THE COURTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18540, 10 April 1930, Page 7

THE COURTS

COMPENSATION FOR WIDOW. *y Tel estraph—Press Association. PALMERSTON N.. April 10. The Arbitration Court heard a claim for £IOOO made by Lilian Eveline Geange, of Feilding, against Richard Burne, and John Neilson, contractors and builders, of Feilding. It was claimed by plaintiff that while proceeding on a motor-cycle to defendants’ workshop in accordance with their orders, her husband was struck by a train engine, and fatally injured, and that the accident arose in the course of employment. Defendants contended that the accident did not happen in the course of employment. A non-suit point raised by the defence was dismissed by the Bench, who held that deceased was employed immediately he went to the house. Travelling to the factory was part of the work. Judgment was given for plaintiff for the full amount and costs. YOUTHFUL BURGLAR. By Telegraph—Pres* Issocis-tl*'-DARGAVILLE, April 10. A youth, Rudolph Matthew Joseph Franich, 18, who was arrested on the Whangarei racecourse on Saturday, appeared at the Police Court yesterday, and pleaded guilty to eight charges of breaking, entering, and stealing money and goods valued at about £3O, from various business premises. He was committed to the Auckland Supreme Court for sentence, and allowed bail, self in £l5O and two sureties of £l5O each. An application for suppression of the name until he was sentenced was refused by the presiding Justices, who also imposed stringent conditions regarding bail. CINEMA MANAGER FINED. By Telegraph—Press Assosiatton. CHRISTCHURCH. April 10. For failing to publish in an advertisement of the film “Flight,” a recommendation by the censor that it was more suitable for adult audiences, Herbert Gladstone Hill, manager of the Civic Theatre, was fined £1 and costs. It was the first case of the kind heard in New Zealand. The Magistrate said the defendant had evidently committed the breach as a protest against the censor’s recommendation, Hill considering that the film was suitable for children. “ALONE I DID IT.” By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON. April 9. “I don’t want innocent men to suffer. I will tell the truth. I took thing!” In this dramatic fashion Thomas Hunter confessed to the police that he alone was responsible for the theft of a cash box containing £SB/17/10 from the Terminus Hotel recently. In addition to Hunter, two others—Richard Jones, alias Preston, and Richard Haslam Smith—were today charged with the offence. Hunter was committed for sentence, and the others, who pleaded not guilty, were committed for trial.