THE COURTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3993, 25 July 1913, Page 6

THE COURTS.

YESTERDAY’S BUSINESS. BEFORE MR. W. A. BARTON, S.M. A VAGRANT. A middle-aged man, dishevelled and bearing appearances of heavy drinking, named John William Campbell, was charged with drunkenness and vagrancy. He pleaded guilty to both charges and for drunkenness was fined 10s and costs (2s). •' Accused appealed to His Worship for leniency on the second charge, stating that if given a chance he would go to the country and work. Sen.-Sergt. Hutton put in a list of convictions which showed that accused had been dealt with for dishonesty on 15 occasions. His Worship said that he considered accused would benefit by a spell away from liquor, and sentenced him to two months in gaol. CIVIL BUSINESS.

Judgment for plaintiffs by default was given in the following civil cases: A. J. Faulkener (Mr Nolan) v. Pera Waaka, £3 18s and costs (£1 ss); C. Aicken and Son (Mr Bright) v. Henri Kingi, £1 5s and costs (£1 3s); Adair Bros. (Mr Bright) v. Georg© Pratt, £1 13s and costs (ss); William Joseph Buttimore v. Plowman, £4 15s 3d and costs (9s); Primrose and Leslie (Mr Arnold) v. John Selby, £l6 3s and costs (£2 15s); Bertram Lewis (Mr Burnard) v. John Aston, £2 10s and costs (10s); Thomas Robert Gordon (Mr Dawson) v. Tirehu Pomare, • £4 73 and costs (17s). . An order was made for the imme- | diate payment of the amount in the I judgment summons case, George WildI ish (Mr Dawson) v. Ihaia Hokeke, £2 Bs, or two days in gaol. Carl Emil Hindrup (Mr Burnard) made application for an order against Wharepapa, a Native. Debtor said that since November 9, 1911, his average earnings had been 30s per week. He was a single man and had interest in three Waihora blocks of land, Mangatu No. 1, Pukeakura, and Paraehoi, 1 from all of which lie obtained a small rental. He had a sister to keep. To Mr Burnard: He spent 5s per week in drink. His Worship said ho was quite satisfied that defendant had had the money, and he ordered him to pay £4 16s in 30 days, or ; in the alterna- : tive, five days’ imprisonment. I Williams and Kettle (Mr Nolan) ! applied for an order against J. P. ' Gordan (Mr Burnard), for £43 2s Id. Mr Burnard said that debtor had had a good business at Motu. Considerable sickness in his family .drew on his resources, and owing to a mis-' take on .the part of an Auckland bailiff in respect to the service _ of summons, judgment had been given against Gordon by default. This had caused his creditors to press heavily. Counsel said it was the intention of debtor to call his creditors together and place his position before them. Debtor said that on April 29, Common, Shelton and _ Co. had taken charge of his premises. He received £129 from them j and out of it paid £69 to Murray and Crompton, £4O to Nicholls and Griffiths, and £3O to Archibald Clark and Son. He had no money in hand. His assets consisted of book debts, nominally worth £310; 50 oil spring /shares, nominally worth £SO; 25 Opera House shares, nominally worth £25; and two horses of the value of £2O. His furniture was worth about £2O. His liabilities amounted to £874 7s 7d. Since the judgment he had received about £lO. To Mr Nolan: He did not own the racehorse Keilder, but leased it. The lease expired at the end of this month. Ho did mot invest any of his own money at the races. He did not pay for the training of the horse; it had cost him nothing, another man having paid all

expenses. He had been racing for 25 years, and was not a betting man. His Worship said he could not make an order, and* the best thing he could do would be to adjourn the case until August 28tli. In the case of the Hospital Board (Mr Nolan) v. Henry Jackson, debtor said he was a single man. Since the date of the judgment he had not earned £1 per week. He had been very ill since lie came out of the hospital, and had been living with his father.—To Mr Nolan: He was in the hospital five or six weeks, and left the institution about last July. Since April he had worked for Ins father and Mr J. Nicol. He spent about 6d ner day on drink, and his father gave him aliout 5s per week. His Worship made an order that the amount, £6 15s 6d, should be settled before October 23; in default jseven days’ imprisonment.