MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2757, 28 April 1916, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

CIVIL BUSINESS UNDEFENDED CLAIMS Mr. W. G. Riodell S.M., presided at yesterday's sitting of the Magistrate's''Court,; when judgment by default was givo'n for the plaintiffs in tho following undefended civil claims:— Cims. Bcgg and Co., Ltd., v. Joseph Batchclor, £7 10s. b'd., costs £1 Bs. 6d.; Commercial Agency and Thomas Horton, Ltd., v. Maurice Nuku, £1, costs 175.; City Council v. William JEdwiu Batenian, £7, costs- £1 4s. Gd.; Imperial Conservatory of Music v. Charles Lockhart, £1 3s. (id., costs 95.; Veitch and Allan v. Oliver Instonc, £2 3s. 4d., costs 10s.; William Jones v. J. R. Itenner, £25 Gs. Bd., costs £2 145.; Carlyle Beatson Robertson and Mrs. S. J. Shore v. Mrs. Mary Scullin, 18s. 4d., costs 65.; samo v. Ernest E. Goodall, £2, costs 10s.; J. B. Clarkson and Co., Ltd., v. John Gordon, £25 6s. Bd., costs £1. 35.; George Jeffrey v. Trooper H P. Hodgins, £17 145., costs ; £1 lis. 6d.; Miramar Borough Council v. Neil Paulson, £11 ss. 6d., costs £1 10s. 6d. ; Storer, Meek- and Co., Ltd., v. Frank J. Munson, £3 175., costs 10s.; Carlylo Beatson Robertson v. Charles Jackson, £1 7fii 10d., costs 55.; Alcock and Co., Ltd., v. W. Smith, £7' 75.'6 d., costs £1 3s. 6d.; G. and C. Ald'ous 'r. Frank Wills, £5 3s.,costs £1 3s. 6d.

JUDGMENT SUMJIONSES. Orders wero mado.in fpur jtidgment summons cases.. Frank Victor Blandford was ordered to ..pay Alesr. Garden the sum of £7 ss. 9d. by May 11, in default to undergo seven days' imprisonment. S. Alexander was ordered to pay Jack Jacobus the sum of £2 3s. 6d. by May 11, in default, to undergo 48 hours' imprisonment.. ..''■> Charles Koroneho was ordered to pay A. J. Hulme the. sum of £2 9s. by instalments of £1 per month. Thomas .Forsythe was ordered to pay Mrs. Jane Wilcox the sum of £4 4s. by instalments of Bs. per month.

; POLICE OASES. Only a few police .cases were on yesterday's list. A soldier, r.amed Andrew M'Coll was fined 40s. for obstructing Constable ■ Hall w.heii the latter was arresting a drunken man. In default of payment of the'fine aocused.is to go to gaol for seven days. Andrew Williamson, an old man, was convicted and discharged for drunkenness on condition that he entered the Ohiro Home. .■ ,' i - ' , Patrick William Lee, who had been arrested on a charge of helpless'drunkenness, and who had been under curative treatment in gaol, was convicted and ordered to pay 17s. 6d. expenses. Six ftrst-offendiiig inebriates were convioted and discharged.