MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 57, 1 December 1919, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

SATURDAY'S BUSINESS./Saturday's charge sheet at the- Magistrate's Court was light. Mr. P. L. Soilings, S.M., was on the bench, and- he ■ convicted and discharged two iiret offenders for insobriety, and mulcted three others in the penalty of 10s., the amount of their bail, 'JUVENILE COURT. Two bpya wera arraigned before Mr. P. L. HollbißS, S.M.,'at a sitting of the Juvenile Court on' Saturday morning on a charge of interfering with the' tramway points in Rintoul Street.. It appeared that tha lads out'of sheer mischief 'altered an- electric switch diverting the traffic, and causing the train-. way officiate considerable annoyance. The youthful defendants pleaded guilty and, after severely admonishing them,' the Magistrate discharged them. .'On a.charge-of failing to send his child regularly to school John. M'Mi|lan was lined 103., with 7s. .costs. ' • RESERVED CIVIL JUDGMENT. A civil- casa involvjng some interesting points was the eubjeot.of & reserved judgment given by Mr. P. L. Hollings, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court on Saturday. A. C. Harding, clerk, claimed from T. S. Anderson,: warehouseman, the wm of ,£6O, together with £1 lia. in- , terest, at the rate of G per cent., from May to October, 1919. The plaintiff had advanced #50 to the defendants steprson, who at' that : time wss ft mippr, arid the,, defendant had signed a deed guaranteeing repayment. The defendant's sten-son was expecting, a legacy-of «£IOO, ajuf the amount advanced was to accommodate! him pending tlie payment of this windfall. Repayment was to be at the rate of J25 per iuonth. Default, had been made in the matter of repayment, and plaintiff accordingly called upon the, , guarantor to ropay the loan.. The de? fence, denied liability on the ground that tho plaintiff had promised to inform the defendant immediately if tho instalments were not paid, but had W>t done eo. The defendant also alleged that the plaintiff had made a false representation regarding the deed. In giving judgment the Magistrate commented that he had no reason to doubt tho credibility of the plaintiff regarding •the points raised, and, lie would therefore enter judgment for. the plaintiff for JEGO and costs. Security fpr appeal was fixed at the amount of the : judgment and i! 10. At the hearing Mr. N. Barker appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. J. M. Dale for the defendant.