MAGISTERIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16569, 5 June 1914, Page 2

MAGISTERIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH. Thursday, June 4.

(Before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M.) . Drunkenness. —Six first offenders charged with drunkenness were each fined ss. Drunkenness and Vagrancy .—Margaret M’Dermott, with a long, list of previous convictions, was convicted of drunkenness and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for vagrancy, as she refused to go to a home. (Before Messrs W. Barrett, J.P., and EL. Andrews, J.P.) Theft of a Ring. —Elizabeth Mary Mason pleaded not guilty to a charge that on June 1, at Springfield, she had stolen a ring valued at £5, the property of Elizabeth Patton. Elizabeth Patton, daughter of the licensee of the Springfield Hotel, said that accused was cook at the hotel. Witness was making cakes in the kitohen on Juno 1, and hung the ring up on a nail. The cook had left that night, when the ring was missed, and the police had been telephoned to. Detective Ward said that lie had met the cook at the station, where she denied possession of the ring, but he found it in her bag. Accused said she had picked it up in a shovel of coals in the kitchen, and popped it in her bag, thinking no more about it. She had never seen it before. Accused was fined 40s and costs, in default one month’s imprisonment. (Before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M.)

Sale of ,a Horse.— William Morris (Mr Malley) proceeded against James Diggs for the recovery of £3 12s 2d owing on a horse, trap and harness, which defendant had bought from him on an instalment plan. Defendant said that the horse had kicked the cart to pieces. He had purchased the mare as a quiet animal, but though he had harnessed her three times, she had broken the cart each time. He had taken the cart back to plaintiff and asked him to moet him half-way. G. G. Gardiner, who had owned the mare before the plaintiff,, said that she had been a quiet animal. Judgment was given for plaintiff for £1 and costs. Goods Supplied. —William Charles Green (Mr Salter) was given judgment for £5 7s 2d and costs on goods supplied to Charles Montgomery. Civil Cases. Judgment, by default was given for plaintiff in the following undefended cases:—• Dalgety and Co., Ltd., v. H. Stevens, £6 10s 8d; Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd., v. H. J. Peaks, £6 12s 4d; S. Ward v. William Adams £6 3s 6d; Henry Berry and Co. v. L. P. Bennett, 7sj Mason, Struthors and Co., Ltd., v. Thomas Batty, £5; Massey, Harris Co., Ltd., v. Henry William Rogers. £6 14s 2d; W. U. Baker v. Edith Ellmers, £3 13s 6d; J. F. Lowers v. P. Walsh, £5 19s; Ford and Mirains v. Henry Gallus, £l2 Is 8d; E. Hewish and Co. v. Edwin S. Chambers, £3 13s 3d; Henry Berry and Co. v. Thomas Rowell. £lB 13s 7d; Muff and Murphy v. J. K. M’Noil, £5 11s 4d; A. J. White, Ltd., v. Hogg Bros., £3l 6s 9d. LYTTELTON. Thursday, June 4. (Before Mr L. A. Stringer, J.P.) Drunkenness. —Albert Foote, on a charge of having been drunk the previous day, was fined 10s. A further charge of a breach of a prohibition order was adjourned until Wednesday. —A first offender who had been found drunk on No 2 wharf the previous day was fined os.