HASTINGS MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XI, Issue 53, 16 February 1921, Page 4

HASTINGS MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

TO-DAY’S SITTING. (Before Mr. 11. W. Dyer, S.M.) Defence Cases.—Following members of the 9th. Hawke’s Bay Regiment, who failed to attend drill, were dealt with: J. T. Wallace, J. P. Lang, ALarsen and C. Curd, were fined £2 and ’ costs 7/-, or 21 days’ military detention. H. Le Has was fined £1 and costs 7/-. E. A. Weaver, who only attended one drill out of 27, who had been previously convicted and who had served military detention for a similar offence to that which he was now charged with, wa® fined £5 and coats 7/-, or 28 days’ military detention. Ho was allowed a fortnight to pay and, if he was not able to complete his fine by that time, to report again. L. N. Field (70 Coy. Cadets), who was absent from parade, owing to an oversight, was convicted and ordered to pay 7/costs. Crueltv to animals.—David Joseph Cooper was charged with cruelly illtreating a horse on January Wist., by driving it while it was suffering from strangles. Defendant pleaded guilty, but said he thought the horse Was suffering from influenza. Defendant was fined £3 and costs 7/-. WILLIAMS v. BEAMISH. A SETTLEMENT REACHED. At the Hastings Magistrate’s Couit this morning, before Mr. R. W. Dyer, S.M.. Mr. C. Duff informed the Magistrate that the case in which Louisa Williams sued Nathaniel H. Beamish (Mr. E. J. W. Hallett) for £69 7/10, being £.50 and interest, deposit on purchase of business, cash borrowed, and damages in connection of the purchase of defendant’s labour agency business by plaintiff, had been settled on certain terms, but he asked for a court adjournment, as the terms would take some tune to arrange. An adjournment was granted by the court until February 23rd. with a view to settlement. McCarthy v. scott. His Worship delivered his reserved judgment in the case in which P. McCarthy (iMr. C. Duff) sued ba rah Scott (Air. E. J. W. Hallett) for £9O 9/2, alleged to be due on two farming contracts. There was also a counter claim foi* £BB. After reviewing the evidence His Worship gave judgment for plaintiff on the claim, for £76 1/6 and costs £23 11/- and, on the counterclaim, defendant was without costs.

CIVIL CASES. Judgment was given for plaintiffs in the following undefended cases:—D. E. Davis v. D. D. Vickerman and Quirk’s Air Gas Ltd., £Bl 4s sd. Judgment against Vickerman with costs £6 17s. The case against the Quirk Co. was adjourned, by consent, sine die, to be brought on again at seven days’ notice by either party. C. Reg. Stevens v. Daniel senr., £2 2s lid, costs 28s; W. R. Stone v. W E. Turnbull £3, costs 23s 6d; GaL lagher and Co. v. E. Lonergan, £5 6s 7d, costs 30s 6d; same v. Daniel Field, £2O 17s, costs £3 Is; A. Rosenberg v. Henry Clark, £1 Ils 6d, costs 9s; W. G. Jaeger v. Tarqtoa, £36 17« 6d, costs £5 8s; George. Purves v. Ratima Hakopa, £l6 Ils, (costs £3 10s; A. J. Vidal and Sons v. J. R. Croft. 15s 6d, costs 8s; same v. G. A. Waddle, £3 3s, costs 24s 6d; A. R. Farmer v. W. Russell, £2 Ils, costs 23s 6d; “Tribune” Ltd v. V. J. McKay, £4 17s 2d, costs 24s 6d.