INGLEWOOD COURT

Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1930, Page 5

INGLEWOOD COURT

CIVIL AND POLICE CASES. In the following civil cases judgment was given for the plaintiffs by default by Mr. R. W. Tate, S.M., at the Inglewood Court yesterday: —Lamb and Ladbrook v. A, R. Taylor, £4 ISs (costs 23s 6d); Inglewood County Council v. J. Edwin, £lO 7s 4d (575); Inglewood Bacon Curing Co. v. F. J. Balchin, £1 7s 6d (Us); Paul Uhlcnberg v. Lionel Bishop, £2 (18s 6d). On the plaint of Dimond and Hart, Ltd., Frederick Dodd was ordered to pay £lO 8s 6d (costs 15s 6d) forthwith, in default 10 days’ imprisonment. The county • inspector (Mr. G. Barrack) laid a complaint against Lindsay Goble for allowing horses to graze on the road. The defendant, who- was not represented, stated that the gate had not been securely locked by tradesmen •visiting the farm. He was fined 10s. with costa 20s 6d. As the result of a collision with a lorry, Isabel Todd (Mr. L. M. Moss) was charged with having failed to give way to the traffic on the right at the intersection of Brookes and Ma tai Streets. Mr. Moss explained that the street was narrow and the vision obscured by trees. The defendant’s car had been damaged to the extent of £l5. Ho pleaded guilty to the charge of failing to give way. A fine of £2, with coots 10s, was inflicted. A charge of using a car without new number-plates was preferred against A. E. Belk. Constable Longbottom stated the defendant was unfortunately concerned in a fatal motor accident on June 5 and he found that the defendant’s car had not been re-registered. The defendant did not appear and was convicted and ordered to attend the next court session to show cause why a substantial fine should not be imposed. The police proceeded against A. J. Bruff for practising as a registered veterinary surgeon without a license. Constable Longbottom explained that the defendant, who had no fixed abode, had stayed at Inglewood in July, 1929, for about two months. He had caused to be printed notices of his alleged profession and had had them placed in prominent positions. Tho notices led people to believe that he was a registered veterinary surgeon. The defendant, who did ] not> appear, wrote to the court explaininghis strait-'

ened circumstances. A fine of £2 (costs 10s) was imposed. On the' information of Inspector G. Barrack H. O. Peters was charged with having driven a motor-lorry without being the holder of a heavy traffic license. The defendant pleaded guilty and stated that he was under the misapprehension that the vendor of the lorry would procure the license. He had taken out his license a month later. He was fined £1 (costs 20s 6d). Application for a, wine-maker’s license was made by J. Mail. He was represented by Mr. R. H. Quilliam, ’•■• ■■■• endeavoured to show why a convrecorded against the applicant ? not have been made. The magistrate considered tinsmay have been grounds for the tion being wrongly entered and gr ed the license.