MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2216, 31 July 1914, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE GASES. . Police WS|S6S at yesterday's sitting of the Magistrate's Court were dealt with by. Mr. D. 6;> A. Cooper, S.M. Frederick Radolff was convicted and ordered to como up for sentence when called upon, on a charge of being an idle and who consorted with women of. ill-fame. Fines of 10s. each were imposed on Walter Clements and Alfred Peterson, who admitted behaving in a threatening manner in Cuba Street. For insobriety, Mary Harding,- alias Smith, was sent to gaol for one month. Throe first offenders were convicted and discharged. JUVENILE COURT. Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., presided over a sitting of the Juvenile Court yesterday, when a boy aged 15 years pleaded guilty to a theft of £2 9s. 9d., the property of the United Farmers' Co-.

operative Association, Lambton Quay. Ihe lad was admonished and discharged. CIVIL ACTIONS. SALE OF A PROPERTY. The rights of laud agents in dealing .with property to.be disposed of by auction were discussed in a case in which aarcourfc and Co., auctioneers, sued Itobert Wallace, farmer, of Aria, in the aikato, for £22 135., being 'commission claimed to be duo on the sale of a 1 property known as No. 10 Luxford otrect, Wellington. The plaintiffs claimed that they were authorised to find a purchaser for the property, the property which was put up for auction. Plaintiffs contended tnat it was the invariable custom to leave tho property in tho hands of tho auctioneers for a definite period after tne auction. Ihe properly was submittea lor sale, but 110 business was done, and after defendant notified plaintiffs that lie-had sold the property to a friend. As plaintiffs had stipulated that they were to have the right of private treaty within three months of the' auction, they made the claim for commission. The main contention for the ri en £° ?' as tllat no acti6n of the plaintiffs had brought purchaser and seller ' together. Decision was reserved. Mr. Sim appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. W. ard for the defendant. OTHER DEFENDED CASES. Before Mr. D. 'G, A. Cooper* S.M., i. Cox, of Eastbourne, settler, sued I tieorgo Clark and Patrick Dunn, painters, for the return of. a step ladder, vahied at £1 55., and 10s. damages for detention. The defence was that Clark had borrowed tho ladder, not' Dunn, lie Magistrate gave judgment for the plaintiff, with costs £1 15s; Mr. A. M. for the plaintiff, and Mr. W: Perry for the defendants. Arthur James Petherick, liquidator of the Gracefield Estate Sypdicate, Ltd., sued Francis Wallace Mackenzie, before Mr. D. G; A. Cooper, 5.M.,-for ii 0 8j m 7s. 5d., being moneys alleged to be due under an indemnity. ITie defence was a general denial of lia-bility,.'The-case was adjourned till ruesday_ for legal argument. Mr. T. ioung is appearing for the plaintiff, and Mr. C. H. Treadwell'. for the defondant., ' In tho defended case in which Cole, Crump, and' Cundy. milk vendors, sued Sydney Gardiner for 16s. 7d., for milk Bupplied, judgment was given for plain- 1 tiff for the amount claimed, with costs ' ss. ■

i i' S.M., delivered reserved decision, in the case ,in which }i m L '?e ard Co., land agents, sued Alex Adcock, grocer, for £30, commission claimed to be due to plaintiff on the-sale of'a business for the defendant; His Worship hold that tho plaintiffs were partly responsible for the 6alo, although tliey. did not complete it. Judgment would be for plaintiff for £1D and costs £2 lis. ■ Mr. D. M. Findlay appeared for the plaintiff,: and Mr. ,0. .Beere for the defendant . DEFAULTING DEBTORS. .Judgment for plaintiff by default was gren by Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M;, in' MofoJUowmg casesßutterwortli Bros, v. \V. ;61 55., costs os.; Comniercial Agency, Ltd., v. Leslie Smith, Js. ud.,: costs, only;. Vacuum Oil Company v. EUreka Gold Dredging : ComP a n}> £° lis. lid.. 'costs £1 Bs. 6d.: D.I.C. v. W. M'Millan, £14 12s. 10d., costs £1 12s. 6d.; Bannatyne. ami Hunter v. G. .W. Venables, £17 05.,6 d., costs. £1 13s. 6d.; City Council v. Geo. Fearn, £6 19s. id., costs 95.; Commercial Agoncy v. Per6y Ramsay, £4 155., costs 10s.; Wellington' Loan Company v. James E. Howard, £9 7s. lid., cost's i£l 3s. Cd.; South Pacific- Mortgage- avid Deposit Co. v. William B. Carrick, £16 45., costs £1 10s. Cd..; H. C. Gibbons, and Co., Ltd., v. R. Patching, 4s! 6(1., costs 175.; same v. F. Butcher, £15 2s. 6d., costs £1 ■ 10s. 6d.'j same v. Mrs. M. A. M'Curdy, £21 95., lid., costs £3'25.; Stewart Timber Co.. Ltd.; v. Foglia aiid Copp, :10s., costß only.; Dr. .P. Mackin v. Augustin B. Corrigan, £16 2s. 6d., costs £1 10s. 6d.; Wyett and De Latour v. Augustin B. .Corrigan, £15, costs £1 10s. Gd.; M'Eldowiic.v Bros. v. Cron and Harnett. £48 2s 9d., costs £3 75.; E. W. Mills and Co., Ltd.; v. Albert Timms, £4 7s. 6d., costs 125.; W. G: Turnbull 'and C 0,,: Ltd., v. Geo. Beckett, 55., costs only; same v. M'Kinnon and Co., £7 165., costs £1 3s. 6d.; Cole, Crump, and Cundy v.. Charles'Te Koroneho, £9 55., costs 55.; Bamiatvno and Hunter v. J. A. Persson, £10'i7s. Cd.,, costs £1 10s., 6d.; R. Hudson and Co. v. Mrs. J. Whale, £10 ss. Id., costs £1 10s.; 6d.; S. S. E. Siggins v. Royce Ellis, £4 35., costs 10s. : ' •' ' , JUDGMENT SUMMONS. George Pugh was-ordered to pay Henry Wright £8 4s. 7d. before August 3, 'in default, seven days in gaol.