MAGISTRATE’S COURT

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7024, 12 January 1910, Page 3

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

TUESDAY, JANUARY 11

(Before Mr W. G. Riddell, S.M.)

Eherhardt Ferdinand Renner was remanded until the 19th inst. on a charge of having sot fire to a house in Wad© street, Wadestown, on tho 28th ultimo. Chicf-Deteotdvo Broberg asked tlia-t accused should be remanded until the 19th inst. Mr A. LMair appeared for the accused, and asked for bail, which was allowed in £OO and ono surety of £6O.

Edwin Arnold was charged with having stolen a suit of clothes of the value of £2 10s, the property of E. Rhimes. Accused, who has previously been before the Court, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment.

Ada Lysier, charged with drunkenness, was found to ho in such a physical condition that she had to be treated at tho hospital. She was directed to pay £1 12s 6d medical expenses or to bo imprisoned for two months in tho alternative.

Florence JloDonald, also charged with drunkenness, was remanded until the IStih fori. medical treatment. Alexander Gilchrist, for drunkenness, was fined 10s or forty-eight hours’ imprisonment.

A man named Patrick Sullivan was brought before the Court on an uncommon kind of charge. It was that ■he had taken three sovereigns from an cgg-cup which was standing on the mantelshelf of the kitchen ,-of his brother’s house. His defence was peculiar. He said his sister-in-law had told him to go and get some ointment out of an egg-cup which was on the mantelpiece to dress an injury which he had sustained to his hand. B-ut instead of the ointment ho found in the egg-cup the three sovereigns. He put them in his pocket for the purpose of showing his brother and sister-inlaw the danger they incurred by leaving money lying about so carelessly. Ho intended to restore the money, and when a constable spoke to him about it he told him tho whole story. The prisoner, who had previously offended, was sentenced to three mouths’ imprisonment. CIVIL CASES. (Before Dr A. McArthur, S.M.) Margaret Jlillar and Isaac Sykes v, Bartolo Russo, £lO, costs £2 13s Gd; Wellington City Council v. Percy Hutcheson Wood, £2 10s sd, costs 9s; W. F. Richards v. George Symington, £1 4s, costs ss; Kdla.way and Johns v. John Tofts, 9s Gd, costs ss; Inspector of Awards v. Louisa Harding-Toomer, £1; James Hooker v. Thomas Driscoll, £4 15s lOd, costs 11s; Edward 00-llie v. Frank Hedgman, £l3 9s lOd, costs £1 10s Gd; Wellington Timber Company, Ltd., v. William Henry Hampton, £5 10s Id, costs £1 6s Gd; A. Niool, junr., v. Thomas Harris, £5 18s 2d, costs £1 17s Gd; Bates and Lees' v. James Monahan, £7 8s lOd, costs £1 3s; same v. Claude H. Jlountfort, £1 7s Gd, costs ss;‘Levin Meat and Cold Storage Company, Ltd., v. G. J. Gardener, £3 12s 9d, costs 10s; same’v. Emily Dickson, £3 9s 2d, costs 11s; Denton and Co. v, Mrs L. H. Toomer, £21.19s 3d, costa £2 14s; New Zealand Express Company, Ltd., y. Annie Low, £1 15s, costs 6s; Eveline Isabel Winder. v. Mavgaret O’Hallornn, £2, costs ss; John Merry y. Ada Knott, possession by the 25th inst. and £4 Bs, costs 12s. JUDGJIENT SUMMONS.

In the 'judgment summons cas© George W. Connor v. John Tofts, defendant was ordered to pay a debt of £6 19s 3d on or before the 25th inst., in default seven days’ imprisonment. Francis Loudon was ordered to pay George Winder a debt of £l2 5s 3d on or before the 25th inst., in default seven days’ imprisonment.

Charles Henry Smith was ordered to pay the Wellington City Council a debt of £3 7s 8d on or before the 25th inst., in default three days,’ imprisonment. No order was made in each of the two following cases :.—Amelia Sutherland v. Angus Archer, a debt of £1 2s Gd ; Robinson and Perrin v. Charles J. Alexander, a debt of £3 8s Bd,