THE COURTS—TO-DAY.

Evening Star, Issue 12101, 6 November 1908, Page 4

THE COURTS—TO-DAY.

SUPREME CHAMBERS. Joßio* _ WiHianis.) viProliate «res granted of (he wills of Alfred Bastinga tMc.. Duncan), John Birsa iMj MftcahKt«), ; JaS Lambert (Mr Woodhouse),.ahd Rpbti Anderson (Mr Stephenn). . Letleihs rf administration. vote granted fe Gep. Aanbie .Adam oh the application of Mr Lang; .' ;. Re Jane .Hay, deceased.—Motion for remuneration .to•;. executor (Mr , Hay).—Referred to Registrar. . • Re John G. JM.. Marshall, deceased.— Enmmone f or proper maintenance. Mr Hewitt for the widow aind Mr Stephens for: the exeontora.—Sis, Honor fixed a lump 6tun of £600; costs out. of the estate. Newell v. Newell.—Summons for wife’s costs (Mr D. Stewart).—Security for £25 to be given. M’Koy v. Corporation.—Summons for a jury of four (Mr D. Stewart).—Order abcotdlngly. •Re Flora -Swan.—Petition for leave to marry (Mr W. C. MacGregor).—Accordingly. . s’ , . Re Lady Annie Gold Dredging Company. yr-PetitioOi by liquidator for time to send in claims (Mr Stilling).—Accordingly, 7th. 9th, and 10th. Tv.. IN BANCO. Re Francis Jr Bullivan.—Motion to make mle nisi absolute. Mr Finch, in moving, said that Mr Sullivan was prosecuted for holding possession of imported game for more than seven days after the close of the season. It was submitted that these hares were not imported game. They were all taken in Maniototo County, an unprotected district, and hares killed there could not be or become imported game. As a matter of fact,’the hares in Maniototo were a common nuisance, and what Mr Sullivan did was done every year. Mr W. C. MacGregor submitted that the magistrate was perfectly right in convicting. The Act spoke of the whole Dominion, and it lay upon the defendant to show that this case came within some special exemption. The proclamation simply said that within Maniototo the animals shall cease to be protected. That did not relieve a dealer outside the district from the operation of the Act. It was purely a local exemption. Besides, in such cases no one could tell by looking at a hare where it came from, consequently no prosecution could ever succeed if it was onea to. the possessor to say that he got them from Maniototo. Mr Finch, in reply, said that Mr MacGregor’s argument would bo good if the hares were imported game,-but they -were not, and as to the facts in this particular case ample proof was offered that the hares really did come from Maniototo. His Honor said he would take time to consider. CIVIL SITTINGS. His Honor went through the list of cases set down, and made the following appointments:—• November 10.—Elizabeth White and others v. Mary Emma White and others.— Directions under a will, before the Judge alone; Walter Symons v. A. G. Christopher and .-mother, action to set aside a deed and for accounts, before the Judge alone. November 11.—James Annand v. Wardell Bros, and Co., claim £7OO damages, before a jury of twelve. November 12.—John M‘Kay v. Dunedin Corporation, claim £250 damages to a horse, before a jury of four. •• November 13.—John Jacob Eckhoff v. Richard Stewart and another, claim £3OO damages; Frances Patterson v. Wm. Patterson (divorce); Ruhena Hutchinson v. Louis Hutchinson (divorce) —oil before the Judge alone. November 16.—Bankruptcy. November 17.—Matthews v. Borough of Momington, compensation case. November 18.—John M‘Lean v. New Zealand Coal and Oil Company, claim £3OO damages, before a jury of four. November 19.—Ellen Allan v. Robert Barr Stansfield, before the Judge alone. November 20. 1 —James Begg v. the Land Board of Otago, claim for injunction and mandamus, before the Judge alone. The other cases set down and to be mentioned again are: James Fotheringhara v. Union Steam Ship Company, claim £2,000 damages. Hilary Quortior v. Dunedin Corporation, claim £527 for use of a patent machine. Isabella MTvochnio v. Norman Harper Bell, claim: for injunction and £SO damages. George Turner v. J. N. Merry, claim £194 2b 6d partnership money. James H. Miller v. Mary Ann Gerken, for an order declaring an 'agreement null and void. Louisa Samson v. Wm. Wilson Gibson, £250 damages for broach of premise. James Ireland V, Catherine Ireland, claim for accounts. Wm. John Nowell v. Amelia Nowell, divorce. Benjamin Watson v. Elizabeth Watson and another, divorce. Maude Catherine MTver vfl Wm. T. D. MTver, divorce. Jurors summoned for the 10th will not he required till the 11th CITY POLICE COURT. (Before T. Hutchison, Esq., S-M.) Drunkenness. —A first offender was convicted and discharged. William Howell (twenty-four previous convictions) was fined 6s, or twenty-four hours’ imprisonment. Idleness.—William Luby, deemed to be a rogue and vagabond, having been previously convicted as an idle, disorderly person, who promised to leave New Zealand on the Ist inst., to the expressed satisfaction of the police, but who only went to Christchurch, where he was arrested, was remanded until to-morrow. Theft.—Oliver Ernest Campbell, who had pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge o ftheft of a bicycle and remanded for sentence, was brought up this morning, and sentenced lo three months’ imprisonment. Nuisance.—John C. Crawford, charged with committing an offence in a railway carriage, pleaded guilty.—Mr Scurr, who appeared for the accused, said that the man was under the influence of drink at the time, and he hoped that His Worship would take into consideration the man’s previous good character.—Accused was convicted, and ordered to come up for sentence any time within six mouths and pay costs (28s 6d). Prohibition Order.—On the application of a sister a prohibition order was granted against a man for twelve months, the order to apply to the licensing districts of Dunedin, Caversham, and Chalmers.