MAGISTRATE’S COURT

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11932, 12 September 1924, Page 11

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

YESTERDAY’S SITTINGS. Mr E. Page, S.M., presided over a sitting of the Magistrate’s Court yesterday when the following cases were dealt with:— I Louisa Busbridge, on her third !a;>se for drunkenness,: was fined £l, in de- 1 fault three days’ imprisonment. AI first offending inebriate was lined 55.. MAINTENANCE. | Phillip James O’Donnell. 30. an. hotel worker, was remanded to Autk- j land where an application for affiliation and an order for the maintenance of his illegitimate child will be made. CHARGE AGAINST CLERK. Robert Snowdon Bvsb, aged 22, clerk, who was charged with converting money, which he received from T. A. Eder to be paid into the Native Trust Account, to his own use, was remanded until the 17th. The ?hief-i!etective said that Bush had only been arrested on Wednesday and there would be some time taken in inquiring into the matter, as the total amount of the defalcations amounted to about £l5O. I CIVIL CASES. Judgment for the plaintiff by default was given by Mr W. G. Riddell, S.M., in the following undefended civil eases in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday : Commercial Agency Ltd., v. J. S. Swan, £35 I4s 2d, costs £4 Is fid; Radcliffe and Co., v. J. O’Malley, £l3 89 2d, costs £2 14s: Van Stayeren Bros. Ltd., v. B. O’Connor, £8 14s 3d, costs £1 3s; E. I’. Taylor and Co. Ltd., v A. Fantham, £ls 15s 9d, costs £2 14s; B. Williams and Son v. ■ H Futter, £l2 7a 9d, costs £2 14s; Hill and Jackson Ltd., V. W. Douglas, £2 9s lid, costs £1 5s 6d: Dr. E. W. Smyth v. E. Aitken, £5 ss, costs £1 Us 6d ; same v. T. Goodwin, £6 6*. costs £1 Us 6d ; A. Ha trick and Co., Ltd., v. A Turnbull, £2O 15s 4d. costs £3 Is, Commercial Agency Ltd., 1 P. J. Jack, £2l I9g 7(1 costs £3 Is; same and Alexander Ross v. V. Ingram and Son. £25 0s 6d, costs £3 Is, same and F. Cooper Ltd., v. George King, £ls 15s 9d, costs £3 6s; same and J. Johnston v. John Walker, costs only ss; same and F. Cooper, Ltd., v. A. Booth, £2 12s 6d, costs' £1 4s Cd; sane and A J. Parton v. C. A. Cox. £5 16s, costs £2 10s Cd; I

same and James Johnston v P. R Walden, £2 ss, costs £1 3s 6d: same and same v. A. J. Cough lan, £5 15s, costa £2 4s; samo and aame v. A. O. Emms, £7 10s, costs £T 10s 6d ; same and Stewart 'Umber Glass and Hardware Co., v. Roberts Trading Co., £3O 6s 9d, costs £4 2s 6d: same and Frank and Bryce Ltd., v. H Crockett. £3, costs £1 4s 6d; same and Griffeu and Sons, Ltd., v. W. Hounsell, £6 2a, costs £1 10s 6d; Lionel Caselberg v. George Swensson, £8 10s 6d, costs I6s; Hornigs Ltd., v. A. Wallace, £1 13s 6d, exists £1 2s 6d; same v. G. S. Clapham, £7 8s 6<l. costa £1 10s 6d; same v Puku Kikihura, £B, costs £2 10s; New Zealand Merchants Ltd. (in liquidation) v. Shanly’s Ltd. £6 19s 10d, costs 17s; Roberts Trading Co., r. G. Shearman and Sons, 7s 6d, costs 8s ; W. J. Gaudin v. G. T. Smith, £3B 2s, costs £3 13s. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. D. Mason to pay Elisabeth Green £ll 9s 6d before October 9th, in default seven days’ imprisonment; T. Stewart, to pay United Insurance Cc. £1 83 before October 2nd, ir. default 24 hours’ imprisonmert; C. Poynter to pay J. A. Tripe and Maule £1 16s’ 6d before September 25th, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment; H T. Barnes to pay Combined Buyers Ltd. £l6 Is 9d before October 9th, in default, seven days’ imprisonment.