MAGISTERIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2121, 21 February 1908, Page 4

MAGISTERIAL.

I TTiTKSDA V, l 1 ’IS UK UAK Y 20. | (Before .Mr W. A. Barton, S.M.) ' ALLEGED I'll IS FT FROM PERSON ; 'llio cn.so_Polieo v. Daisy Simmel- | hag and \\ innie McNiel, in which I accused are charged •with having ! .stolen a rolled gold watch valued at . £G anil a Ijoolunaker'.s dividend tiei kct \ allied at L'U troni 8. Gold- | smith, was called on for the purpose .ol taking the evidence of Duirald | McKenzie on heliali of the prosecilI tion. .Mr T. Alston Coleman appeared for accused, and Detective .Maildern conducted the prosecution. I Dugald McKenzie, shcepiarmer. iOimoud. said that he saw Goldsmith I and accused at the Gisliorue Racing | Club's races on February 7th. Had i never previously seen accused. AcI cased were beside his buggy, when Ihe returned there with Goldsmith. ! At the buggy witness anti Goldsmith Iliad a conversation about the fourth j nice, which .was about ,o be run. Goldsmith said he had backed Cliedj dite and witness said he had backed i the same horse. Goldsmith took the | pipers out of his pocket to show i witness his ticket. Goldsmith had I the ticket with other papers in his ] hand, and Simmelhag took.the whole : from him. Witness then went away ; anti saw nothing more of the acj rinsed. —-By -Mr Coleman : When [lold- ! smith said lit* had backed Ghcd.dito j the accused were about i yard from 'him. Was quite certain accused were i the parties who had taken the t;c- ---| kct. Had not been in Goldsmith's company previously on that day. ! Goldsmith had two glasses ot whisky at witness’s buggy. When the papers were taken from Goldsmith did not do anything because he thought accused were friends of Goldsmith. ! Accused were committed for trial, bail being allowed—accused in £SO and two sureties of £25. CLAIM FOB MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.

Further hearing was given tho case Arthur Herbert 11 alien (Mr Finn) v. Frances Stephens (Mr Stock), in which the defendant objected to charges made by plaintiff for medical attendance. The evidence of plaintiff had been taken at the previous hearing. Frances Stephens, Whalaiutu, stated that on May loth last she met witli an accident. She got advice from .Dr iSclniniachcr at that time. About a fortnight later plaintiff visited her first. Never specially asked plaintiff to come to sop her. He visited her four or five times. At each visit he told her lie would lie in Whatiitntu on certain dates and would call and see her.—By M r Finn : On the first occasion plaintiff visited her he was not specially asked. .Her son had been told plaintiff would he in Whatatutu on a certain date, and witness said plaintiff could visit her. William Evans, waggoner, Whataiutu, said that on instructions from Mrs Stephens he visited plaintiff and asked if" plasters placed on her side could he taken oil'. Plaintiff offered to visit defendant and take them off. Told plaintiff defendant did not desire him to visit her on that occasion. . Tho S.M. said plaintiff charged £3 3s .for his first visit and £1 11s Gel for each subsequent visit, and these charges, considering tho distance travelled, seemed reasonable. It also seorned right and proper that a medical man should continue to visit a patient until recovery, unless special instructions were given to tho contrary. Judgment would he for plaintiff for £5 os with costs £2 Is. J UDGMENT SUMMONS. The case Clayton and Nisbott (Mr Blair) v. Hau "Kairio was dismissed as from the judgment debtor’s evidence it did not appear that he had means of paying. _ JUDGMENTS BY DEFAULT. Judgment by default was given in tho following cases :— Oonyors Pencil (Mr T. Alston Coleman) v. Pineha JXaru, £29. IDs 6d, costs £3 Os; Hendrick lleidorn (Mr Blair) v. John Greaves, £8 4s, costs £1 18s Gd; Francis 4t. Harris (Mr Blair) v: John McDonald, £o 18s, costs £1 los Bd; Edward G. A. Kcyuokls (Mr Stock) v. Catherine Godye, £3 10s, costs ISs; William D. S. MacDonald (Mr F W r . Nolan) v. H. Denton, £lO costs £1 10s Gd. drunkenness. John Campbell, once previously convicted within six months, was lined £l, with costs 2s, in default four days’ imprisonment.