MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 May 1939, Page 2

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

TO-DAY’S GREY'MOUTH SITTING

Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M., presided Ul'a silling of the Magistrate’s Court, at. Greymouth, to-day. Arthur Francis Munton, alias Arthur Seymou,r, alias Arthur Sutton, alias Frank Crisby, 36, labourer, a native of Australia, was charged that, on April 25, at. Rotor.oa Island, near Auckland, ho stole one dinghy, a pair of oars, a blanket, a knile and a mug, of a total value of £5/12/-, the property, of the Salvation Army. Detective-Sergeant JI. E- Knight, said that accused was an inmate of Rotoroa Island, and escaped from there on April 2i>. lie had received no instructions about, the case, and woul.d ask that accused should be remanded, in custody, until Monday next.

Accused was remanded accordingly

CIVIL CASES.

Judgment for the plaintiff, by default, was given in each of the following cases: —William Lowe v. Roy Spark, £2/7/5 (balance), costs £1 5/6; Samuel Martin Case v. Cyril Rochford, £l2/18/4, costs £2/14/-; L. Elsinore v. E. J. Hayes, £22/17/3, costs £4/1/6; same v. J. Davey, £l9 17/5, costs £2/14/-; same v. C. McDonald, £4/10/-, costs £l/7/6. On judgment, summonses, 11. F Arthur was ordered to pay, forthwith, to C. (>. Moore a sum of £3/16/5, in default four days’ imprisonment; and W. McGrath was ordered to pay, forthwith, to John Stewart a, sum af £2O 12/8, together with .£l/11/6. solicitor’s fee, in default 22 days’ imprisonment.