MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Putaruru Press, Volume V, Issue 176, 17 March 1927, Page 4

MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

SITTING AT PUTARURU. The bi-monthly sitting of the Magistrate’s Court in Putaruru was held on Thursday before Mr. W. G. Kenrick, S.M., when there was a lighter list than usual. NO ORDER. E. R. Strugneil proceeded against W. J. Fish for recovery of a debt, but defendant was able to prove that since last October he had only earned an average of £6 per month. The magistrate refused to make an order. A PLEA FAILS. Robert Theobald, a bushman of ’lokai, in defending a case brought y Messrs. S. Beca and Sons, stated h. 3 was a married man with three hildren. He earned 19s Gd per day, .eat of which he paid 7s 6d for rent and 27s fid for board. In answer to a question Theobald stated he only had a drink when he was asked, and played tv.-o-up only on occasions. He had to send his wife to Rotorua on account of ill-health. The bench made an order for a weekly payment of 10s. SALE OF TRUCK. Leonard Francis Flynn was charged that at Tirau on May 27, being the registered owner of a motor truck, he did dispose of the said truck without notifying the deputyregistrar of the fact. Flynn was convicted and fined 20s and 10s costs. CIVIL CASES. Judgment for plaintiff with costs was given in the following cases : J. M. Spear v. F. E. Lark and Co., £37 13s 4d, costs £3 11s 6d; Leong Ting v. W. Thompson, £lO 4s 3d, costs £3 15s; T.T.T. Co. Ltd. v. E. M. Findlayson, £9 6s Id, costs £1 10s 6d; A. J. Neville v. E. Capper, £1 9s, costs £1 18s; T.T.T. Co. Ltd. v. G. Giles, £7l Bs, costs £5 5s 6d; R. T. Smith v. H. J. Reaks, £7 ss, costs £2 5s 6d; H. Snaith v. H. J. Reaks, £7 14s 4d, costs £2 0s Gd; N. Horscroft v. V. Houghton, 13s (costs only); J. M. Spear v. W. Fish, 19s 3d, costs 18s; J. M. Spear v. J. Appleton, £3 17s Bd, costs £1 7s 6d; J. M. Spear v. D. Heta, £S 16s 9d, costs £2 5s 6d;

J. M. Spear v. Sehill and Sons, £2 19s Sd, costs £1 3s Gd; Irene Brown v. Frank McGowan, £lO 10s, costs £3 4s; S. Beca and Sons v. J. Munro, £1 10s, costs 8s; Leong Ting v. V. H. Hills, £5 6s 4d, costs £1 10s Gd; S. L. Haslett v. J. McCubbin, £2 12s Gd, costs £1 7s Gd; A. T. Ashley v. E. T. Stewart, £24 6s Gd, costs £3 Is Gd; T. F. Snell v. A. W. H. Smith, £1 4s 9d, costs £1 2s; W. Henderson v. J. Bruce Watts, £5 15s, costs £2 0s Gd; R. A. Ashley v. S. Butler, £2 3s 9d, costs £1 Gs. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. McDermott Bros. v. E. Munro, ordered to pay £3 13s Gd forthwith, in default 14 days in Rotorua prison; B. A. Winter v. D. Rewiti, ordered to pay £2O 3s plus £1 11s Gd costs forthwith, in default three weeks Rotorua, warrant suspended on payment £2 per month; E. Le Roy v. W. S. Henderson, ordered to pay £4 10s forthwith in default 14 days Rotorua prison.