MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2955, 15 December 1916, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

. , , . . .y .... ; CIVIL CASES W. G. Riddell, S.M., conducted the civil Bitting of the Magistrate's Court yesterday. t HORSES AND A DAY'S BAY !' garden. • James Stevenson, of 'Wellington, insurance clerk, • proceeded against KorInaii Bennett,'of-Day's Bay, storekeeper, respecting damage said to have been done by defendant's horses to □is gato, /lawn, and garden/ ■ • The. statement of claim set out that two horses belonging to Bennett broke through Stevenson's rustio gate, and destroyed his garden , and lawn/ The claim was for £12 7s. 6d.—£9 16s. for damage : to the lawn,-'the garden, and tho gate, and £3 ,65.. special damages. Mr. P. H. Gill represented the plaintiff, and Mr. P. H. 'Putnam the defendant. judgment was for plaintiff for£l 10s. for trespass only. . DID. NOT CONSULT THE UNION. D. Geroudis, of. the Commonwealth Cafe, Cuba Street, was proceeded, against, by tho Inspector of Awards for advertising for a workman and not making application to the secretary, of the. union.. The case was not defended. Mr. Riddoll fined defendant 10s. He said the offence was not very serious, but still the award' must be obeyed. BUTCHERS AT VARIANCE. "Win. Bailey, of .20 "Wilson Street, butcher, claimed from Isaac Sykes,. of Cuba Street, butcher, £3 10s., a week's wages in lieu of notice.'! ■ Mr.. F. H. Gill appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. H. E. Evans fortho defendant. : .• ' ; Judgment was for plaintiff for £3. BREACHES, OF AWARD. The Inspector of Awards proceeded against, Mrs. Copeland, of tho Crown Tea Rooms,, Moleßworth Street, for three breaches •of award. ; First, it was said, she paid a cook 225. 6d. per week, instead of 305.: second,' she engaged a waitress without applying to, the union; and third, she failed to keep ft wages and time-book. No defence was set up, .and tho Magistrate fined defendant £1. JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT. ■In the following cases- Mr. Riddell entered judgment for the plaintiffs by default:— ' ,- , ' Frost and Frost v'. W. Allan, £1 18s., costs 75.; •' Milsoii and Co. v. Agnes Murphy, coßts only 15s. ; Bannatyne and Hunter, Ltd., v. S. C: Pepper, £1 13s.j cost's 55.; same v. A. 15. Wilton, £23 6s. 5d., costs £2 145.; F. Crossley v. J. M'Auliffo, £4 35., costs 10s.; Fredk. Crossley v. H. Parata, £:> 25., costs' £l' 55.; B. Reginald Collins and Co., Ltd., v. George E. Orsborne, £5 lis., costs' £2 Bs. 6d.j D. Wpi. Young v.'' James Harding, £3 55., costs 155.; Jack Jacobus v. C. Crawford, £1 16s.'Gd., c-osts 55.; Allan- Anderson v. B.' Mulholland, £6 os. 10d., costs £1 3s. '6d.,; Win. M. Goldrick v. Harold White, £3 195., costs ss. i JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. Thomas. Stewart was ordered to pay Maurice Fisher £7 4s. Id. by January 11; and Harry-Smiley to pay'F. E. Reading £45 3s. by January 11. '"/police business. Mr. L. G. Re id, ..S.M., dealt with the .police business. , William Joseph Cotter was'.fined £1 for insobriety and was prohibited. Thomas Patrick O'Neill admitted having deserted from tie Expeditionary Force. He was convicted and handed to tho military.

Clara Alice Ross, alias Helm, and James Arthur Ross, were sentenced to three months' imprisonment for keeping a house of ill-fame in Martin Street. James Arthur Ross was fined £10, in default one month's imprisonment, for selling liquor without a license. James Gibbonß was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for living in Ross's house of ill-fame. The three were remanded till December 20 on. a charge of robbing (with violence) «ne Ballone Giovani, an Italian fisherman.