MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Northern Advocate, 12 April 1911, Page 4

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

4 ~— v SPECIAL SITTING AT KAWAKAWA. ~.', A special sitting of the Magistrate's X\ Court at Kawakawa, Mr Acheson. S.M. ;: presiding, was-held to adjudicate upon '', the case of J. Fleet and Sons v Sarah, i. Jane Costello, a claim for £124 15$ 7d ™\ for goods supplied. Mr Miller appear- " 1 • ed for plaintiffs and Mr J. F. S. Briggs '" ! for defendant. The defendant's solicitor stated that defendant had been arrested at Hlku- ,';' rangi upon the ground that she was attempting to quit the Dominion to . % evade payment. She had been taken ' ; to Kawakawa by the police, all the , .-*; jewellery and money in her possession ' ..* had been takpn from her, she' had ,; been held in custody until ,'bail' had % been obtained, and upon her reJeaee ' the bailiff had returned her jewellery, J^ but not the money. As he- considered ?,, that the money should have been re-' - '' tu'nied to defendant, he aslced. hig ~_ Worship Would make aft Si'der to? the* , -'j return of the money. The bailiff had. "', been asked to return it, but had failed ' ■ /; to do so. \ - i," His Worship stated*that he could ■ ' .- not make the order, but could advise . •- the bailiff to return the money, which ' ,; he would do, as he considered the . • money was wrongfully detained. ■ .- • The supply or thP goods and amount / ._ of claim were admitted. Defendant's - •'.?. solicitor, however, contended that as , # ,'; the defendant had given security over ':, some horses for the payment of the-,- ,--*"• debt in August next, and as the sec- Vi urity was still in existence and had s'l never been disturbed or disputed, the *£ defendant had until August to pay the * ,;'■ debt, and! the claim should not have jr\^ been made until that date. ' !jV /i His Worship thereupon intimated tosolicitor for plaintiff that he would >>' give the parties fifteen minutes' ad- •; journment, to see if they could come to a settlement. - ■' Upon the Court resuming, Mr Briggs ,• stated that a settlement had been arrived at. It had been agreed that . plaintiffs should have possession of the ' - security in hand until the debt wa** paid or the security released, with the? addition of a piano; the piano not to be realised upon until August. A fur* tlier agreement had been given over the horses and piano securing the debt, , upon which further agreement the : plaintiffs' action should be struck out. The defendant was immediately re*' leased from custody. l