THE COURTS-YESTERDAY

Evening Star, Issue 17191, 5 November 1919, Page 8

THE COURTS-YESTERDAY

MAGISTRATE’S COURT. (Before H. Y. Widdowson, Esq., S.M.) judgment by default was given for plaintiffs in the following cases :—D.I.C., .Ltd. v. D. Wallace (of Mataura), on account stated, £lO 5s sd, and costs (£1 18s 6d);»D.1.C., Ltd. v. James Shields (of Otautau), on account stated, £8 3s 6d, and costs (£1 11s 6d); H. Wise and Co., New Zealand, Ltd. v. (Jhas. Zainey (of Te Kuiti), advertising, £3 10s, and costs (10s) p same v. Wm. Chas. Bosley (of Onakune), advertising, £5 15s, and coats (12s); same v. Wm. J. Marsden (of Waikari), advertising, £2los, and costs (10s); same v. F. C. H. Nicholls (of Inglewood), £4 4s, and costs (10s) j same v. _ Arthur Peachy (of Wanganui), costs in action for advertising (3s); same v. Percy Clifton (of Stratford), £1 2s 4d, and costs (ss) ; same v. British Mercantile Agency Co. (of Wanganui), £8 13s, and costs (£1 3s 6d) ; same v, John Oliver Musgrave (of Opotoki), £5, and costs (£1 0s 6d); E. S Drummond v. Wm. Miller (of Invercargill), on account stated, £9 12s sd, and costs (£1 5s 6d),- Chas. H, Walker v. Robert Rutherford, rent of house at Maori Hill, £9 15s, and costs (£1 3s 6d) • Briscoe and Co., Ltd. v. James Kydd (of goods, £5, and costs (Jbl Os 6d). .Archibald Miller v. George Heasley (of Green Island). Claim, £3 15s Bd, on judgment summons in respect of groceries supplied. Defendant was ordered to pay the sum and costs (12s) forthwith, in default five days' imprisonment, with proviso that the warrant be suspended so long as he pays instalments of 10s a week until the judgment is satisfied.

CITY POLICE COURT.

(Before H. T. Widdowson, Esq., S.M.) Drunkenness.—A. first offender, an elderly man with a badly knocked about face, who described himself as having been a cook at ’lrentham and Featberston, and who was obviously very shaky with drink, was remanded for seven days for medical attention.—Morris Mannheim, an old age pensioner, was convicted arid discharged. A Brawl,—John Williams and Michael Delaney _ were jointly charged with using threatening behaviour in Moray place last evening, a breach of the peace. The man _ Williams gave a practical demonstration in the’ dock of what he alleged to have occurred. He said the other fellow ■ seized him by the collar and pulled him round (suiting action to word), and they both fell. Delaney claimed on the other hand that he got a punch on the 6ar, and turned round and lashed out.—Senior-sergeant Murray summed up the matter, with his account, viz., “.The men were fighting ‘good-oh. “Delaney,” he added, “was a returned soldier.” Each was fined 20s, in default seven days’ imprisonment, and each was allowed time to find the sum.