ALLEGED FORCIBLE ENTRY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17649, 9 December 1920, Page 8

ALLEGED FORCIBLE ENTRY.

SEQUEL TO TENANCY CASE

ACTION AGAINST LANDLORD.

A sequel to a dkpute between landlord and tenant concerning the possession of a house was heard in the Police Court yes- j terday before Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M., when Agnes Noble and Albert A. Noble (Mr. Moody) were charged by Hettie Evelyn McKee (Mr. Sullivan) with having, on November 24, forcibly entered a house, 16, Edwin Street, in possession of the informant, for the purpose of taking possession of it. Counsel far the informant said the alleged offence took place the day following the hearing of an application lor an order for possession, winch had been refused by the Court. Joseph McKee, labourer, said he had occupied the house for 4£ years. Accused had furniture stored in one room, and wanted possession of one or two rooms. When witness returned home on November 27 after a tew days' absence he found that steps had been erected at the window of the room in-which the furniture was stored, and a lock had" been put on the window. Accused thus had access to the whole of the house. , -'" Hettie Evelyn McKee corroborated her husband's evidence. When accused came to the house on the morning of .November 24 they pushed the door open, pushed witness, against the wall and prevented her from closing the door. Accused went straight to the room, containing the furniture. They did not tell her why. they had come. They remained working in the room till the afternoon and returned next day. Mrs. Noble had said the first day that she and her husband were coming to live with witness. To Mr. Moody witness said Mrs. Noble always had a key of the front door and had frequently gone to see the furniture, but always with witness' consent. Albert A. Noble, cabinetmaker, and owner of the house, said the furniture ' had- been stored in one room for about! four years and a-half and witness and hia wife had always had access to it. . On November 24 they told Mrs. McKee they were going to" the roommeaning the room where the furniture was stored. Mrs. McKee would not admit them. The door was- ajar and they walked through to the room. Until that day they had never had any -. .trouble about seeing the furniture. To Mr. Sullivan witness said he and his wife had not forced their: way into the house. He had put a platform up to the window so that he could' get into the room, as he feared there might ; be trouble as Mrs. McKee had refused to admit them, and when they were in the room her brother had knocked violently at the door. Witness denied that his wife had told Mrs. McKee they were coming to live in the house. Mrs. Noble corroborated her husband's evidence. To Mr. Sullivan she said almost all their furniture and effects were in the room, and "some had been placed there recently with the object of securing possession of the house. Decision was reserved till this morning.