MAGISTRATE’S COURT

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11177, 5 April 1922, Page 7

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

YESTERDAY'S SITTING. J POLICE PROSECUTIONS. The police court Bitting yesterday was not of long duration, and Hr F. K. Hunt, S.M., disposed of the following offenders:— For drunkenness two .first offending inebriates were dealt with in the usual manner, and Malcolm Bethune. a previous offender, was fined 10s, in default forty-eight hours' imprisonmei*. John Henry Johns was also fined 10s, in default forty-eieht hours' imprisonment, for a second offence of drunkenness. Joseph Devlin wa9 sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour for stealing goods the property of John D. H. DalzieL The case is reported elsewhere. BY-LAW BREACHES. VARIOUS OFFENDERS DEALT i WITH. A lengthy list of offenders against the city by-laws was quickly traversed by Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M. , , Robert Hardie was fined 5s and costs for allowing his chimney to catch fire. H. W. Breyley was fined 10s and costs for having no rear number on a motor- , cycle. _ For leaving a motor-car unattended, J. W. G. Brodie was fined 10s and costs. On a count of having; no tail light on a motor-car, J. W. Bright was ordered ■ to pay costs only# 7s i "We really hadn't sold the car," said a member of the firm of J. B. Mac Ewan j and Co., when summoned on a charge i of failure to notify the change ‘ of ownership of a motor-car. Thomas ; Oates was similarly charged in connection with a motor-cycle. *T didn't buy ! it, 6ir," said the defendant. Both cases j were dismissed. •, On a similar count Ajrthur Adams was j lined 10s and costs. . | For failing to have tail lights on their vehicles, Edward Petherick, J. Pye, and Josiah A. Tunnington were eacp fined 6s, and George Calder on two charges , was fined 10s. I}r William Young was i convicted and dißOharged. Victor Beleham was convicted and ordered to pay. costs onlv for riding a . motor-cycle without a bell or a horn. j S. H* T. Thompson was ordered to pay costs only in respect of a similar offence. Henry Gynell was fined 10s and costs j for riding a bicycle without a bell or a horn. ' , _ t Daniel S. Smith was ordered to pay oosts only for having no tail light on a motor-cycle. A fine of 10s and costs was imposed upon Claude Garner for riding a bicy-lc without a light. George J. “Brown was fined. 10s and oosts for driving at an excessive speed over the intersection of Tory street and Courtenay place, and was ordered to pay costa only for failing to notity change of ownership of a motor-car. Harold R. Boon was fined 5s for having no tail light on hi 6 motor-car. Leopold B. J. d© Bvneste was fineo 10s for having no head light, and was convicted and discharged for having no tail light, and for leaving a motor-car Unattended. For leaving motor-oars unattended, Dr Hughes and J. fiwinson were each fined 10s and costs. On a similar count Morgan H. Duncan was convicted »n»i discharged, and Arthur Haby was dismissed. . As a result of a trap set to catch motorists driving at an excessive speed ov.r the Kaiwarra bridge the following were fined Charles E. Myett, 20s and costs; Charles Bird, 5s and costs; Jack Burns. 20s and costs; Mrs Mary Cameron, 20s and costs; William Day, 20s and costs; Dr W. E. Herbert was convicted and die-' oharged; Norman Jury was fined 10s and oosts, and G. C. Johnston was fined 20s and costs. Claude Fear was fined 10e for having insufficient identification marks on hie motor-cycle. , _ . Thomas Monahan was fined Sa for allowing stook to wander. 'William. (Glasacm wais {summoned to appear for leaving litter on a portion of the Town Belt reserve. "There was no warning up to show that I was not >o put rubbish there/* said the defendant. .The magistrate: There is no warning outside my front gate to show that either. Defendant was fined 5s and

cost*. , _ _ r For failing to attend drill, George M. Gannon was ordered to pay costa only LEFENDED Ca3sEß. Flora L. 'Young: was convicted and discharged lor driving on the wrong side ol Molesworth street. . ~ For having driven on the wrong side of Jlerwois quay, ®. IL. etanden was convioted and discharged. CIVIL CASES. JUDGMENT FOB PLAINTIFF. Sitting in civil jurisdiction Mr W. G. Biddell. S-M-, gave judgjn«it for pUin. tiff by default in each, of the followiryyr undefended civil actions: _ B&nn&tyne and Hunter, Ltd. v. Jufoe | Beeves, &75 10s lOd, costs is2s W: Laery and Co., Ltd., v. T. Gibeon, ff 136&, costs 46 «d; W. A. Arnold, Ltd., v. M. E. Henderson and H. Martin (trading ae Henderson and Martin), 1818 fee, costs £2 19s; Onakaka lxon and Steel Oe.» Ltd., v. Edward Constable £43 15e, oosbs £4 lie 6d; J. Campbell, LM. v W. H. Fitter, £2 9s 3d, coets 13s • Levertam and Co., lAd., v. A. A. Hobday, £2 So 6d, ooets £1 3s 6d; Or mond and Son (N.Z.), lid. v* S. Cleaver, £3 Os Bd, ooets £l 9b 6d; State Advances Snperihtendent v. Thomas Coll, £2117s 9d, costs £1 18s: C. and A. Odlin Timber Hardware Co., Ltd., v. Alan Stalt, £ll 9s sd, costs £2 lie; M. B. Bueki land v. T. Forsyth, £2 lie, costs £1 10s 0d; Turnbull and Jones, Ltd. v. A. E. I Bihodee, £35 9s, costs £4 Is 6d: Wallace Pinkerton v. Mrs Maud Hickey, £8 10b fld, ooets £1 lie 6d; Gamble ana Sons v. J. T. Piki, £7 12s, costs £1 10s 6d; Hope Gibbons, Ltd. v. Watson and Moffat, <£l6 12s, ooets £1 3s; Waterworth, Ltd. v. Harold Bgerton, £ls 18s 6d, coets £2 14s; Emma Beavis v. IVedariok W. Green, £4 2s 6d, costs *1 8s 6d; J. M. Tabuteau v. Leonard Beazar, £32 Os 6d, costs £4 4e fld; Deibyshiree (N.Z.), Ltd. v. W. Nicholas, £l7 17s 6d, costs £2 14s: Magnus, Sanderson, Ltd. v. F. Bush, £7 8s 6d, costs £1 12s 6d; same v. J. W. Pettit, £3 3s 6d, costs £1 5s 6d: W. Clouston, trading as the Combined Woollens v. G. W. vVildlsh, £35 18s 6d, ooste £4 Is 6d; Osmond and Bon (N.Z.), Ltd. v. F. F. Lewis, £7, costs £1 16s 6d; E. N. Sntherland and W. Thawley, trading as the T. and T. Supply Stores, v. Mrs E. J. Bailie, £1 10s lOd, costs 8s; Soonllar 00., Ltd. v. A. E. Pearson, £3l 13s 6a, costa £4 2s 6d: John Chambers and Son, Ltd. y.

Bt. Palmer, JEII 9s sd. ooste .£2 14s; J. P. Revell v. Albert Timmons. £7 lgs, costs £3 la;; 1 Nestles and Anglo Swiss Condensed Milk Co., Ltd. v. B. ‘Watson, jGIB 5s 6d, costs £2 Us. JUDGMENT SUMMONS. H. 3?. McCardell was ordered to pay C. D. Lennie £l2 10s by April 25th, in default ten days’ imprisonment. The Barnett Glass Rubber Oo. t Ltd. applied for an order against F. Neale under a judgment summons for .£l6. Debtor was ordered to pay off the amount at the rate of .£1 per month. George Howard was given until April 11th to pay the Ajax Advertising Co. £1 17s, in default forty-eight hours imprisonment.