MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 6, 2 October 1929, 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 yesterday. John Thomas Neill, aged 35, who had been in cuetody for a week receiving medical attention for drunkenness, pleaded guilty to his sixth offence of that nature within six months. He was convicted and ordered to pay £3 Is. medical expenses, in default seven days’ imprisonment. Jack Harris, aged 29, who was described as a waiter and steward, admitted having stolen a suit of clothes and a railway ticket, valued in all at £7 4s. Accused took the suit containing the railway ticket, which he subsequently destroyed. He had £5 in his possession when arrested. Harris was fined £4 and ordered to pay the value of the ticket, in default one month’s imprisonment. Harris stated that he was under the influence of liquor when he committed the theft, and had fallen to a sudden temptation. The suit was stolen from a hotel in the city, where Harris had been drinking with a crowd of others on a recent night. BY-LAW CASES Mr. T. B. McNeil, S.M., dealt with offenders against by-laws. William Knox was fined £l, Jack Nelson 10s., and Claude T. Arthur and Arthur Gamble ss. each, for leaving their motor-cars unattended. Joseph T. Horton was fined 10s. for letting his car remain stationary at a tram stop. , „ , Hugh Aplin was fined 2s. 6d. for allowing his chimney to catch on fire. Having no lights on his vehicle cost Peter L. Arcus 10s. Norman Carroll was convicted and ordered to pay £4 Bs. 6d. costs on a charge of dangerous driving. For having no number-plates attached to the rear of his motor-car, Alfred Howard was fined £l. . Henry P. Caselberg was fined 10s. for having no driver’s license. CIVIL BUSINESS Judgment by default In favour of plaintiff was given by Mr. J. 8. Barton, S.M., In the following undefended civil cases:— Commissioner of Crown Lands y James Wnc-gart £264 125., costs £ll Us. 3d., A. C. Motors (N.Z ), Ltd. (in liquidation) v N.Z. Electrical Supplies, Ltd., £5 las., costs £1 Us- 1 Dominion Mercantile Agency Ltd., and Osborne’s, Ltd., v. ». Cross £l3 is. Id., costs £2 155.; Frozen Products Ltd, v. C. P. White, £5B os. id., costs £s*6s 6d.; Wellington City Corporation v. William Richard Halcox, £7 12s. lid., costs £1 17s. 6d.; General Mercantile and Traders’ Agency and Shell Co. of N.A., Ltd., v. H. Stevens, £49 3s. sd„ costs £4 15s. 6d.; Dominion Mercantile Agency, Ltd., and Osborne’s, Ltd., v. Jane Hayvice (separate estate), £3O Ils. Id., costs £4 2s. 6d., Dominion Mercantile Agency, Ltd., and N. H. Jack v. C. Smith, £4 7s. 6d., costs £1 5s 6d.: Dominion Mercantile Agency, Ltd., and N. H. Jack v. E. Doig, £2 10s., costs £1 3s 6d.; Dominion Mercantile Agency, Ltd., and M. Thompson v. T. Greanor, £62, costs £4 Ils. 6d.; Dominion Mercantile Agency. Ltd., and Sherwin-Williams Co (Aus.), Ltd., v. G. F. O’Neill, £32 Us., costs £4 2s. 6d.; A. R. Christian, Ltd., v. B. L. Jukes, costs only 165.; Dominion Mercantile Agency, Ltd., and W. and T. Avery, Ltd., v. C. E. Crews, £5 3s. 9d„ costs £1 10s. 6d.; Canada Tire and Rubber Co , Ltd., v. J. McNamara. £5 15s. 5d., costs £1 12s. 6d.; Dominion Mercantile Agency, Ltd., and S. R. Griggs v. L. Daniels, £9, costs £1 10s. 6d.: John Duthle and Co., Ltd., v. John Benjamin Manttan, £l4 4b. 4d., costs £1 10s.; General Mercantile and Traders' Agency and James Smith, Ltd., v. A. W. Stanley, £l5 7s. 6d.. costs £2 175.; Wellington City Corporation v. Benjamin Benhett Boyd, £3 17s. 9d., costs £1 10s. 6d.; Young’s Agencies, Ltd., and Electrolux, Ltd., v. J. E. Howe and Mrs. Howe, £lB 19s„ costs £2 195.; Young’s Agencies, Ltd., and Electrolux, Ltd., v. Robert Massey, £7 10s., costs £1 10s. 6d.; Young's Agencies. Ltd., and Electrolux, Ltd., V. W. Scholium, £l, costs Bs.; Young’s Agencies, Ltd., and Electrolux, Ltd., v. M. Stratford. £8 155., costs £1 14s. 6d.; Walker and Hall v. W. Neilson, £2 4s. lid., costs £1 3s. 6d.; Wellington Ladies’ Christian Association v. J, Kiernan. £3 35., costs £1 4s. 6d.; Dominion Portrait Co. v. Gertrude Mitchell (separate estate), £lO, costs £1 Ils. 6d.- Dominion Portrait Co. v. Olive MacDonald (separate estate), £4 10s., costs £1 ss. 6d.; Dominion Portrait Co. v. F. McNaught (separate estate), £1 155., costs Ils.; C. P. Lempriere and Co. v. C. H. Harris, £l3 13s. 3d., costs £2

145.; Home Supply Co., Ltd., v. Frederick Thorstenson, £l2 35., costs £2 145.; Dominion Mercantile Agency, Ltd., and Minimax, Ltd., v. H. E| Lockyer, £5, costs £1 ss. Gd.: Dominion Mercantile Agency, Ltd., and Ciinningham Carrying Co., Ltd., v. F. Twomey, £9 14s. 4d., costs £1 12s. Gd.; John Alexander Scott v. A. Anderson, £ll Ils., costs £2 18s.; Central Bakery v. K. Hawkey, £1 ss. 4d., costs Ils.; Central Bakery v. A. McCarrison (separate estate), £2 2s. Id., costs £1 7s. Gd.; General Mercantile and Traders’ Agency and T. H. Oates v. New and Merrie, 14s. 10d., costs Bs.: General Mercantile and Traders' Agency and R. F. Jollands and Co., Ltd., v. R. J. Cunningham, £22 9s. od., costs £4 Is. Gd.; General Mercantile and Traders’ Agency and Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie, Ltd., v. I. Conway (separate estate), £1 2s. 6d„ costs 95.; General Mercantile and Traders’ Agency and Shell Co. of N.Z., Ltd., v. C. Stnrzaker, £l2 ss. 4d., costs £2 ISs.; P. D. Cameron v. Lawrence Brown, £3 35., costs £1 8s Gd.; C. and A. Odlin Timber and Hardware Co., Ltd., v. E. Harvey, costs only Bs.; Exide Service Station v. A. R. Williams, £6 7s. Gd., costs £1 10s. Gd.; Exide Service. Station v. J. Ross, £5 155., costs £1 10s. Gd.; Alfred Green v. H. Meikle, £2 10s., costs £1 3s. Gd.; Dominion Portrait Co. v. M. A. Mcßae, £1 125., costs Ils.; Paramount Portrait Co. v. R. Milne (separate estate), £2 17s. Gd., costs £1 4s. Gd.; V. Reece and Son v. W. A. Malone, £5 75.. costs £1 10s. Gd.; Home Supply Co., Ltd., v. William O’Hara, £lB 13s. 9d., costs £2 15s. Gd.; Home Supply Co., Ltd., v. Herbert Treanor, £2B 9s. 2d., costs £4 2s. Gd.; Agnes Owens v. Frank Wilkins, £4B. costs £4 4s. Gd.; Max Deckston v. Hughie Webber, £7 10s., costs £1 13s. Gd.; Arnold Berg v. Florence Wilkie (separate estate), and J. R. Eunson, 55., costs 3s.

The largest collection firm in New Zealand is the Dominion Mercantile Agency, Ltd., Wellington. Auckland, and Christchurch, with agents in every New Zealand town, and associate offices throughout the world.—Advt.