MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 230, 2 November 1914, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

t (Before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M.) 1 DRINK. i Two male first offenders for drunken* t ness, in Manchester Street, and Colombo 3 "Street, Sydenham, were fined 5/- each, - -with the usual option of spending 24 - hours in goal. i MAKING A NUISANCE. ' Thos. Kiely appeared as the result of < his having been drunk in Moorhouso Avenue, where he was also alleged to have committed an indecent act. ; - The Sub-Inspector asked that the se- ■ cond charge should be reduced to one [ of making a nuisance, and then Kiely /was fined 5/-, in default 24 hours' for ! insobriety, and 10/- or 48 hours' for the nuisance. PROCURING LIQUOR. Daniel Christie was charged with , having been drunk in Lichfield Street, . as the result of which he was also charged with a "breach of his prohibition order. Christie had to his discredit five previous convictions of drunkenness and four breaches of his order for the past six months. He was remanded for a week. FIREARMS IN SQUARE. A young man, of 23, Albert W. Moore, appeared to answer for having been ' found drunk in Cathedral Square while in the possession of firearms. Mr JR. T. Leathern, who appeared for the accused, said "he was working tip till 12 o'clock on Saturday, when he -visited a dentist to have some teeth out, and subsequently had some liquor. He was a married man with one child, and . was not in the habit of taking drink. - The firearm produced was a 7-chamber revolver, loaded in five chambers, and in fining the raccused 20/-, in default seven days' imprisonment, Mr Bishop remarked that a drunken man and a loaded revolver were not a very safe combination. SHOP-LIFTING. Another case of shqp-Jifting was gone into when Lucy Crane, a married woman 38 years of age, was charged with stealing from Armstrong's, Ltd., on Saturday, 2 pairs of socks, 3 flowers, 3 feathers, 1 piece of ribbon, 9 handkerchiefs, and one brush, of a total value of 11/6. The Magistrate remarked that shop* lifting was 'lather frequent and .he would .have to deal with the women who indulged in it in a more serious manner if the offences increased, as they appeared to be doing. He could not understand the women's actions. They spent a certain amount and then appeared to want to get some- . thing at the firm's expense. A fine of £5 was imposed. ILLEGALLY ON PREMISES.' Daniel Jas. Hanna, a young man, 25 years of age, for whom Mr M. "Donnelly appeared, was first charged with breaking and entering the dwelling of Harvey Wild and others at Christehurch, with intent to commit a crime, but the charge was reduced to one of ,being illegally found on premises, wiien he pleaded guilty. Mr jSonnolly pointed out that Hanna'a "mental condition was not of * the strongest, and he was ordered to come up foT sentence when called upon within the next six jjinonths,' and if he behaved himself in the meantime there would be ho further trouble. A JUVENILE. A smart boy, eight years of age, appeared in the Juvenile Court as being not under proper control. ~ The.father..; wished him to be sent to Nazareth House. The Magistrate pointed out he had no authority to send the boy there, but he would order hiih to come up for sentence when called upon on the : : ; understanding that he would go to j ; Nazareth House, and if he came into [i; the hands of the police 3tgakr he would ■ be sent to the Stoke Industrial School. CIVIL BUSINESS. Judgment by default was given in each of the following undefended actions:—H. T. D. Acland v. Louis Berlyn, £36 5/6; M. Berry and Co. v. Gamble and Coates, £1 7/7,; Skelton, Fros- . tick and Co., Ltd., v. Kenneth l Fredk. Andrews, £lB 15/8; J. J. Niven and Co., Ltd., v. Pacific Motor Cycle Co., Ltd., £l3 4/5; Taylor Publishing Co., Ltd., v, Wm. Henry-Foglia, £2 4/-; The Barnett Glass Rubber Co., Ltd., v. C. G. Moore, £l9 0/7,; Andersons Ltd. v. P. Harris, £4 17/6; Maling and Co., Ltd., v. John Boyd, sen., £8 12/-; same "v. Geo. Evans, £1 15/10;; Globe Delivery Co. of New -Zealand. Ltd., v. John Jas. Murray, £25 11/9; H. Berry and Co. v. J. H. Rodgers, 19/8; Jane de Renzi v. Thos. Henry Hensman, £1 2/6; same v. Andrew Reid, £3 12/6; Barnett Glass Rubber Co., Ltd., v. George Anson, £l6 11/6; Triggs and Denton v. Sam Humphreys, £7 0/6;' same v. R. Birchall, £3 5/-; Bishop and Co. v. Henry Zweibruck, £3 4/-; A. Hollobin and Son v. Joseph C. T. Baker, £129 17/8; Macfarlane and Co. v. F. Saxon, £8 0/8; F. Hobbs anr Co. v. F. A. Le Lievre, £2 3/-. IMPOSSIBLE , -RELATIONS! In the case of Mary Baker (Mr E. T. Harper) v. Chas. Geo. Baker (Mr Johnston), there was. a counter claim for £8 6/8 for a breach of contract, the amount of counter claim and claim being identical, and the claim being confessed. The parties reviewed their grievances, and the Maistrate, in giving judgment for plaintiff on the counter claim for £5 and costs, said their relations were absolutely impossible. The evidence pointed to constant bickering, and plaintiff was entitled to a set-off for board and lodgings. NON-SUITED. In the case of Sarah Maria Paget v. Alfred Robert Wilkins, on a claim of £SO, plaintiff was non-suited without costs.