SUPREME COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19952, 20 November 1926, Page 14

SUPREME COURT.

COMPENSATION CLAIM. {Special to Daily Times.) S WELLINGTON, November 19. Reserved judgment was given by the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court in the case in which Patrick Brick claimed £BOO from the Stewart Timber Company as compensation for injuries received in an accident in Jhue last year. Plaintiff had his leg fractured as the result of logs falling from a broken sling. His Honor awarded plaintiff £550 Is Cd, with costs to scale, after giving credit fer the amount paid as compensation under the Act. CHRISTCHURCH SESSIONS. (Special to Daily Times.) CHRISTCHURCH, November 19. Man Stanton, who broke into a friend s house and stole a watch and chain in order to raise money for the races, was admitted to probation for two years by Mr Justice Stringer to-day, on condition that he not attend race meetings, that he refrains from betting, and pays £2 Is costs and £2 restitution. William Charles Drury, for breaking into a shop and stealing several pairs of boots, was admitted to probation for two J Frank Watson MTvor, for theft, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. His Honor said that MTvor had been twice sentenced to reformative treatment. “You were born in Tasmania, and New Zealand at any rate has not the responsibility for producing you, his Honor said.