SUPREME COURT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 14552, 11 December 1907, Page 5

SUPREME COURT.

Tuesday, December 10. (Before his'Honor mr Justice Chapman.) IN CHAMBERS. Probate was granted of tho wills of Isaac Burdon (Mr Flesh or), William Thompson (Mr Helmore), William Murray (Mr Malley) and Mary E. Leversedge (Mr Malley). An order for probate in solemn form was mad© in r© Thomas White (Mr wilding). Letters of administration were granted in the estate of Alison Durey (Mr Taylor). In the case of Ollivier v. Curlett, Mr Johnston, who appeared for the defendant, applied for an interpleader sum* mons. Mr Wilding appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Stringer for the Official Assignee in the bankruptcy of F. H. Bruges. Mr Donnelly appeared for Goodman, and applied for a month’s adjournment. It was agreed by the par ties to sell the security and pay the moneys into the Court. In the case of Anderson v. Anderson (Mr Johnston), in divorce, an order ..’as made for substituted service. Mr Hunter’s application for the appointment of a guardian in tire estate of Carl G. H. Hauplefleisch, deceased, was granted. An order was made, on the application of Mr Wilding, for the examination of one of the promoters of the late Christchurch Steam Laundry Company. An order was made, on the application of Mr Stringer, for the appointment of new trustees in the estate of Robert Park, deceased. In the case of Mary Mitchell (Mr Frazer), letters of administration were granted w r ith one surety of £BO. IN BANKRUPTCY. Orders for discharge were mad© in the cases of W. A. Jacques, Frederick L. Robertson Marshall (Mr-Hunt), A. 0 Belwood (Mr Bates), A. 0. Idiens (Mr Uphain), and William Cobeldick, jun. (Mr Cassidy). [Pan Press Association.! AUCKLAND, December 10. At the Supreme Court to-day Mabel Barry, typewriter and stenographer, claimed £IOO damages for wrongful dismissal from Henry Holloway, Robert John Gwynno and Melville Henry Quick, proprietors of tho “ Waikato Argus,” Hamilton, plaintiff’s story was that she and her sister wore engaged as typewriters, but had to operate a new typesetting machine, known as the Simplex. Before they got accustomed to the working of it they wer© discharged. Mr Justice Denniston nonsuited plaintiff. INVERCARGILL, December 10. The Supreme Court sittings opened before Mr Justice Williams, who congratulated the jury on the remarkable absence of crime in the district. There were only three cases, and none of a serious character. Charles Froggatt, a youth, was charged with having improper relations with a girl under sixteen years of age, who was a consenting party. A verdict of not guilty, was returned; The Grand Jury returned no hill in tho case against Alexander Perrier, charged with manslaughter. The facts were that a horse took fright at Perrier’s traction engine and backed over an embankment, killing a young woman.