LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11713, 24 July 1901, Page 7

LAW AND POLICE.

I SUPREME COURT. * „ w rt Mb. Justice Conoilt held i ffl&ty «in chambers • yesterday forenoon. ''I ' ''■ Sate- Probate .was granted to the exe i,l * in the , wills of Joseph .Lash 5 1 Hies■-Thome), 1 Hugh Fulton (Mr I i°, Robert Samuel: Richard Fielder (Mr 9 KS«rl Mm i Campbell (Mr.' McGregor) »! lifi (Mr. MacCormick), Wilhan ■ I'■■ Mr CUyton), John McLoughlir • ■SS Elizabeth' Turner (Mr. New ] |ffi Emily Hannon - (Mr. Stewart).' I Tetters of Administration: Letters of ad i Wration - wore granted ■in ? the estates -o: J CS Sullivan (Mr- Stewart),'.' Willian I ' SI Sraythe, jun. (Mr. Keetley), Jamo.< I «&» (Mr. Parr), Robert Hall ant J aSS Hall, with will annexed (Mr. 1 ''Land Transfer Act: A summons to the I ' Strict-Land Registrar to uphold grounds I ,-J ol refusal to bring land under the Act ir, I r6S pect of an application by J. T.B. Pea '■■■ ' i.ujke and another, was ordered to be ; re--1 moved into banco for argument on July 31, I Mr. Campbell appeared in support. j ' ileal Estate: A petition by Mr. Newton for leave to sell real estate re Roderick . James MeKenzie, deceased, was granted, i subject to investment of (he shares of the children. A like order was granted in,the v' estate of Sarah Lydia Garland, deceased, • en Mr dittos' application, subject to investment of the shares of moneys. , •: _ . _ ...... rOLICB COURT NEWS. '■ The Bench at'tho sitting of tho. Police Court on Tuesday was occupied by, Mr. H. Brabant, B.M. '■ Drunkenness: For habitual drunkenness, Xafe Hindi and Margaret Wilkio were each ' ' sent to gaol for - ono month, with hard '- '; labour. „ , . Maintenance Cases: An order was made "against Manuel Ross for tho payment of Ss '•week towards tho support of. his illegiti--1 j. , aiftte child. John Thomas Williams, on a linear charge, was sontenced to one month's I similar charge, was warrant to be suspended 'imprisonment, the warrant to ba suspended ss long as tho payment of 8s per week on 'tbe arrears is continued. For having failed i' as comply with order of the Court for Ijbe arrears is continued. For having failed c 'to comply with tho order of the Court for - the support of his mother, Wm. Neal was ordered to pay up tho arrears owing within 14 day?, or go to prison for one month. His .Worship ordered a warrant for the arrest of Emily Grant, for having neglected to pro- • . vide her child-with adequate means of main* tenance. ' '■ Breaches of By-laws: On the information .-of Inspector Turner, the following persons - 'were fined for neglecting to keep the back yards attached to their houses in a sanitary »condition:— Reid and ; Henry Halka 'were' each fined 10s and costs; James Hill -.was fined 20s and costs, and Sarah 'Ann Neal . was fined Is and no costs. Williams v. Stallibrass: This case was ono ''iin 1 which Mary Williams prayed that an 1 order be made against Harry T. Stallibrass for the support of an infant, of. which it* is alleged, he is the father. Mr. J. R, London appeared for the complainant, and Mr. E. W. Blair for tho defendant. His •Worship, in delivering judgment, said that ■ it appeared in the year 1895 proceedings had been instituted in the case by the complainant, and in the defendant's absence an order'was made. These proceedings wore now cancelled by an order made on March 21, 1896,"which order had never been carried into effect. Subsequent to this last case being lic-jd, the order in ; question had been ■ issued. His Worship dismissed the case, but said that tho order still remained good. , ■"""* .- ."-'■•; • ; v.'»::UFV<.:- : :s~ : " ' ■ ■' ' ■•■■_■■•