MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2581, 1 October 1915, Page 5

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

CIVIL BUSINESS A QUEEN CARNIVAL PRIZE ' Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., presided at the civil sittings of the Magistrate's Court yesterday. A ease which occupied his attention was that'in which Miss M. E. Taylor, secretary of the combined Drapers' Carnival Committee, sued Mrs. J. H. Ward to recover a bridal doll, valued at .£lO, or in the alternative the sum of £10 as damages. The doll had been raffled at the recent Queen Carnival, .and had been wrongly delivered to the defendant (Mrs. Ward), so the plaintiff alleged, instead of to a Jliss Ward, the iictaal winner of the raffle. Mi\ E. IC. Kirfccaklie' appeared for the plaintiff, wliile Mr. P. W. Jackson appeared for the defendant. After hearing the evidence,' the Magistrate gave judgment.for the plaintiff for the return of the doll, or in the alternative the sum of £b as damages. No costs were allowed.

NO JURISDICTION. Reserved judgment was given in the case of Frederick Jones v. William Nevill Ward, a claim for possession of a house and section at Island Bay and for rent and mesne profits. The' Magistrate held that, as the question.of title was involved, he had no ju/risdiction in the matter, and thq action, must be dismissed.' Mr. T. W. Hislop appeared for the plaintiff, while Mr. T. Neave appeared for the' defendant.

THE TAILORS' AWAED. In the case of the Inspector of Awards (William Slaughter) v: 1 James Bell, in which defendant was charged with employing weekly hands in greater proportion than the provisions of the Tailors' Award entitled .him to employ, a fine of JJ2 was imposed. - Mr. W. Perry appeared for the defendant.

. , UNDEFENDED ACTIONS. Judgment by default was given for the plaintiffs in the following' undefended civil actions Vacuum Oil Company Proprietary, Ltd., v. N. C. Ba'ssie, 19s. "d., costs 75.; Commercial ; Agency, Ltd., assignees J. W. Murray v.. George Halley, £3 10s. Bd., costs l-'s.; Commercial -Agency, .Ltd., A'. Bergerson, £i 30s: 6d., costs t £l ■Is.; Dr. H. C. Faulke v. Harold A. Tockor, £17 10s., costs £2 os. 6d.; W. H. lunsey v. Alice M. Woolcott, £1155,, costs 55., against separate estate; Wellington Publishing Company, Ltd., v. F. Waters, •Ei Bs. 6d., costs 75.; L. W. Balkind v. Mrs. Mabel Stewart, ,J,l 75., costs Bs.;.L. W. Balkind v. H. Pilchcr, JEI3 lis., costs 175.; Dr. H. C. Faulke v. C. H. Dixon, Is., costs 10s.; Commercial Agency, Ltd., assignees H. C. Gibbons and Co., Ltd., v.- E. Mcrrin, .£3 13s. od„ costs 195.; same v., J. Taylov, £5 10s. 2d., costs 10s. Gd.; same v. H. Wilde, JE2 3s. Gd„ costs 10s.; same y. H. W. Robinson, Bs, costs 55.; Sharland and Co., Ltd., v. John Hamilton, .£2, costs 15s.

JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. Walter Moore, who failed to appear on a judgment summons, was ordered to pay is. to William Branigan on or before Octobor 11, in default to undergo 21 days' imprisonment. Duncan K. Cameron was ordered to pay to Susan Cameron the smn of ,£2B 9s. by insfcalments of ss. per week, the first payment to bo made on Monday next.

205., in default to undergo three days' imprisonment,. Edward Hill was sontonced to two months' imprisonment for disobedience of a maintenance order, the warrant to be suspended so long as ho should pay 10.?. per week for future compliance with the order, and in satisfaction of the arrears, which were reduced to ilso. He was also ■ordered to pay .£1 Is. solicitor's fee. Mr. A. H. Hindmarsh appeared for the complainant, while Mr. P. \V. Jackson appeared for the defendant. John Liglitfoot was remanded until Wednesday next on a charge of assault, causing actual bodily liann. Bail was allowed in tlie sum of ,ElO9. The charge is the outcome of an occuirrenco at Pliminerton oil Tuesday, the victim of the alleged assault being the accused's- wife. Margaret Carlile was convicted and discharged for drunkenness, but for using obscene language she was fined ■ £i, in default to undergo fourteen days' imprisonment.

James O'Neill, for drunkenness, was fined X 3, the alternative being one month's imprisonment. For a similar offence, William Perrv Bradv was.fined 205., default being fixed at three days' imprisonment. James Howard and William Whiteside', who were also convicted of drunkenness, were fined 103. each, with the option of. a term of <18 hours' imprisonment. Three first offenders were also dealt with.