MAGISTERIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXII, Issue 15704, 25 August 1911, Page 5

MAGISTERIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH. Thursday, August 24. (Before Mr H. TV, Bishop, S.M.) Drunkenness. —A first offender for drunkenness was fined 6s, in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment.— John Foster, a second offender, was fined 10s, in default forty-eight hours’ imprisonment. Remanded. Arthur Alexander White, charged with having stolen a bicycle valued at £5, the property of George Milne, was remanded until next day.—Sylvester Fletcher, on a charge of being an idlo and disorderly person, was remanded for a week to enable the police to make inquiries as to his abode. (Bofore Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M.) Undefended Cases. —ln the following cases judgment with oosts was given for tho plaintiffs by default:—Booth, Macdonald and Co. (Mr Wilding, sen.) y. G. Kassebaum, 9s 8d; Commissioner of Taxes v. Henry William Hammond, £1 7s 6d; same v. Charles W r ilUam Williams, £6 17s 6d; Ridley’s Teas, Ltd. (Mr Alpers) v. J. Sutherland, »£2 15s; Robert Taggart v. John Delaney, 7s 6d; Alfred Josiah Willey v. Alfred Siggott, £6 6s. Judgment Summons Cases. —ln the following judgment summons cases, the Magistrate' refused to make airy order : —J7 Ballantyno and Co. (Mr Kowo) v. John Bush, claim £4 2s 6d, Moses Hampton (Mr Cuningham) v. Frederick Hampton, claim £8 6s; William Robert Faithful Clarkson (Mr Harman) v. Albert Richard Jarman, claim £73 3s Bd. In the case Archer and Halliburton (Mr Cuningham) v. E. J. Wakefield, claim £1 4s 3d, the debtor was ordered to pay the amount at the rate of Is per week, in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment. Private Money-lending.— Lucy Duggan (Mr Alpers) claimed from James Sharpe (Mr Dougall) and Sarah Sharpe (Mr Neave) the sum of £2, money lent to the female defendant. Tire plaintiff stated that she was a sub-agent for Strange and Co., Ltd. She was accustomed to soiling orders on Strange and Co. to people sne knew and trusted at the rate of Is per week, and she received the 10 per cent discount allowed on such orders. She had given credit for £5 on behalf of Mrs Sharpe', and had received £3 on the account. Mrs Sharpe was living apart from her husband, who refused to pay the balance of the money. Mrs Sharpe said that. all the articles sho had purchased with _ tho money were necessaries. She was living apart from her husband, who was supposed to pay her £3 per week, but she had not received any mpnev from him since December. Janies Sharpe said that he had some time previously stopped his wife’s credit. He knew nothing of his wife’s transaction with Mrs Duggan. He had always paid the money to liis wife regularly. Judgment was recorded for 275, with 4s 6d costs, against the female defendant, and 13s, with 5s 6(1 costs, against tho male defendant.