MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 184, 30 April 1924, Page 9

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

POLICE, CIVIL AND BY-LAW CASES The police cases in the ll ® gi ? tra J? r 8 Court yesterday wore dealt with by Mr. B ’Fined ’ £3r ith tlie alter “ ativ ® ® f W days’ imprisonment for drunkenness, his 7 fourth lapse, Ernest Edward Elowerday was fined a further £-. with a similar default, for using obscene language. He was. in addition made the subject of a prohibition order for 12 "“wiUiam Wilson, a fifth offender for insobriety, was fined .£3, m default 14 days’ imprisonment, and £l, with the option of spending seven days in gaol, for procuring liquor during *he currency of his prohibition order. With two previous convictions for drunkenness, James Michael Simeon was fined £l, with the ’alternative of three days’ imprisonment, and *• second offender named Thomas Mylett, who did not appear, was fined the amount of his bail (£1). A sentence of two months imprisonment was imposed on John O’Brien, alias Edward Cotter, who was charged with stealing dll from Wong Gin. "Thank you very much, sir,” said accused as he stepped down. CIVIL BUSINESS. Judgment for plaintiff by default was riven by Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., in the following undefended civil cases: — A. S. Paterson and Co., Ltd. v. Joplin, Stallard, and Carmichael, Ltd., .£3l Ils., costs £4 6s. 6d.; Zak Studios v. nrs. L. M. Skeels (separate estate), costs mly Us.; Gordon and Gotch (Australia), Ltd., v. James Blaii, £7, costs ft 16s. 6d.; same v. F. Humphreys. £4 ■7s. 6d., costs -Cl 3s. Gd.; same v. R. J. ting. £3 6s. Bd., costs £1 9s. 6d.; C. B. Lempriere and Co. v. J. Koorey, Bs. 5d., costs £1 3s. 6d.;. Welsbach Light Company of Australasia, Ltd., v. J. Croker, £2 13s. 4d., costs £1 3s. Gd.; same v. J. 11. Williams, 55.; T. W. Leslie v. W. Wilson, £l6 155., costs £1 14f1.; Hugh O’Reilly v, W. Aitkins £2 10s., costs £1 3s. 6d.; Herbert Leonard Cummings (on behalf of the Crown) v. Mrs. Euphemia Murphy, 13s. 4d., costs 95.; Cathie and Sons. Ltd., v. Annie McMillan, 10s., costs 55.; Moore, Wilson, and Co., Ltd., v. W. J. W’ilkie, £5O 7s. -W., costs £-1 13s. Cd.; State Advances Superintendent (on behalf of the Crown) r. Lionel Bidwell Rhodes, £26 17s. 9d., costs £3 6s. . On a judgment summons,’ L. A. Braund was ordered to pay the New Zealand Express Co., Ltd., £'6 6s. 2d. before May 20, in default three days’ imprisonment; Lionel Bidwell Rhodes to pay tho State Advances Superintendent £lB 15s. 9d. before May 20, in default ten days’ imprisonment. BY-LAW BREACHES. The by-law cases were heard before Mr. C. R. Orr-Wa’.ker, S.M. Failure to attend drill cost Huia Clarence Jeffries and Albert James Aston each £1 and costs. Fines of £2 and costs were imposed on Arthur Keith Bonner, Robert Hedley, Ralph Craig, William Manning Craig, and William Frederick Mason, who had failed to register under the Defence Act. For failing to comply with a cleansing order William Ryan was fined £1 and coats. Robert Johnston, whose house contained defective taps, and sink waste pipe, was fined £1 and costs £1 Is. For keeping his backyard in a condition likely to prove a harbour for rats, Abraham Josephs wm fined £2 and costs.

Albert Walsh, who left a horse-drawn vehicle in the middle of the street contrary to the new by-law. was fined ss. and costs For permitting the existence of fly lavae, George Swensson was fined £2 and cods, Edward N. Sutherland. £1 10s., md James Joseph Jackson and Denis Mulhane, each £1 and costs.