LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12608, 24 June 1904, Page 7

LAW AND POLICE.

■ •'"■ mm i MAGISTRATE'S COURT, * A pitting ot th * Magistrate's Court was x held before Mr. C.'.iCvKettli., S.M., yesterday. - .;.••; ;■■•;■: -.?>.-: , ■ Judgment for plaintiffs, with costs, was v given by default iu each of the following »- cases:-—Sargent and Littleproud v. W. ii. i- Z****, m 10» Wi Charlej* Ctiileott v. J, i Nicholson, .£5 15s; ; KUapoi Woollen , Manufacturing i Company, Limited^-".v. W. Bwrgoyiw, £15 9» 4d; L. D. Nathan and '■'■ ; '^Si^tT^ Pal * iE 'ort'''and Henry Johns, 11,I 1 , '*«/, lis Set; : Steuttrt and Feriri v. Allan 80, , berts, £9 10s 9dj Gilbert J. Mackay v. R. i K *s v ?'■■'s 7s 9d i Auckland City Council f MRr r T ?« ) n,£i ? 9d; W. 8. Laurie and Co. v. Stephen Bond, £2 9s M, Alfred Buck--1 land and Sons v. A. A. Mcintosh, £3 lis Sd; ' Waft Y W e V B Jr' th a , ml Co - v - W - *4****t in'Jr o )*** ndall v. J.- Jones, 7s ■■ 7d: , X,., D. ' Nathan and Co. >.. J. Powell, *£51 10-r^ ary ,, Br^ hhr"er ", a , nd ,DoWns v Richard , ODonnell, £4' 6* 3d' J. W. Bridgman- v. r James Bf sett, £11; fred. Brown v. Walter : S,y-, £1 3s!^¥ ar y Gra<,e Dakiel *. James i S^PU B ? ; Eden Terrace Road Boards. Moses Welch, £2 lSs 4d; G. Foster v. Mrs. - oan o ' £1 HM* Macklow Brothers v. ,- %• '.W. mith » £2 5s 6d; Charles Chilcott v. i {?*? .■■\*Pnt,£2}.' Auckland City Council v. Mary Ann Miller, £1 16s 7d; Ross and An- , n .no v. R. Cooper, £5 9s lOd jW. J. 'T«e* i main v. A. Renwiek, £1 ss. - i . ? a 5? I Jtoinateted: In the case of i Donald [ and Edenborough v. Walter Bull, in which ' judgment was given by default for plaintiff ' * f,* A™ ' ast week, Mr. Martin, appearing »or Bull, applied for the case to lie rein- ' stated. ;In support he stated that his client, owing to being outside the Manukau Bar 1 whoa the : case came on, .was unable .to be 1 present. :; The case was reinstated accord--1 ingly, counsel agreeing to pay costs. The action was adjourned for a month so. that i- some evidence might be taken in Welling- ',- ton. ; ' ~/!*:- ■":';•.:■ .-.,.!..:■-:■,.•- s.; '-■' * Clft ,'„ m / or Wrongful Dismissal: A claim , [pr. £15 I 9 wm mm■. by Charlotte Alice El- ' liott against P. W. Hay ward. Mr. J. R. Lundon in opening the case for the plain-' ' tiff said that she was ; engaged in February ' l?" ias ■ * housekeeper for the defendant at Feria at 15s per week.L She was engaged ••. for three months, her fare to be paid there, ; and; at the expiration of that time back to Auckland. In the event of her not deciding i°i? tA ? * o *' the three months, she was to for- , felt the money paid for her !; passage there. When his client bad been in the defendant's employ for about six Weeks she received notice of dismissal, being ; given : one week's | grace in which to leave the premises. The plaintiff therefore claimed balance of wages - due : and several weeks* board and lodgings ' a !i £1 per week. - 4 Mr. Buddie, who appear©ditoit the defendant, , here stated that his i defence would be that Mrs. Elliott was dismissed because' of her drunken habits and bad language, Mr. Lundons The fact of the matter is that Mrs. Elliott was dismissed because Mrs. Hayward, who left her husband with the intention of instituting divorce proceedings. was coming back. "On getting into thebox Mrs. Elliott stated that the defendants reason for dismissing her was because she had complained to him in a jocular manner that she was unable to obtain matches in his house. She further declared that before the defendant dismissed her he asked her to live with him as his wife, promising that if she did bo he would give her ' half of what he had. Bhe refused, and denied the allegations of the defendant's witnesses. whose evidence was put in. Mr. Buddie Obtained An adjournment until Wednesday so that he might -call the defendant to refute, Mrs.' Elliott's allegation about his ' asking her to lire with him. POLICE COURT NEWS. ' . ' The sitting of the Police Court yesterday was presided over by Messrs. Alexander Russell, I. Alexander, and J. Ziman, J.P.'s. t Drunkenness: James Smith, for a second Offence ?of drunkenness, was fined: 10s and costs, or in default 48 hours' imprisonment. Indecency in Durham-street: A young man ; named: John McDonald pleaded guilty to a charge of committing, an indecent aot in Durham-street. - Sub-Inspector Black stated : that the offence was committed at ten o'clock , on ; Wednesday , craning, when there were a ; number of people, including women, to »bout. ; It was getting quite a; common . practice in that locality now, arid something would have to b<» done to put a stop to' it. ; ; The Bench sentenced McDonald '■■'" to Jleveh* days' im- , prisonment with hard , labour. :,' . }■ |; Footballing in % the Public ! Streets: John Gibbons and Thomas Sheehan, on. pleading guilty to charges of playing football in Chapel-street were convicted and discharged. Similar; charges were preferred against Geo. Stephens and Walter Hancock in respect to • Ptsnlev-street. They were also convicted and discharged. ... ; ''■■■> ! Unlighted -Vehicles:' Files of 5s and costs j were imposed upon each of the following for failing ;to light their vehicles ' while driving I "along Manukau Road. Farnell, at night I time:— Smith. James" Clark, Robert > Cowan, James ' French. ,Joseph Simpson, < • Harry Callanan. Frederick Leek, ' Jari.es, j Chevis, John White, Gbdige Martin, (Herbert Hodgson. Lionel Furrey, and William Car- I ter. • Thomas Bo wdenv Was fined 10s and ' costs for a similar,! but second, offence. : -.'''■■';■ ; Encroaching upon the Footpath: Archii bald Johnstone was : filled 5s and costs: for obstructing the footpath 1 in Cook-street by exposing articles for sale upon it. "$ Failing to 'i Light art Obstruction: Robert Tudehope, for failing to light an obstruction in Grafton Road, was fined 5s and costs, . Chinamen -in Court: Seven Chinamen, ; named .Quorig Hing, 'Quorig Yet, Ah Lay, Mong Long, Ah Wong. Yet Sen, and Cook : Yen. were prosecuted by Mr. T. C. Turner, the city traffic inspector, for obstructing Grey-street by allowing their carts, to stand | there. . Cook Yen pleaded not guilty, and ■ after bearing the case the Bench discharged him with a caution, on the condition that [ he naid costs. In the other cases fines of 5s each and costs were imposed., T. Stead was fined is and costs-for a similar offence.