COURT RETURNS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 10 July 1923, Page 8

COURT RETURNS.

j ng>. BUSINESS AT TIMARU. Tlie returns of. the business at the Magistrate’s.' Court at Timaru give interesting information as to the ad- ; ! ministration ,of justice for the past j 1 three months. The amount sued for j shows very little difference from that | of . the previous quarter, though the amount recovered this last quarter was over £4OO in excess of that for the ' quarter ended March 31. In other directions the business was practically : on a par with the previous term, with the exception of judgment summonses ' i. which more than doubled. Details j are as follows (the figures for the J March quarter being given in parentheses) :—- MAGISTRATE’S COURT. Persons taken into custody 66 (83). Persons summoned 194 (185). : 1 Amount sued for £3013 13s 8d i ! (£3150 16s 8d). ! Amount recovered £1823 3s lid (£I4OB 15s 3d). ’. ' Sittings of Magistrate 46 (40); of J.P’s 19 (30). | Cases heard by-the S.M., 117 (87). Fines and fees paid £475 18s 6d j (£432 10s). Fines from by-law cases, £32 las !'(£33 10s). I Pensions granted 32 (32) renewed | 197 (223). Distress .warrants issued, 14 (17). Plaints entered 189 (150). Judgment summonses, 22 (10). Warrants of committal,. 2 (0). Processes served by bailiff, 188 (159). 1 SUPREME COURT. Fees paid, £375 13s 6d (£205 10s). Securities registered, entered, 27 (17). | Probates and administrations, 3'JOY Judgment recorded for £999 2s 3d (£l9 3s).