COURT RETURNS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 107, 2 April 1930, Page 7

COURT RETURNS.

QUARTERLY FIGURES. Returns of the business transacted bv the Palmerston North Supreme and Magistrate’s Court for the quarter ended March 31 are as follow: SUPREME COURT. Civil. —Actions commenced, 13; amounts claimed,. £11,374 9s lid; cases tried by judge, 7; by common jury, 1; cases tried and decisions given, 8; cases tried previously and decisions now given, 1; cases settled or discontinued, 2; judgments for plaintiff, 6; for defendant, 2; judgments given after trial. 8; judgment by default or confession, 1; number of sitting days, 5; applications heard in banco, 3. Criminal.—Sitting days, 3; true bill, 1; convictions, 1; persons sentenced, 2. Divorce. —Petitipns filed for dissolution, 7; trials by judge, 4; decrees nisi sealed, 4; decrees absolute stated, 5. Administration. —Probates and letters of administration sealed, 27. Chattels.—Securities filed, 162; satisfactions filed, 37. ■ • Bankruptcy.—Sitting days, 3; debtors’ petitions filed, 11 ; creditors’ petitions filed, 1; adjudication on creditors’ petition, 1; discharges granted, 2; applications to conduct mortgagees’ sales, 6; number of sales, 3. Pees. —Bankruptcy, £B6 2s; administration, £IBO 3s; fines, £10; sheriff’s, £1 Is; miscellaneous, £214 6s; total, £491 12s. MAGISTRATE’S COURT. Civil. —European plaintiffs and Maori defendants: Plaints entered, 13; amount sued for, £164 14s 4d ; cases tried, 12; amount claimed in cases tried, £lOl Is lid ; amount recovered, £9l 8s 6d. Europeans only concerned: Plaints entered, 705; amount sued for, £9961 13s 9d; cases trigd, amount claimed in cases tried, £4746 4a fid; amount recovered £4521 11s Id; sittings by magistrate, 9; plaints entered, 718; distress warrants issued, 46; judgment summonses issued, 201; warrants of committal issued, 21; summonses served, by bailiff 556; by post 133; fees paid, £674 10s. Criminal. —Arrest cards, 118 (male 107, female 11); summons cards, 193 (male 181, female 12); total, 288 (male 311, female 23); juvenile offenders 11 (male 8, female 3); fees paid, £6B 19s; fines paid, £209 17s.