '" wh . ici l B °Mhcr and Company, cycle manufacturers, Wellington sued Herbert S. Pointer,, of for -i.il IU. ii amount claimed for goods and material supplied, and work done, Dr -U Arthur gave judgment for plaintiffs for '-,iL th i i lcai i us ' ?K Tj ' K - Kirkcaldio appeared for tho plaintiffs, and Mr. J. J. M Orath for tho defendant. UNDEFENDED CASES. .In the following cases judgment was given for tho plaintiffs by default:-C. Pratt and Co. v. Aiex. Parker, X3G Us. 3d , costs £2 155.; E. F. Hiscocks v. Herbert Alban Parker.-.£5, costs £\; "Wellington limber Co., Ltd., v. H. 11. Knight, £\\ of. 10(1. costs £1 10s. Gd.: 11. P'rico and Co., Ltd., v. Neville and Schnucr, Jill 9s. ad costs £1 10s. (id.; Wellington Bricklayers Inion v. E.' Kubrick, 155., costs Gs.; John Edward Jenkinson v. A. Phillips •£5 12s. 111., costs £1 js. Gd.; Charles Beg? and Co., Ltd., v. John Beaton Collins £i 10s., costs 10s.; Arthur Edward Guest v. Walter Bishop, IBs. M., costs 75.; E J. Forbes and Co., Ltd.; v. C. J. H. Dobs'on, £i 10s., costs 10s.; H. B. Ross and Co. v! John Brunton, ,£7 Bs. Bd., costs «£1 3s. Gd.; same v. A. Geor. J;l3 12s. 10d., costs £1 lus-Cdi; and P. Hayman and Co. v. D. M; Leckic, £23 is. lid., costs £1 Ms. ORDERS HADE: K. H. Pratt was ordered to return a piano to FY J. Pinnev within seven days, or, if possession could not be obtained, to pay i!G9 Bs.' Id. Pratt was also ordered to nay costs £i 10s. Gd. Hairy H. Knisht was ordered to pay E. W. Mills and Co., Ltd., £23 lGs. 3d. by March 28. In the case of the Wellington Loan Co., Ltd., v. W. 11. Kim-is;, a claim for £iS 195., debtor was ordered to pay the amount by March 28. James Ivirkwood 'was ordered to pay £d 7s. Gd. to William Lowe by March 28. A. Bailey was ordered to pa'v the Commercial Agency, Ltd., .£ll 18s! bv March 28. In the case of F. Cross and 'Sons v. Charles Bird, debtor was ordered to pay M 0 13s. 3d. by March 28. POLICE CASES. (Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.) WICKS'S BONDSMEN., Tho bondsmen for Arthur Joseph Wicks applied to be released from their sureties. Wicks had been on bail pending trial respecting a certain charge. Mr. E. K. Kirkcaldie appeared for Wieks. His Worship said that if the bondsmen were dissatisfied with Wicks's conduct they were quite entitled to apply for release. His Worship released them, and stated that two further sureties would havo to be found. The sureties were provided. Information was obtained from the police last evening that the new bail bond had not beeen signed and that Wicks had consequently been retained in custody. A STEAMER DESERTER. John Mars, a firoman convicted of having deserted from tho steamer Kaipara on March 8, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. It was stated that-the steamer was considerably delayed through Mars*3 action,, having to wait for several days ponding tho arrival of a vessel from which men were transferred. THEFTS FROM BOARDERS. Joseph Allen Smith, alias Henderson, appeared on five charges of theft—watches, ring, etc.—from a M'illia Street boardinghouse. It was stated by the polico that Smith had entered boarders' rooms when they wero at work, and had taken tho property mentioned. He had sold or pawned the articles, obtaining mcjjspy which had taken him to Wangonui. flt Wanganui he had committed a somowflat similar offence, and had then given himself up to the police. For tho Wanganui affair ho had been sentenced to a fortnight's iniDrisonment, and was then remanded to Wellington. Accused was a Burnham boy, nnd had nbsconded from the industrial school in 1907. His Worship sentenced Smith to three months' imprisonment. OTHER CASES. Madgo Courtenay, alias J/>in Lea, was fined JCI for creating a breach of tho peace by using threatening behaviour. I'or insobriety, Jeremiah Looney and John Williams were ench fined 10s. Francis Adair was fined J!3 for having committed a breach of a prohibition order. JUVENILE COURT. In tho Juvenile Court, a boy of ten years mii ordered to receive four strokes of tho birch for stealing a watch.