SUPREME COURT SESSIONS
the quarterly sessions THREE- CRIMINzYL CHARGES ■ - • -4 TWELVE CIVIL ACTIONS LISTED. £ : The quarterly sessions of the Supreme Court for the’judicial district of Taranaki open in New Plymouth on Monday morning. Mr. Justice Ostler is expected to preside. The list of cases cet down for hearing is not a particularly heavy one. In the criminal calendar there are three cases for trial (including a series of charges against one man under tho Bankruptcy Act) and two prisoners for sentence. 'Twelve actions are set down in the civil list, two of which will be heard before juries. These are actions involving claims arising out of motor collisions. There are also a number of non-witness actions to come before the court. There are seven miscellaneous petitions in divorce, and a number of miscellaneous bankruptcy matters. The list is'as follows:— , CRIMINAL CASES. For Trial. ; Rex V. Collings, Percy; alleged indecent assault on females. Rex v. Thomas, Bert; six charges under the'. Bankruptcy Act, ,1908. Rex v. Shaw, Clarence Nelson John; alleged breaking, entering and theft. For Sentence. White, Ted (IPakerori Waiiti); alleged perjury (two charges). Vincent, John George; alleged secreting postal packets (two charges). CIVIL CASES. (.Before Judge and Jury of 12.) Smart, George Hunter, v. Aitken, Devina Elsie, and John; claim for £1059 10s 6d damages as result of motor collision. Jordan, Cecil Ernest, v. Lobb, Douglas, and Bellringer, Sydney George; claim for £250 damages, for death of child resulting from motor accident. z . o (Before Judge Alone.) Jones, Frederick Billingsby, v. Jones, Thomas Benjamin and others; claim for revocation of probate on grounds of mentality. Smith and Smith, Ltd., v. Ogilvie, William Thomas; claim for £233 16s for goods sold. Crooks, James, v. Magon, Thomas .Patrick; claim for specific performance of agreement of sale and purchase, and £3OO . for withholding'transfer.
miscellaneous. . 11l the estate of Gatenby, Joshua Mellor: Between Gatenby, M. M. S., and another, and Korte, €., and another; originating summons to postpone sale of farm in estate. New Plymouth Sash and Door Co. v. George, Arnold, and Graham, William Adolph; originating summons under Wage Protection and Contractors’ Lien Act for a charge of £477 Ils lOd. Smart Bros., Ltd., v. R. and E. Tingey and Co., Ltd.; .Cooper, Francis Edgar; Bellringer, Charlie Emanuel; Gilbert, Arthur Edward Reynolds;; and Martin, William Percy; summons under Wages Protection and Contractors’ Lien Act for a charge of £9Ol 18s sd. Morrison, Andrew Williamson, v. R. and E. Tingey and Co., Ltd.; Cooper, Francis Edgar; Bellringer, Charlie Emanuel; Gilbert, Arthur Edward Reynolds; and Martin, William Percy, summons under Wages Protection and Contractors’ Lien Act for a charge of £370. Knight, George, and Daly, George Francis, v. R. and E. Tingey and Co., Ltd., and Cooper, Francis Edgar; summons under the Wages and Protection 7 and Contractors’ Lien Act for a charge of £42 Bs. In the matter of Lila Mary Penwarden, U an infant; application for writ of • habeas corpus and subjiciendum. Nielson, S.E. (as trustee-of the assigned eetate of Daisy T. Parker) v. Parker, A., and The Atlas Assurance Co.; originating summons for determination (inter alia) whether a bond pursuant to the Auctioneers’ Act, 1928, enures for the benefit of sales creditors in the estate.
IN BANCO. Gunning, J., v. Barr-Brown; appeal on law. Harper, Ernest and Grace A., v. Pitt, Alice M.; appeal on law and fact. Taranaki County Council y. Mack, Arthur James; appeal on law. List, Thomas C.,‘ and Dickie, H. G., v. Commissioner of Stamp Duties; case stated. IN DIVORCE. (Before Judge Alone.) /Jigham, William Brady, v. Bigham, Edith; petition for divorce on the grounds of failing to comply with order for restitution of conjugal rights. Smith, Andrew, y. Smith, Jessie; petition for divorce on grounds of separation, Penniall, Doris Cornwall, v. Pcnniall, John Roy; petition for permanent alimony. Larsen, Richard Christian, v. Larsen, Elsie Tweeddale, and Munro, Donald (co-respondent); petition for divorce on grounds of adultery. Owen, Ida Gertrude Ivy, y. Owen, Arthur Graham; petition for divorce on grounds of separation. Prestidge, Emily, v. Prestidge, Lewis Henry; petition for divorce on grounds of separation. Clarke, Alice, v. Clarke, Charles; petition for divorce on grounds of separation. BANKRUPTCY. Motions for Discharge. Gibson, Ralph Carr Sylvestia. ficheuber, John Joseph. Fake, Hugh Chevalier. Motion that certain moneys are part of bankrupt’s estate. —In re Ueroa Ngarcwa. Creditors’ Petition.—Thomson, John Muir, and Morris, Frederick. —Ex parte Masters, Ltd.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 August 1930, Page 7
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