MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17699, 28 January 1918, Page 8

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

OEERISTCHTJRCH. Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M., presided at the Magistrate I ’# Court on Saturday. Joseph O’Connor, who had two previous convictions against him, .was fined £1 or. seven days' imprisonment for drunkenness/and was informed that he was ‘‘ qualifying for the Island.” Janies, Mulqueen, a second offender, was filled 10s or forty-eight hours’ im- ■ orisomwent for drunkenness,, and at his oW.n request a prohibition order . was ' gravtecF,against him. Orders Were made in the following ir/dianent summons cases:—l). L. floyd v. H. Burridge (Mr Sar. o-enf>), a debt of £4 10s 6d, to be paid forthwith, in default five days’ imprisonment ; T. Crompton and Sons (Mr CCJiingham) v. J. A. Burmp, a debt of £7l) . I6s, immediate payment, in default’ two months’ imprisonment; Costello an.fi Benwman (Mr Thomas) v. Stanley East, a debt of £lO 8s 6d to he paid forthwith, m default ten days imprisonment; H- IC. (Jalcroft (Mr Williams) v. JFihn O’Keefe, a debt of £l4 8s 3d, to bn paid at. once, in default fourteen ] n gaol. Marv Hiddlestoiie (Mr Cassidy) applied for : an orcW against James Stewart for the recovery of £/9 17s in respect to'the sale of a trotting horse. Mr Cassidy stated tl.'at Stewart was a horse dealer of Kaiapo v In June, 191 1 . plaintiff had stated that she was prepared to buy a trotting' horse- As a result the defendant interviewed Sirs Iliddhstmie and offered to' sell a, mare by Wildwood Junr. out Oi a Ijincom Yet m-are, bred by AY. Kerr. X«e value of Kerr’s stock was well k.tfown to trotting, owners of the Dominw»i"i. Mrs Hidtflestone bought the mare and it was put into training. A lot of money was spent on it, but it proved useless. Subsequently investigations proved hhat the mare was not by Wildwood Jinn'--and was not bred by Ivnrr. Actioy was taken to recover the amount, anu defendant had not denied the facts. | The case was one of bare-facbd swindling, said Mr Cassid.v, and a lot of money bad been lost to his client over it. The defendant, in reply to the Magistrate, admitted that his information concerning the mare was not correct, He had made a mistake. To MV Cassidy: Defendant was a Working man and not a liorso dealer, lie admitted, however, that he dealt m horses occasionally to augment his income. Recently lie had sold two horses, one for £6O and the other for £35. A mistake had boon made about the marc ho had offered to Mrs Hiddlostone but ho had not been able to refund the money. The Magistrate: T will order vou to pay the amount at the rate of £1 a week, in default three month#’ imprisonment. . . . — t). RAXGIORA. ' r ' Mr C. I. Jennings, J.P.. presided at the. Rangiora Magistrate’s Court on Saturday. John M’Millan, for being drunk while in charge of a horse and cart,, was lined 10s.