MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 473, 16 August 1915, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

TO-DAY'S CASES. At the sitting of the Police Court this morning Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., presided and dealt with a small list of offenders* each of whom had to answer to the charge of drunkenness. Two men andpne woman had been drunk in Durham Street, one man in the Square, another on the racecourse, one each in Hereford and Manchester Streets, and another, a woman, in High Street. Seven out of eight offenders either made their first appearance or their first appearance for six months. Of these four men and two women were fined the usual 5/-. The man who had been drunk on the racecourse was also fined 5/-, but was in addition ordered to pay 7/6 cab hire. Horace Arthur Beatty admitted having been drunk in Hereford Street, but asked for a remand on the charge that he was an idle and disorderly person having insufficient lawful means of support, saying that he wished to engage a solicitor. He was remanded to appear on Wednesday. CIVIL BUSINESS. Judgment for the plaintiff by default with costs was given in each of the following cases:—Henry Baker y. Wm. Wright, £5 15/-; Warre, Hockley, and Co., Ltd., v. J. L. Watson, £2 14/10; Walden and Nunn v. P. C. Fellowes, £3 5/-; Lawrence John Blake v. Chas. O'Connor, 12/3; Beath and Co., Ltd., v. H. M. Wilson, £4 19/3; Horace J. C. Moon v. Hubert Collyns, £5; N.Z. Piano Co., Ltd., v. Daniel Francis Horgan, £2B; C. Greatrex and Son, Ltd., v. Albert Edward Orange, £23 4/2; Frasers, Ltd., v. Archibald Stenberg, 6/-; estate of late Elizabeth Martin, v. Wm. Downing, £22.

In the case of E. S. Rainbow v. F. Collins, a claim for £8 10/- for rent, and possession, judgment was for the plaintiff, by default, with costs, and an order was made for possession to be given within 48 hours.

RESERVED JUDGMENT. His Worship gave judgment in the case of John Baker (Mr A. T. Donnelly) v. L. Rowse (Mr F. K. Hunt), where plaintiff sought to recover £3O 13/4, the price of milk supplied during the month of May, 1915. The defendant had contended that the plaintiff, by not having a registered dairy, was not entitled to recover. His Worship held that the point raised was a good one, and plaintiffs could not recover. They would be non-suited. He did not think it was a case in which he should allow any costs.

As Mr Hunt obtained judgment he abandoned his counter-claim. ADJOURNED.

The National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, Ltd. (Mr claimed £B4 1/4 from Thos. Francis O'Connor for balance of account owing. Interest and various items were in dispute, and the case was adjourned till 10 o'clock to-mor-row morning for plaintiffs to produce a statement of items in regard to the interest account.