MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 55, 28 November 1917, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE CASES Messrs.. S. B. M'Oarthy, S.M., and L. G. Reid, S.M., dealt with, the polico bueiness. Thos. Clarence Pearco and Henry Thomas were each fined 25., with costs 75., because of their children's absence from school. Charles Pyo also was prosecuted by the truant officer. He was fined 10s., with costs 7s. A juvenile was remanded till Thursday on a charge of having broken and entered a dwelling at Oamaru and stolen £8. John M'Kinnon was. sentenced to three months' imprisonment for insobriety. George Albert and Erling Bergethon Anderson were each fined £2 for having behaved in a disorderly manner while drunk. Alfred Lund was convicted of a breach of the War Rcgulatione _ because he had boarded, without written permission from the authorities, a ship not exclusively engaged in coastal trade. He was ordered to pay a fine of £5 or spend a month in gaol. ■ M. D. Kilkery was remanded on bail till December 5 on a charge of hpi'hie fnreeda'pronosnl for insurance addressed to the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, Ltd.

CIVIL CASES. In the case of Henry Liudale, labourer, against E. S. Knight, a claim of £73 6s. 4d. for injuries received through the breaking of a scaffold, Mr. W. G., Riddel], S.M., gave judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, with costs. Mr. P. J. O'Rcgan appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. T. Neave for the defendant. ■ Judgment for plaintiff by default was given by Mr. W. G. Biddell, S.M., in the following cases:—Kodak (Australasia), Ltd., v. W. J. Oliver, costs 165.; Rosa Brooks v. Frank Tovnend, £2 45., costs 10s.; Law Book, Co. of N.Z., Ltd., v. John Friend, £10 6s. Bd., costs £1 10s. 6d:; Hood Brothers v. Miss M. Hurley, 'Is. 4d., costs 55.; Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., v. W. Draper.£l3 7s. sd„ costs £1 10s. 6d.; Marie Louisa Janson v. H. W. Butler, £3 175., costs 135.; Karori Borough Council v. J. Kerigan, £10 2s. 4d., costs £1 10s. 6d.; same v. Andrew Gregg, £7 Is. 4c1.. costs £1 3s. 6(1.; A. E. Kernot, Ltd., v. Wm. Henry Batson, £7 10s. 6d., costs £1 3s. 6d.; B Reginald Collins and Co., Ltd., v. W. L. Butler, £11 75., costs £2 145.; same v. H. T. Field, £3 2s. 3d., costs 195.; Herb Price v. F. K Williams, £6 12s. 6d. costs £1 3s. 6d.; N.Z. Furniture Trades Union v. Walter Sparworth, £1 155., costs as.; Harold W. Brown and Co., Ltd., v. Frank Rhodes, £141 Is. 6d., costs £6 10s. 3d.; Kempthome, Prosscr, and Co. v. J. D. Scott, £3 10s. 6d., costs 10s.; Westport Coal Co., Ltd., v. James Wright, 16s. 3d., costs 75.; Harold W. Brown and Co., Ltd., v. John Olliver, £193 3s. 4d„ costs £8 14s. 3d.; Mrs. B. Dinnihan v. George Edgar Robertson, £6 19s. 6d., costs £1 3s. 6d.; Hope, Gibbons, Sons, and J. B. Clarkson and Co., Ltd.. v. J. C. V. Scott, £5 13s. 9d., costs Bs.; Wm. Belcher v. T. J. Flynn, £44 16s Cd., costs £2 ]45.; Dominion Rubber Co. v. Garnet Holmes, £23 14s. 6d., costs £2 14s. In a judgment summons case J. Rapley was ordered to pay R. Bouttel! £7 4s. 7d! by December 11, in default one week's imprisonment.