SUPREME COURT RETURNS
BUSINESS LAST QUARTER. The returns of business transacted by the Supreme .Court at New Plymouth for the judicial district, of Taranaki for the quarter-ended September 30, are given below.. The figures ,in. parentheses represent the returns for the corresponding quarter of last year:— , Criminal Business.—The court sat for six days. (5)- when 9 (9) true bills were disposed of as follows: Convictions 8 (9).; acquittals 1 (nil). Three offenders .were also,,sentenced after pleading guilty in the Magistrate’s Court. Divorce.—(Petitions for restitution of •conjugal rights 1 (nil); /petitions for'dissolution 4 (4); trials iby'judge 3 (6); decrees nisi sealed, nil (5); decrees absolute sealed, 2 (3). ■ Probates granted, 55 (46). Securities over stock an chattels registered, 414 ( 409); satisfactions of securities registered, 150 (12D). Bankruptcy.—Number of sitting days, 3 (1); debtors’ petitions filed, 12 (24); creditors’ petitions filed, 1 (nil); discharges granted,. 7 (12). Applications for sales under mortgages, .through the Registrar, 7. (5); number of sales under mortgages, through the Registrar, 3 (13); sales under Rating Act, 1 (nil). Fees collected, £BOO 4s 4d (£774 13s Hd). Civil Business—Actions commenced. 11 (13); amount claimed, £6506 Ils 9d (£8873 12s 9d); actions tried by judge, 7 (6); number of days court sat, 6 (9); number of taxations of costs, 2 (4); number o'f appeals heard, 3 (4).
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 October 1929, Page 10
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