THE COURTS-TO-DAY.

Evening Star, Issue 12732, 5 August 1907, Page 4

THE COURTS-TO-DAY.

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before FI. Y. Widdowson, Esq.. S.MA Judgment by deficit, with ocvts, was g'ven for plaintlTs in the foilowin.' uiu-c----leroed ca*s-—Lodi'u-ad (Mr Burnard) v. Jar;c W;ll.aireon (I'.iuil), claim £1 ss, witii Itobe-rt llagan, claim £3, balance due for goods tupwlied, ivitli poets (Ids); E. M'Donald (Mr Irwin) v. W. Davidson, claim £1 IcJs, amount dae for board and lodging at tiie rate of 10 s a wedc, with cost? (ss) ; J' I.C. (Mr Moore) v. William Dick-on (Cromweil), eiain. £7 10s 7d, balance duo for g<x>'.s applied, with costs (£1 3s 6d) ; sane v. V. 801 l (Gere), claim £8 as 10a, for Goods supplied, wr.h cost.; (£] Z« 6d) • JobiKb'Mi, Pons, mid Co. (Mr Hewitt) v'. George C-oiebrook (Waihi), claim £5 ]ss with costs (Ids). Judgment Summons.—The Tmport Company, Bakhnha (Aciairs Bros.) v. Chailcs Hope, claim £6 17= sd, on a judgment <um-mens.—-After heiring lk> defc-juian'.s statement of aifa:iis, the magi-Irate ■/. cided that no onk-r -houid he made. (/cries Ohesnr.in Crrift v. George Freeman, claim £l2 Ck> 9d, on a previous judgment.—There was no appearance of tie defendant, and an order was made that unless the amount c.niig (£ll CV 9d), with excuses (15s). bpaid forthwith, the defendant be imprir soncd for three weeks.

Gerald Garrinan (-Mr Irwin\ v. George T. Race (Mr U.aiilon).—Claim £3 ICs. being amount due for was«. —The defendant confessed judgment for £2, and ci.puled the K lance.—The defendant is the licensee of t!ie Caledonian Hotel, and the plaintiff was a barman in hi> employ.—ln opening the case, Mr Irwin said that plaint'.if was discharged by dcfend-iiit without notice and without adequate excuse, and defendant refused to pay liini the waves d\*e, Leaiv. the p:-eo ni p. ;aee dm:.;. —Evidence w.i.; riven bv the pl.iintiiL Jane:-- M'Donald. William Walker, Hugh Rccvs. and L'haile.v Wood —Mr Hanion (for defendant) said that plaintiff had neglecied his duty, ;md reei-aiiied away much longer than he was o.n.itled to do. when duf<;nd:iiit i v ' r r«vl to .uicw tvo plaid i? to go ou v/itj) his v.o:k, having engage;! a man in the meantime.—The mac titrate uplield the dc-fendaivts contention, and gave judgment for the amount of t:x> confe. si'jn on Iv, with costs for defendant (21s). CITY POLICE COURT. (Before C. C. Graham, Esq., S.M.) Tlieit. —David e.l'Oauehan was charged with the theft of a tin of terebine varnish This case was ad]orrn-d fivir Tuesday last in order to allow of identification of the propertv alleg.d to be stolen.—das Wren stated that on the 2lith July accused entered bis shop in Primes street, and en-dwivoi-ed to dispose of the terebine, stating that he received it from Mr Steel, of Green Island. Witness's suspicions were aroused, as he knew that a painter would not give terebine va.mi.sh away during the winter, when he used a laj-ee quantity of it. Ho asked accused to wait, a-nd in the meantime sent (or a constable.—Robert Campbell, wheelwright, Riecarton, ide-nti tied the tin of varnish as his property He missed it from his shop alxiut the middle of July. He had noticed accused in the locality about this time.—Constable Edwards gavo paction'ars of accused's al- - near Mr Wren's shop. Accused at first stated that he had received the varnish from a maa at Green Island, and afterwards that he Found it by the roadside.—Accused, in his own defence, said he noticed the tin stuck in the hedge between Campbell's shop and Irwin's on the 14th July. It was there a fortnight later, and he then took possession of it. In reply to Rub-itisp'v-tor Nor-'osd, he acknowledge! freq'.'entinz second-hand sho.s and pawning an overcoat. He did not paw i other articles of dress mentioned by the sub-inspector. He submitted a number oi good character testimonials and a sailor's discharge certificate, and whilst His Worship was perusing these wept copiously..— His Worship decided, in view of the fact that accused's character had hitherto been good, and as drink was evidently the cause of his downfall, to deal leniently with him. Accused was convicted, and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon.