FEILDING COURT.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1875, 20 March 1913, Page 3

FEILDING COURT.

(Bex ' ore r T ' P°y u^ou ' S. M.)

WEDNESDAY

(Our Own Rep." Pseutative > CIVIL.

Judgment by default was gn , plaintiff in M. Hofen and Fred x. v. Mrs Paul £1 9s Bd, costs 8s; C. "V. Roberts v. N. S. Frank, claim £4 ss, costs 23s fid; John Gould v. J. Wiggins, .£3 J2s 9(1, costs 10s; J. McBrydie v. A. A. Matthews, claim ££s l'is 2d, costs £1 3s fid; W. C. Cower v. J. Wiggins, 12s fid, costs ITs fid. Judgment summons—D. H. Stevens v. P. Coyle, £3 Ifis 3d, to be paid by May 1, in default four days; A. J. Hum v. P. Coyle, £lO 4s, to be paid by May 1, in default 10 days; J. Graham v. M. V. Hill, £ls 3s Bd, to be paid on May 1, in default 15 days. H. Remnant (Mr Ongley) sued J. J. Gillies (Mr Graham) for £2fi 14s, goods supplied and work done in sinking wells, building glass houses, etc. Defendant admitted £9 4s lOd, and judgment was given for this amount with costs £l. Defendant counter-claimed £l2 3s. Tliis was partly for goods supplied, but a good deal was for meals supplied at Is. The Magistrate reduced this charge to fid, and gave judgment £0 lfis, a sum of £1 9s to be deducted off certain goods returned, with costs £1 fis. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. On the information of Mr H. Brandt, Inspector of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, R. Palmer pleaded guilty to working a horse with a sore shoulder, but his counsel pointed out that he had charge of 25 horses which were all in good condition. On this occasion he had driven to Feiding with three horses, one of which developed a sore shoulder en route. He had no option but to use the horse on the return journey. A line of £] and costs £2 15s was imposed.

ALLEGED FAILING TO PROVIDE

Charles G. Hodges (Mr Graham) was charged witli failing to contribute towards the maintenance of his wife, represented by Mr Murphy. Plaintiff stated they had been married 12 years and there were four children. They had not been living together for two or three years, since when defendant had taken charge of vhe children. She was a laundress and finding the work too hard wished that he should contribute towards her keep. Defendant stated lie was working at Daunevirke fox £3, but lost time off occasionally through sickness. He was paying £2 5s a week for board for himself and children. No order was made. A LICENSEE FINED. A. W. Whiteliouse, licensee, pleaded guilty to allowing the rattle of a piano ac the Empire Hotel. He was fined 20s and costs,

A CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. Barry and Co. (Mr Ongley) sought to recover from Adam Burges and Co. (Mr Innis) and P. and Duncan (Mr Cooke) the sum ol ..iJO lis damages for loss of a motor car part and delay in executing repairs, causing loss of business. Barry's car, it was stated, in evidence, had gone wrong, and a crank required repairing, and A. J. Tozer, representing Burges and Co. and P. and D. Duncan, had undertaken that the repairs could be effected by Duncan. He took the crank away, and it was forwarded on by Burges to Christchurch, and later returned to Barry repaired. He claimed that a pinion sent away with the crank had been lost, and that he could not get it replaced. He had cabled to Australia for one, and the delay in getting this pinion had affected his business. He took £l2 a week with the car, and his expenses were £5. The car had been laid up for six months, instead of two weeks as it might have been. For the defence Tozer and other witnesses swore that the pinion had not been taken away from Barry's, and further that the missing article could easily be replaced in New Zealand It was also contended that Burges was in no way responsible. The crank had been forwarded by him, and he, as agent for Duncan, had billed Barry. His Worship said he would take time to read the evidence which had been given in Christchurch, and give judgment later, when he would hear legal argument.