MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Otaki Mail, 27 August 1930, Page 1

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

LEVIN SITTING. The monthly sitting of tap Magistrate's Court at Levin before Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., took place on Thursday. ' WANDERING STOCK. CASES. For allowing stock to •Wander on public roads the following were mulcted in ■ lines:— - R. Brown, allowing two horses to be at large on Bruce road, Levin, on July 25th —fined £l, with costs 12s; J. Marshall, allowing two horses to wander on Muhunoa Eas.t Eoad, on July 19th —lined £l/ with' cc,Bta i2s> S. Porter, allowing two cows at large on Ilokio Road—fined £l, with costs I2a. , ' Mrs Campbell, Tokomaru, was lined £l, with costs 12s for permitting five yearlings to be at large On a side road ;il Tokomaru. Robert Guy, Tokomaru, was lined £l, with costs 12s, for permitting two cows to bo at large in Tokomaru on August 3rd. (I. Simpson, Tokomaru, for allowing one cow to be at large on the County road, Tokomaru, on August 3rd, was fined .El, with costs 12s. Herbert Williams, charged that on the same date he allowed three 'horses to be at large on the Tokomaru South road, was lined £1 10s, with costs 12s. UNDEFENDED CIVIL CASES. Judgment was given for the plaintilt's for the amounts named, in the following . undefended cases: — Atkiu Bros. v. D. Thompson, £4 13 00, costs 27s Gd,- A. O. Powell V. W. Morris, £ls 0s 7d, costs £3 Is; W. G. Benning v. Rahgi Rua, £l2 Ills,' costs £1 14s; Atkins Bros., Ltd., v. Duncan Ransiield, £4 4s, costs £1 15s Gd; Publie Trustee, in the estate of Emma Ashwin (deceased), v. A. Bailey, £lO Bs, costs £2 ISs; Jas. Barber v. P. Walsh, £l2, costs £2 .17s; A. O. Powell v. P. Walsh, £2O 10s, costs £4 4s Gd; J. R. B. McFarland v. V. M. Rowland, £23 2s Gd, costs £4 Is Gd; Carter Bros. v. S. Porter, £5 33s lid, costs £1 14s Gd; K. Aitken v. Romeo King', £0 13s Gd, costs £1 Ss Gd; Mason and Peach v. T. Easton, £5 5s 9(1, costs £l. 10s 6d; Mason and Peach v. X. L. Batt, £5 7s 10d, eosts £1 10s Gd; Mason and Peach v. J. Holdcn, £4 14s Sd, costs £1 7s lid; Carter Bros. v. W. Waitori, £34 i)s 3d, costs £4 Ss Gd; Horowh'enua Counfcv Council v. J. A. H. Schwass, £l4l 5s lOd. costs £2 IDs; same v. Peter King, £SO 10s' stl, costs £2 4s. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. G. Swensson was ordered to pay Hodder and Tolley, Ltd., the sum of £lO 4s, at the rate of £1 per week, in default teu days in Wellington prison. G. Swensson to pay Cameron Bros. £2 Os forthwith; in default, three days. G. Swensson to pay W. Chandler £1 ISs 3d; in default, three days.' Rahurahu Eru to pay E. C. West £ls 17fi Gd, at the rate of £1 per mouth; in di-Unlf, 14 days.' A. B. Johnson to pay W. D. Duff £lO 15s Gd, At ttiv fapo of £3 per. month; in default., SJ days'. W. Waitere to pay f„ LljM'a.jud,. £7. 14s 2d at the rate of £2 per month; in default, seven days'. Hira Parata to pay S. 11. Sevan amiCo. £3O 2s Gd forthwith; in default 2.8 days'. * No Mj'der was made against B. Col-, lis, who .appeared on a judgment sum-' nions issued by J/, Moffatt. civil &A®m, In an undefended aejiou brought by Jas. Cm-ran against Walter Mase-fl, ffil Shannon, for breaches of the covenants of the lease of certain land, judgment] was entered for plaintiff for £4S 10s, with Court costs £2, witnesses' expen«v> lGs, and solicitors' fee £4 3s. Mr: Ji. T, Moody represented plaintiff". Willing jjiTaciutosli claimed from A. C. j Curtis the mm ,Of £9 for rent owing | j and possession of w if,')use occupied by [ [defendant. Plaintiff eittgU oyer £4O u-js owing for rent nuA he "JjatJ given defendant notice to leave the house, the notice having expired On July 10th. The only rent he had iocc-'u--i Vvd "was by way of work done .by defcn<in;it. The latter stated his" wife had be#H ill and he had been out of work and *y«y unable to pay. He had' been unable to -kud another hotise. Judgment was give-ii fiff the rent claimed and possession was 6*rff>ff}fl Sj be given on or before September 4th, REMOVING STOCK FROM POUND.. i On «h.c information of A. Simes, . poundteeper. Shannon, Spencer Eastoii pleaded gftilty that he did on July 2tith rescue .from jrjje" Shannon pound eight yearlings. .■'"."■ Mr E. T. Moody, who f<.-p-r<.si>tif etl the prosecution, said that the offence Ivv.as looked upon by the Shannon Uor\ 'w*ig» Council as a fairly serious one. Eait.vv Admitted his action, and was j lined £s.jyjjk .costs.lPs. .