THE LAW COURTS

Southland Times, Issue 21832, 8 October 1932, Page 6

THE LAW COURTS

BUSINESS TRANSACTED. RETURNS FOR QUARTER. The returns of the business transacted in the Magistrate’s and Supreme Courts at Invercargill for the quarter ended September .30 are as follows, those for the same period last year being given in parentheses:— Magistrate’s Court. Arrest cards 49 (83); summons cards 214 (287); juvenile offenders included in above 29 (17); sittings presided over by stipendiary magistrate, civil 22 (30), criminal 49 (49); sittings presided over by Justices of the Peace, civil 2 ( —), criminal 4 (13); civil cases heard, 12 (25); applications heard in Court or Chambers 46 (18); distress warrants issued, 33 (27); judgment summonses issued, 60 (94); warrants of committal issued, 4 (8); summonses and other processes served by bailiffs within one mile, 252 (213), outside one mile, 147 (243); warrants executed by bailiff, 35 (27); foreign processes received, 117 (154); summonses served by registered post, 81 (109). Civil cases entered in plaint book, 550 (687); total sued for, £8434 7/5 amount claimed in cases tried, £6221 (£11,873 9/1); cases tried, 401 (505); 19/4 (£8125 6/1); amount for which judgment entered £6Oll 6/- (£6950 10/9).

Supreme Court.

- Criminal—Sitting days, 2 (6); “True Bills,” 1 (5); persons convicted, 1 (3); persons acquitted, — (2); persons sentenced, 3 (3). Divorce.—Petitions filed for dissolution, 2 (6); trials bv judge, 5 (6); decrees nisi sealed, 1 (4); decrees absolute sealed, 3 (3); petitions dismissed or withdrawn, 1 ( —). , Administration.—Probates and letters of administration sealed or re-sealed, 47 (33).

Chattels.—Securities filed, 320 (365); satisfactions filed, 9 (22). Bankruptcy.—Sitting days, 2 (2); debtors’ petitions filed, 4 (5); creditors’ petitions filed, 1 (1); adjudications on creditors’ petitions, 1 ( —); discharges granted, 7 (2). Sales by mortgagees Through Registrar.—Applications to conduct sale, 3 (4); number of sales, 3 (6).

’ Rating.—Certificates of judgment lodged, 3 (4); number of sales, 1 (7). Civil actions commenced, 9 (12); amount claimed, £2,112 0/1 (£9,519 5/-); cases tried by judge alone, 6 (1); by common jury, 1 (1); cases tried by decision given, 6 (2); cases tried and decision reserved until after end of quarter, 1 ( —); cases settled or discontinued, 1 (1); judgment for plaintiff, 5 (1); judgment for defendant (including non-suit), 1 (1); judgments entered after trial, 3 (2); amount claimed in respect of cases for which judgment was entered after trial, by default or on confession, or amount paid into Court in settlement, £1,957 5/7 (£2,169 11/-); amount recovered (excluding costs) in above cases, £346 17/7 (£165); sitting days civil, 10 (6); total number of taxations (including bankruptcy, divorce, etc), 1 (1); writs of execution issued, — (1).

In Banco. —Sitting days, 5 (1); applications heard in banco, 6 (1).