LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12593, 7 June 1904, Page 7

LAW AND POLICE.

S; ■ • MAGISTRATES COURT. ' ft MB. C. C. Kettle. S.M., held a sitting the Magistrate's. Court yesterday afternoon I" Claim for Commission: A claim for £14 W Bd commission was made by Edward Thorn I • Russell against George Jordan. . M*. Blirjf \i appeared for the plaintiff and explained th pC his client was a commission agent, who up' IS hearing chat Mr. Jordan was about to et I' out of the Queen's Head Hotel called upc »," liiin in March last. As a result of the into view the defendant instructed plaintiff I procure a purchaser, which proceeding M Russell set stout to .do. Shortly afterwar< - lie introduced a Mr." Sullivan to Mr. Jordai 'tut the latter stated on that occasion that 1 could not consider the matter just then own to the serious nature of his wife's health. Su . livan then went away to Wellington and M Jordan's wife- in the meantime died. Whe Sullivan returned Russell again brought tl parties together, and as a result busine; eventuated, Sullivan purchasing- the busine: ? lor £375 and the furniture for £92. Til Great Northern Brewery Company were tli owners of. the hotel, and £100 deposit w paid "to them the following day. When pi in the box, the plaintiff stated that the di fendant had refused to pay his commissio on the ground thai the business was tran i» acted through Mr. Mowbray. When the enfor the plaintiff had been heard the furtlu bearing of the case was adjourned until Wet ncsdav morning. POLICE COURT NEWS. a The fitting of the Police Court yesterda ; Was held before Mr. C. C. Kettle, B.M. Drunkenness: One first-offender for drui tenness, on pleading guilty, was fined 5s an Costs while another, who did not appeal as ordered to forfeit £1 bail. John Ca vert was fined £1 and costs, or in defau Seven days' imprisonment, for a second an Similar offence. .. By-law Cases: For driving a vehicle alon ■Rymondu'Strcot after sunset, without a ligl James Milburii, who admitted the offenc. was fined 5s and costs. A similar fine ws imposed upon Joseph Thomas for spillin sewage in Upper Queen-street on the mgli of the 21st nit. Prohibited Persons on Licensed Premises JFohn Lawrence Murphy pleaded guilty to hi ins upon the licensed premises of the Allelic Hotel while a prohibition order was m tore ualn«t him. As it was Murphy's first ol fence of the kind. His Worship ordered 1m . to come up tot sentence when called upon A simitar charge in respect to the same bote was preferred against Emilv Perry. Sh admitted the offence. As it was not the firs offence. His Worship imposed a penalty o 20s and costs. Wellington; William Her Remanded to Wellington: William Her lert Buttery was remanded to Welhngtoj on a charge of obtaining £5 from Arthur A Lodder by means of a valueless cheque, In tccused stated that when he issued the cheqw be thought he had sufficient money in tin bank to meet >*•,„,, _, . : ■ A Boyish Assault Claude Marmont, a bo; •: of 16 years of age. was brought before th Bench to answer a charge of assaulting an •'""" other boy named Oscar Hartman. Marmon pleaded guilty, but his father would not a] r low him to go into the box to give any evi Hence in mitigation. The facts, as explainer by the sub-inspector, were that the aocusei Struck Hartman in Queen-street without tin V "Slightest provocation. His Worship orderet • Jiarmout to come up for sentence when collet .upon. i - Absconding Prom an Industrial School: / &tthur William Coliani failed to appear t< answer a charge of harbouring his son, Ar ■'.- ibur N. Column, when he had absconded fron i:>'-. the Dunedin Industrial School. Sub-Inspec toi Black informed the Bench that Coham' son was committed to the industrial sehoo : " it Dunedin in 18&6. when he was but 1( ; years of age. In 1903 the lad was licensee out to a farmer at Wintou, hut he was not there long before he disappeared, and tht authorities lost all trace of him. Prior tc this, the defendant had written to the Edu cation Department trying to get the youtl out. His negotiations hail, however, failed The defendant lived at Northcote, and hi* son was found living there with him by tin local constable. The case was adjourned nnti Tuesday next so that the defendant, who is out of town, might he present.