MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 50, 1 March 1883, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

This. Day. . (Beforo Mr. E. Hardoastle, R.M.) DIBOBBTINJ-.AN ORDSR. William Thomas Sullivan surrendered to his bail on a ohargo of having disobeyed an order of the Resident Magistrate' s Court at Napier for the maintenance of his wife and child. Sorgoant Anderson said the man had sinoe returned to his wife, and the oase was consequently struck out. * MABBJBD WOMAN'S PROPERTY ' PROTECTION. ORDIR. Mrs. Ellen Grigg applied for the issue of a married woman's property protection order, on tho ground that her husband, Edward Anderson Grigg, had deserted her. It was BUtedHhat the defendant was residing at Roef ton, and that the summons had not been returned from that place, and on the application of Mr. Edward Shaw, who appeared for tha complainant, the oase was adjourned. CIVIL CABIB. Judgment! for Plaintiffs.— M. Hyams v. Riobard Grsok, i! 5 15s (Mr. Gordon Allan fonplaistiff); J. Garter v. M'Ginnity, .£l, wants '(Mrt Gully for defendant) j Thomas BoDttfor v. S. Hunter, 443 7s 6d, work performed (Mr. Gnlly for plaintiff); R. Somervtlle v. G. Taylor, JBl l6s, amount of c, Judgment snmmons. Defendant was ordored to pay off tho debt by woekly instalments of 10b ,«aeh, falling payment to -' undergo imprisonment. Adjourned.— Tringham t. O'Donohue (Mr. Fitiherbart tor plaintiff) ; T. Brattle v. D. Hyams (Mr. Gully for defendant) ; Tamatd Wirenra r. Pirotti (Mr. FitiOerald for tho plaintiff, and Mr. Gully for defendant); Koelev. M'Grath (Mr. Fitzherbert for de. fondant), Someinrille v. Grainey. — This was an aoUon brought by Robert Soraerville, cab proprietor, to ro'oover the jam of J63 10s, amotint of damagos alleged to have boon sustained through the defendant's cart colliding with the plaintiff's passenger vehicle. Mr. FitiGorald appeared, for the plaintiff, and Mr. E,, Shaw for the defendant. The plaintiff gave evidence that on the 24th January one of his drivers, a young man named Palmer, brought home a cab belonging to witness with a hole throngh one of tho doors, and the glass broken. By Mr. Shaw— He denied that he had offered to ¦quaro the matte* for £1, Thos. Palmer, tho drivor of tho vehiole in question, deposed that on tho 24th of Januarys hlpok! nCi^rshioles ocourred at the corner of Lambton Quay and WUlis-atreot, and the po\e of a butcher's cart driven by defendant neat through, the door of witness's oab. The accident occurred through the swerving of defendant's cart. Ho denied that defendant's vehlolo was standing still at tho time, and that ho ran into it. Arthur Urwiu, a olerk in tha Times offloo, who was in Palmer's cab when the acoident took place, expressed his opinion that dofendant could have got oat of tfia block without running into the cab. W. T>? Vogel and Win. Crookott were also examined, whioh dosed the 'case for the plaintiff. For the defence, Urain«y gave evidence that his vehiole was standing still at the *imo tho aooident'happened, and that the.mlohap was oansed through Palmer's fault in moving'hto oab. Three more witnesses were oitmlned. and Judgment was given for the amount olaimed with costs. .