MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 75, 22 December 1926, Page 5

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

POLICE CASES

Mr. E. Page, S.M., presided iu the jiugisllaie s Court yesteruay. ixmuUiy Murray, a tuna offender tor inuuiVeuuvos, was lined lus., in delaull lb hours' iinprisuuuieul. uu a charge ul casting oheiibive mailer liu was himu Jll, in ueiauil Bcieu days. Leslie ScoUHar, a labourer, aged 30, pleaued guilty lo sleuliug a pair ox while cuuvas saues, valued al is. nd., the properly of Thomas tl biieu. Chief Deleo live Ward Dialed luat the accused bud taken the dliood Horn a shop qooruay. assistuht had seen him and called •i constable; but the accused bolted, and when caught by the detectives put up a fight. Ho was a married muu with four cuildreu. lhe accused told the Magisuute that be had been drinking at the time, but His Worship said there was a long list of previous convictions against accused, six of them for theft. He would be sent to gaol tor two months with hard labour. . . , . 1 Albert Edward Duncan arrived in Wellington by the Marama from Sydney yesterday and appeared later on in tpe day in the Magistrate's Court, where Chief Detective Ward stated that the accused had been committed for trial in the Supreme Court, on September 8, on two charges of breaking and entering. Ho had been admitted to bail iu a sum or J2OO, but had absconded to New South Wales. There he had been located by the police, who arrested him for a breach of the immigration laws and had him

sent back to New Zealand. On arrival here he was taken into custody. His Worship ordered Duncan to prison so that ho might stand his trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court. CIVIL CASES Judgment by default for plaintiff was given in the following undefended civil cases by Mr. W. G. Kiddell, S.M., m the Magistrate’s Court yesterday: T. and S. Supply Stores v. W. O’Connor, 14s 7d.. costs 18s.; W. F- Shirer V w. J. Maddison, £8 16s„ costs <£l 10s. fid.; Butterworth and Co. (Aus.) Ltd. v. E. J. Green. £'l4. costs £2 145.: Hope Gibbons Ltd. v. Smith Motor Service, .£2O 2s. B<l., costs £1 10s.; Laery Beveridge and Co. Ltd. v H. F Cameron. .£179 15s. 9d„ costs £8 18s.; E T. Taylor and Co. Ltd. v H F. Cnmeron, £5l 11s. fid., costs £4 19s. fid.; Ullatliorne, Hartridge and Co.. Ltd. v. C. Ross, £3 2s. 9d.. cost' .£1 3s. (id.: A. A. Stichburv Ltd. v. M. Blackert. £27 4s. 3d., costs £4 Is. fid.; Psmos Timber and Machinery Co. v. Shaw and Alsweller. £l2 25.. costs £2 Us. Cd On a judgment summons J. W. McClintock was ordered to nay Abraham Moss £lO5 Bs. 5d forthwith, in default one month’s imnrisonment, the warrant to be suspended so long as defendant nays £lO a month Overdue accounts are collected bt> The Dominion Mercantile Agencv Ltd ■ offices, Wellington. Auckland. Christ church Agents throughout the world Specialists in collections trade reports and assignments Head Office, Union Rank Chambers Wellington —Advt.