MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 June 1923, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

NEW PLYMOUTH SITTING. CIVIL CASES. The usual monthly meeting of the Magistrate’s Court at New Plymouth was held yesterday. Mr. A. M. Mowlem, S.M., was on the Bench. Judgment by default was given for Christopher Carter in an undefended action brought against James Harnett for the recovery of £2 5s sd, with cbfits £1 5s 6d. The same defendant was also ordered to pay to James A. Carr the balance of a judgment debt of £7 Os 7d, with costs £2 3s 7d, forthwith, in default three days' imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended if the debtor pays the sum of £1 on or before July 13 and the balance of £1 3s 7d on or before August 13. A similar action was brought against Robert Henderson, who was ordered to pay to Thomas Richard the balance of a judgment of £UI 7s lid forthwith, in default 12 t days’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended if debtor pays £2 per month in reduction of the debt, the first payment to be made on July 14. BREACHES OF THE BY-LAWS. For riding bicycles at night without lights Neil Mac Diarmid, a youth of 16| years, was convicted and discharged, and Monte Gilroy Yates was fined 10s, with costs 7s. In mitigation of penalty, Alfred Wilson, who pleaded guilty to exceeding the speed limit on a motor cycle in Dawson Street, stated that his mother had become seriously ill and he had thought the circumstances were sufficiently serious to justify him in proceeding post haste for his father. He admitted that lu. had exceeded the limit, but said that he slowed down when approaching the intersections of streets. The Magistrate accepted the plea, and the defendant was convicted and discharged. For allowing stock to wander on Avenue Road George Cliff was fined £l, with costs 7s.

DRILL DEFAULTERS. For failing to register for military service, Cecil Lewis Clarke was fined £2, with costs 7s, and Leonard Gladstone Jones £l. with costs 7s. Sydney William Stroud was fined £l, with costs 14s, for failing to attend parade and neglect to notify his change of address while Thomas Wilfrid Rowe, on similar charges, was convicted and ordered to pay costs, 14s.

FACTORIES k ACT BREACHES. The Inspector of Factories (Mr. W. J. Mount joy) proceeded against James A. Andrews ana Robert Cowley for failing to close their butcher’s shop at Fitzroy at one o’clock on the day of the statutory half-holiday. A plea of guilty was entered on behalf of Andrews by Mr. Austin Bewley, who exi plained that the partnership had bepn ! dissolved on the day of the offence. The j charge arose out of the fact that Andrews’ aunt had been served with two rounds of chops shortly after one o’clock. A fine of 10s, with costs 7s, was imposed. Failure to keep a proper record in English of the time and wages of his employees was the charge preferred I against Leong J?ing, greengrocer, for j whom Mr. J, H. Quilliam entered a plea lof guilty. The defendant. Mr. Quilliam I said, kept a record in Chinese concernI ing Jack Hong, a boy whom he considered as a sort of partner, and had also kept a similar record with respect to white man whom he had employed for a week. He was now keeping a book in English, which satisfied the inspector. Ting was fined 10s, with costs 7s. MISCELLANEOUS. A charge of failing to send his children to school brought against Geotge Hedley, whose wife appeared on his behalf, was adjourned for a week. The transfers of the children had been ob- I tained from the Central 'School and l Mrs. , Hedley explained that she had been ; awaiting advice of vacancies in the , school at Moturoa, to which the child- I ren were to be sent. This advice had i now come to hand. The Magistrate re- | marked that if the children attended school next week nothing more would be heard of the case. A prohibition order was granted against a woman on the application o. her daughter.