SUPREME COURT RETURNS

Taranaki Daily News, 4 October 1929, Page 10

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).