MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 1217, 23 April 1929, Page 1

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

MONDAY, 22nd April, 1929. Before W. H. Woodward, Esq., S.M. ; Judgment for plaintiff by default was given m the following cases: H. > A. Holmes v. Cecil A. Quested, for ■ £7 16/6, cos.s £1 lfc/6'; Same v. Thos. Jones, xor £6 5/-, costs £1 6,6; Si" me ' v. Ed. Todd, for ,£ll 1/3, costs l y 6 ; < Nightcaps Town Board v. Mary Reki, for £9 13/3, costs £2 6,6. $ Judgment Summons. — W. R. D. Clark v. N. Weir. — An order was made *fjsr the payment of 10/- forthwith. Land Agency License. — John Fisher was granted a * renewal .of a Land .Agency License. :-■. 'Lousy Sheep. — For exposing- lousy sheep for sale, Henry Cuthbert was fined ,'_2 and costs 12/-. Police Cases. Police v. Jno. .Petchell Gray (Mr Patrick;, cnargea with on 6ui Maieii naving o4 manufactured deer tails m liis possession, and attempting to defraud the Departmenc of £& b/-. ' Sergeant Fox conducted the prosecution. Defendant pleaded guilty, and said he was short of money. . On behalf of defendant* Mr Patrick said he was 63 years of age,, and was a miner and prospector/ and also a deer stalker for some time past, being paid a bounty of 2/- per tail. He had 104 deer tails m his possession m March last, and these were sent m to the Ranger, who m company with the Stock Inspector and Constable found there were only 20 genuine, 84 being manufactured of pieces of bone aird fat and deer hides. Defendant had had a clean record 1 up till now, and had served at the war, and on his behalf he asked for probation. Fined £4 and costs 10/-, afctd allowed one month m which to pay: ' H. D. Owen' (Mr Mackenzie) was charged with having a double 'barrelled shot gun^ m his possession without being registered. Mr Mackenzie said it was an oversight. Defendant went to the Police for permission to buy ammunition, and it was then found the gun was unregistered. — Fined £1 and costs 10/-. George James . U. Swain, Robt. Walker and Thos. Black were charge I with being on, licensed premises after hours at Tuatapere on 14th April. — After evidence had been given by Constable McCulloch of his visit to the hotel, each was fined ,£1 and posts 10/-.. Andrew . Rollands and \Vm. Bell were charged with the same offence at Nightcaps on 6th April) and were each fined, £1 and costs 10/-. Police v. William Diack (Mr Patrick. — Defendant was charged with negligently driving a motor car at Tuatapere. W. J. Henderson stated he stopped his car m front of Cameron and Finn's store on 28th March. The dimmed lights were on, and there was a , car between him and the verandah. He •had just got into the store whe*n v he heard a crash, and rushing out N saw his car going' backwards. There was no damage done to witness's car, his - wife and three infants were m it, and it wasn't till later he knew two of the I children w6re slightly injured. R. S. Norman was walking towards the scene of the collision, and saw defendant travelling at 15 miles per hour, take a. wide swerve, and collide with the stationery car, which had its lights dimmed. There was .ample room for any car to pass on the road proper. y '■'■■■ L. Broomhall said his car was also . stationary m front of the store. Henderson's car was further out, but there . was plenty of room for traffic to pass. r ■■. \ T. Aylward, m evidence, said his s car was also parked near the spot. Henderson's car was further out, but still left 20 feet of roadway clear, j Constable McCulloch handed m a j plan and photos, showing distances g and placings of cars as given to him Vby witnesses. Defendant would not

explain about the collision when inter- ' viewed. ->y Before calling the defence Mr Patrick stated the. witnesses, had not given a clear explanation of the position of the cars, and it was patent two of the cars were 1 parked on. their wrong side. His client was not travelling fast, was on his correct side, and, only made an error of judgment when he considered Henderson's car was proceeding to its correct side "when it yas really stationary.. ■ . Defendant stated they had just run four or fiye chains, passed a car whose . headlights had dazzled them 1 , besides the .night was misty, and Henderson's lights were facing to indicate the car was- going to proceed to its correct side. The collision was a pure accident, although defendant admitted th^rc was room to pass. Messrs S..J. Sanford and H. Diack, . passengers m defendant's car, corroborated this. ' . , ■ ' His Worship was satisfied negligence was proved, but it was not very serious. , Convicted and fined £1, costs 10/-, . and witnesses' expenses £3 14/-.