MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 117, 15 February 1928, Page 9

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

POLICE, BY-LAW AND CIVIL CASES Mr. E. Page, S.M., dealt with police cases in the Magistrate’s Court this morning. Victor Fanning Fraser Kett, alias McCarthy, alias Fraser, alias John McDonald, age 40, and John Joseph Corby, alias McGonville, aged 28, were each fined £2, in default seven days’ imprisonment, for casting offensive matter. They were both convicted and discharged tor drunkenness. Kenneth Martin Beck, a carrier, aged 27, who pleaded guilty to stealing an electric battery, valued at £1 155., the property of the Railway Department, was fined in default one month's imprisonment. Accused, who stole the battery from the Thorndon goods shed, had never previously been before the Court. BY-LAW BREACHES By-law offenders were dealt with by Mr. J. 11. Salmon, S.M. Robert Clive Horsfall was fined i’3 for driving a truck in a dangerous manner. For having defective brakes on his car, Frederick Carr was fined .£l. John Dunlop was fined a like amount for failing to report an accident to the police. , . . „ . , For having their vehicles insufficiently lighted, Clifford Frederick Eskell, Albert Brodie Hall, Robert Wilson Lauchlan, Arthur Reginald Masters, Reginald Charles W. Pearce, and Ernest Kinnon Rabone were each fined 10s.

Agnes Johnston was fined d£l for. parking her car more than twelve inches from the kerb. William James Jones, Thomas Saunders, Cecil Edward Patton, and William Murray King were each fined £2 for speeding. Saunders was also fined Jl2 for having no driver’s license. Keith Ottaway was fined 10s. for leaving his car unattended. William Joseph Kitching was fined <£l for cutting a corner. CIVIL BUSINESS Judgment for plaintiff by default was given by Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., in the following undefended civil cases.: — Frederick A. Saunders v. Donald Graham, .£7O, costs <£4> 165.; Hope Gibbons, Ltd., v. Nelson Rubber Co., .£3O 13s. 2d., costs £1 155.; Michelin and Co., Ltd., v. H. T. Salter, £lOO ss. 9d., costs £6 55. : James Smith, Ltd., v. Thomas Lyons, £3l 12s. 2d., costs £4. Bs. 6d.; Lawrence and Hanson Electrical Co., Ltd., v. G. C. Smith and Co., £142 4s. 10d.. costs £7 ls. : E. H. Hardy v. M. Curran (sep. estate), £3O, costs £4 6s. 6d.; A.B.C. Motors, Ltd., v. W. J. Collins, £8 12s. 3d., costs £1 Ils. 6d.; Commissioner of Taxes v. Robert Leslie Jones, £7 15s. Bd., costs 155.; Coinmis. sioner of Taxes v. Alexander Ross, £6 Ils. Bd., costs 165.; Commissioner of Taxes v. Charles William Roland Watson, 175., costs Bs.; Electrolux, Ltd., v. A. Finch, £9 155., costs £1 10s. fid.; Universal Film Manufacturing Co. (Australasia), Ltd., v. E. Munro, £B4 10s. 10d., costs £5 2s. 6d. : Thomas Forsyth and J. G. Fitzgerald v. H. B. Cresswell (sep. estate), £8 16s. lid., costs £1 10s. 6d.; Levin and Co., Ltd., v. A. E. Holden, £5, costs £1 12s. 6d.; Thomas Coltman v- E. J. Norrie, £8 Bs. 6d., costs £1 10s. 6d.; Florence Tilton v. Olivo Reid (sep. estate), £3 18s., costs £1 Bs. 6d. -, Vacuum Oil Co. Proprietary, Ltd., v. D. Creedon, £22 10s. Id., costs £4 Is. 6d.; Vacuum Oil Co. Proprietary, Ltd., v. F. L. Clark, £2 Is. 7d„ costs £1 3s. 6d.; Vacuum Oil Co. Proprietary, Ltd., v. C. E. Smith, £26 Ils. Bd., costs .£4 16s. 6d. ; Vacuum Oil Co. Proprietary, Ltd., v. West Coast Timber Co., £1 6s. 2d., costs Bs.; R. M. Russell v. M. F. Elliott, £5 Bs. 10d., costs £1 Ils. 6d.; Digby E. Perrett, Co., Ltd., v. E. W. Warren (sep. estate), £2 7s. 3d., costs £1 3s. 6d.; W. B. Struthers v. L. Wilson, £B, costs £1 10s. 6d.,- D. K- Gunn v. A. R. Compton, £6 65., costs £1 Ils. 6d.; N.Z. Collection Agency, assignee of A. S. Paterson and Co., Ltd., v. Michael Doherty, £2 65., costs £1 3s. 6d.; N.Z. Collection Agency. Ltd., assignee of A. S. Paterson and Co., Ltd., v. Wanganui Sign Co., 18s., costs Bs.; S. R. White v. Nicholls Bros., costs only, Bs.; Accumulators, Ltd. (in liquidation), by its liquidator, R. Arthur Glen, v. Irene Bishop. £65 12s. 4d., costs £4 12s. 6<1.; Jansen Bros. v. Olive P. Reid, £lO 15s. 4d . costs £3; Famous Lasky Film Servi?e (N.Z.), Ltd- v. N. Beck, £24 ids. 6d.. costs £4 6s. 6d.; Jones and Co., Ltd., v. 8. E. Godsalve, £2 18s. Id., costs £1 3s. 6d.; Nevar Tiar Pneumatic Heels, Ltd., v. E. T. Tomlinson, £5. costs £1 3s. 6d.; Wellington City Council v. Mary Cowley (sep. estate), £2 175., costs £) Bs. 6d.; Irvine and Stevenson’s. St. George Company, Ltd., v. A. L. Wicks and A. L. Wicks, Ltd., £7 75., costs £1 15s. 6d.; Hope Gibbons, Ltd., v. R. P. Barker and Co., £9 16s. 9d., costs 15s. ; James Stellin and Co. v. William Francis Joseph Wareham, £8 16s. Bd., costs £1 10s. 6d.; Vacuum Oil Co. Proprietary, IzJ., v. Jenkins and Co., £2 15s. Id., costs £1 Bs. «d.; Picot Bros. V. At. Reed, £9 3s. Bd., costs £1 16s. 6d.; Toledo Berko! and (N.Z.) Agencies Co., v. Ellen Hr-jes. £l2 15s. 6d., costs £2 145.; Leonand Clarence Spencer v. Mrs. A. Catherall (sep. estate), £4 55., costs £1 4s. Gd.; Dominion Mercantile Agency, Ltd., and W. L. Jenness, v. K. Bartlett, £6 7s. 6<1.. costs £1 Ils. 6d.; Dunlop Rubber Co (Aus-), Ltd., v. J. Jenkin, £133 Bs. 10d.; costs £6 195.; Dominion Mercantile Agencv, Ltd., and H. F. Clarke, v. F. W. King. £l2, costs £2 155.; J. Bailie v. W. Stevens, £3 10s„ costs £1 Is. fid.: W. T. Johnson and Co.. Ltd., v. Tolaga Bay Motor Co., £34 3s. Bd., costs £4 Is. 6d.; Dominion Mercantile Agency, Ltd., and Hill and Jackson, Ltd., v. M. J. Hogan, £1 17s. 4d., costs 10s.; Electrolux, Ltd., v. E. A. Kidd, £lO. costs £1 Ils. Gd.; A. G. Edwards v J. H. Carroll, £5B 9s. 2d., costs £4 Ils. Cd.; E. Miles v. George Wyeth, £3 2s. 5d., costs £1 4s. 6d.

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