SUPREME COURT LIST
THREE CRIMINAL CASES MR. JUSTICE SMITH TO PRESIDE. EIGHT HEARINGS BEFORE JURY.
A fairly light calendar of cases is set down for hearing at the spring .sessions ' of the Supreme Court to be held at New Plymouth commencing on Monday. There are three criminal cases for trial and one prisoner to be sentenced. In the civil list five cases are for trial before the judge and a jury of 12 and five are to be heard by ' the judge alone. Mr. Justice Smith is to preside over the sitting. ■ • - -- ■ - Divorce cases number six and there are three motions to make absolute decrees nisi. There is one motion for a discharge from bankruptcy and'43 for the release of assignees in estates. Miscellaneous matters include four originating summonses, one petition, for winding-up by the court, and 45 mortgagors' relief applications. There, is one appeal to ba heard, Thomas William James appealing against the decision in his case against! Margaret M. O’Sullivan. The list is:—
CRIMINAL. For Trial. Dailey, Richard Albert; alleged forgery] (nine charges). Brunsden, Harry; alleged breaking, entering and theft. ' McFadgen, Neil; alleged unnatural of-» fence, alleged indecent assault on males (six charges). For Sentence. Taylor, Harvey Ernest; carnal knowledge. CIVIL CASES. Before Judge and Jury. Godfrey E. I. Bigham v. Andrew Norton Young; claim for £123 Os 9d special damages, £5OO for partial incapacity and permanent injury, and £250 general damages. Elizabeth Leggett v. James Mottershead Collins; claim for £lOOO damages for loss of husband through injuries received in motor accident. Violet N. I. Moorcock v. Kenneth Putt; claim for £2500 damages for loss of husband through injuries received in motor collision. Mary Beadle v. Sydney Roy • Lovell; claim for £1250 damages for loss of husband through injuries received in motor accident. Kathleen Mary Boswell v. Ernest Hedley Martin; claim for £4SC general damages and £207 10s 6d special damages for injuries received in motor collision. Before Judge Alone.-
Albert Ernest Stockley and others v. Arthur James Stockley and another; claim for £953 15s 6d and interest, shares of beneficiaries in estate of Joseph Stockley, deceased. Joseph Collins v. James Phillip Nicholas; claim for £5OO general damages and £lOO special damages for alleged assault. • , Benoni White v. New Plymouth Borough Council; claim for £2OB damages. Peter Scott Finlayson v. Samuel Small; claim for £250 general damages and £6l 13s 4d special damages for alleged breach of contract. - i Cyril Hendry Croker v. Lewis Geoffrey Newton; claim for £Bl5 17s Id, moneys allegedly paid under guarantee. DIVORCE AND MISCELLANEOUS. Before Judge Alone. Robert Whale v. Iriss Agatha Whale; petition for restitution of conjugal rights. Sarah Dean Marsh v. Aaron James Marsh; petition for divorce on grounds of separation. Myra Margaret Cameron v. Allan Francis Cameron; petition for divorce on grounds of separation. Gerald Ernest Putt v. Eileen Winnifred Putt; petition for divorce on grounds of desertion. Anthony Moratti v. Maida -Velma Moratti and Robert Stokes; petition for divorce on grounds of adultery. Athol Leslie Salter v. Laura Muriel Salter and J. Hamilton; petition for divorce on grounds of adultery. Decree nisi motions: Thelma Daisy Florence Philpotts v. Thomas Arthur Philpotts; Reginald Halliday Crutchley v. Ruby Selina Crutchley; Olive Ray Martin v. Matthew Patrick Martin. Motion for discharge in bankruptcy: William Henry Turchi. Miscellaneous: Re George Preece, deceased, originating summons; re Mary Agnes Harding, deceased, originating summons; re George Mills, deceased, originating summons; re Taranaki Amusements (Hawera) Limited, petition for winding up by the court.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 November 1934, Page 5
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