Magistrate's Court. (Before Mr. H. S. Wardel), R.M.) This Day.

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Magistrate's Court. (Before Mr. H. S. Wardel), R.M.) This Day.

p.RUNJIBNNJBg. Ono fjrst qff ender was fined 5s or 24 hpura' imprisonment. ABSAUW, Lucion Glenn was oharged with being drunk oh |he night of the 27th mat., and with having asftnltpd Qarplin.e Smith," - Mr, Skerrett appeared top tho oflcußed, who pleaded Not Gnilty. Constable Howell stated that l*afc night at 8 o'clook be WHS ' called to tbe bouse of Mtß. Caroline Sm}tjj in Molesworthcstreet to remove two men who were hanging about her house Against her wish. When he got thßre he bow accnued, Glenn rush against Mrs, Smith and strike, her. Witness arrestqd ooouied. Carolina Smith, boardlnghonse-keeper, deposed to ■ aooused knookjng her against the aide of thedoor and striking her on' the shouldor. To Mr. Skerrett — If the oonstable had not come, I should probably have struok the man book. The Magistrate fined aooused 40s, or 14 days' hard labour. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Frank Kearney, charged with using obscene language in a public placo on tbe 27th instant, pleaded Guilty, Sorgeant Morioe altered the charge from obscene language to insulting language, and prisoner was fined 20s or seven days' imprisonment. CIVIL OASES. Undefended cases. — Judgments for plaintiffs were given as follows : — A. Farmer v. J. A. Reynolds, £9 Is, costs £1 12s ; E. W. Mills and Co. v. Wm. Mitchell, £1 19s Gd, costs 128; Property Tax Commissioner v. Publio Trusteo in the estate of Wm. Brown (deceased), 18s Id, costs 6s ; same v. Publio Trustee in estate of R. Moore (deceased), 12s 4H, cost* 6s ; J. Duthie and Go. v. Chas. A. Spiers, £5 9s 7d, oo*ts 11s; W. H. Cook v. Mary J. Wright, £8 Bs, costs 10s ; Gardner and Co, v. Walter Best. Jg22 Bs, costs £3 13s ; Mrs. G. Coopor v. Wm. Morn, .£l4 8a 7d, costs £2 Is ; M. Feely v. M. Hayes, £2 11s 3d, costs 6s; A. Jeffery v, Charles Winn, £'i 2* 6d, costs 6s ; Wm. Dunne v. M. Hayes, 13s, oosts 17*. Judgment summons cue. — Wigram Bros, v. H. T. Downee, claim .£52 7s 9d. An order was made for payment of £M 17s 9d within 14 days, or in default 14 days' imprisonment. W. T. Howlett v. P. M'Cafferty, olaim £<&, value of a portmanteau. The plaintiff's case was that on a recent occasion he engaged cab No. 37 to drive him from the Wellington Club to the Wellington-M&n&watn Railway Station,, and on the way thither tho portmanteau fell off and was destroyed by the wheel of the vehicle passing over it. He could not identify, the defendant as the driver, but he had taken his number. Defendant admitted, that No. 37 was his cab, but swore that 'he did not drive the plaintiff to tho station, and had never driven a passenger from, the Wellington Club to th'§ station in hi* life. His Worship 'Recorded; a nonsuit, with costs, 6s". • 'i \ h