MAGISTERIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14144, 2 March 1910, Page 6

MAGISTERIAL.

GERALDINE—MARCH Ist. 1910.; (Before Mr V. G. Day, S.M.) NOXIOUS WEEDS. Huddleston v. McLeod. —This ivas a ■ charge of neglecting to eradicate a : noxious weed. j- Mr Barklie appeared for the defendant, and said that his client was not aware that there was Californian tihistle in his plantation. There was a technical breach, but it was in ignorance. . i The plaintiff said he thought the omission was through ignorance, but rfc was necessary that noxious weeds should be cleared. i! The defendant was fined 10s and j ,L ' MAINTENANCE CASE. | Trowel! v. Trowell.—The defendant" { was charged with having left his wife . without maintenance. Mrs, Trowell deposed that she was married to defendant 15 years ago, and that there was one child born. The defendant left her in 1907. Last April he gave her £lO, and promised to give her 15s a week, but since then he had only given her £9 odd. Cross-examined by defendant: She should say that as long as her father lived she would live with him. ' The defendant, who had pleaded not .guilty, said he had done his best. He iad offered his wife a home. ; The Bench: Have you a home ? Defendant said ho could make one. The Bench: That is the usual statej merit; but you have not made a home. ji "What do you earn. I Defendant said he earned about 25s a week. He had had bad luck. j His Worship made an order that de- • fendant pay 10s a week for the mainJ tenance of his wife.