LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8282, 14 June 1890, Page 3

LAW AND POLICE.

SUPREME COURT.In Chambers. Friday. [Before Hifl Honor Mr. Justice Conolly.] ArkMTs«ioN TO th* Bar.—On the motion of Mr. Hudson William Eugene Oothwaite was admitted and enrolled as a barrister andsohcitor of the Snnreme Court. Mr. Outhwaite was called to the Inner Temple 1873, viwiibrnd' the necessary examination m Not Zealand. Probate.— was granted in the wills of the following deceased persons Henry Coomer.WilhelminaHennetta .Sophia Spanhake, John Mercer, Roderick■ Joseph Whitburn, John William Leece. A IN . -—Letters of administration in the estate of Owen McGrathjdeceased, were applied for by Mr. Watson His Honor said the application was for letters of administration to the and approval of sureties. . He would grant the letters of administration, and leave the approval of sureties to the Registrar. Myer v. Humphreys. — Mr. Tylden moved to change the solicitors on the record. His Honor pointed out that there was no affidavit with the summons. Mr. Tylden said that Mr. Napier's consent J*?^ His Honor said, as a matter of form, an affidavit was necessary, as .somefching more was required than an arrangement, between the solicitors. He would grant the application, subject to an affidavit by Mr. giving his consent. Finlayson v. Finlayson and Stanaway (Divorce).—Mr. Mahony moved for leave to dispense with personal service of citation on the respondent, and that some other mode of service be substituted therefor. Mr. Mahony asked that the motion might be allowed to lapse, the respondent having been discovered and served since the notice was set down.

R.M. COURT.— Friday. [Before Dr. Giles, R.M.] Judgment Summonses.The following summonses were dealt with : —A. Payne v. J. Lee, claim £4 13s. Defendant did not appear. An order was made that the sum claimed be paid in a month, with an alternative of 21 days' imprisonment. B. J. Kemp v. H. L. Rossenberg, claim £5 2s 6d. There was no appearance of the defendant, and Hie Worship ordered the payment of the debt in 14 days, with an alternative of 21 days' imprisonment. Northern Boot and Shoe Manfacturing Co. v. T. Blackwell, claim £1110s 2d. An order was made that the debt be paid by instalments of 2s 6d per week. A. Lloyd v. C. Smith, claim £7 8s sd. An order was made that the debt) be paid by instalments of 2s 6d per week. Four summonses against W. Gulliver, from James Rae, J. Wilkin, and Jacob Enko, for a total sum of £93 lis, were before the Court. His Worship ordered that £6 per month be paid by the defendant.

POLICE COURT. —Friday. [Before Messrs. S. Y. Collins and if. G. Ewmgton, J.P.'s.] Drunkenness. — person was punished for a first offence. Obscene Language.—Elizabeth Dismore,* who pleaded guilty of drunkenness, also admitted the use of obscene language in Wyndham-street. The Bench sentenced her to three months' imprisonment with hard labour.

A Narrow Escape.Arthur Milgrew pleaded guilty of having on the 3rd May committed a breach of the Public Works Act by trespassing on a part of the railway near the Ellerslie railway station, at a point not open to the public. Mr. Theo. Cooper, who appeared on behalf of the Railway Department, said that the defendant attempted to cross the line, and was caught by the cowcatcher of an engine which was approaching and thrown forward on to the edge of the platform, narrowly escaping with hie life. The man had suffered by the accident, and therefore he would not ask for a heavy penalty, but it was necessary that the public should know that the law would not allow a person to jeopardise his life in this way. The Bench spoke of the folly of the prisoner's conduct, and inflicted a nominal penalty of 5s and costs.