THE COURTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18646, 15 August 1930, Page 3

THE COURTS.

ACTION FOR SLANDER. By Telegraph—Press Association. DUNEDIN, August 14. Judgment by confession for £3OO was entered against Abraham Lind in the Magistrate’s Court this morning, in an action for slander brought against him by Ernest Goodall and Prudence Alice Goodall. The action arose from the publication of a pamphlet when Lind was released from prison last year, after serving a term for indecent assault. In this pamphlet, .according to the statement of claim, defendant inferred that plaintiffs criminally conspired to induce Hildah Goodall, their daughter, to give false testimony against Lind on his trial, received money from the police for inducing her to give false testimony, and that they endeavoured to obtain further money from Parliament for having persuaded her to give such false testimony. Lind was formerly an evangelist, and the girl Goodall attended his meetings. A printer named George Cooper was joined as a defendant in the slander action, but it was announced that he had settled his action. SERIOUS CHARGES. By Telegraph—Pres- Association GREYMOUTH, August 14. At the Magistrate's Court, Herbert Sutherland Feilding (24), was charged with the theft of a motor car, the property of the Grey Power Board on July 21. Accused was remanded. Other charges pending are: Breaking J. Walker's house at Brunner, on July 25 and stealing food and tobacco; also breaking into Richardson’s store, at Stillwater on July 21 and stealing a bicycle, the property of W. McKechnie, of Greymouth, which defendant had in his possession when Constable Rodgers arrested him near Stillwater this morning. HEAVY FINE IMPOSED. By Telegraph—Press Asr*dat*on AUCKLAND, August 14. Pleading guilty to a charge of keeping a common gaming house, Francis Brewer, aged 43, described as a plasterer or clerk, was fined £IOO, in default three months’ imprisonment, in the Police Court. A fine of £25. with an alternative of three months’ imprisonment, was imposed on Jack Malone Hammond, aged 37, a carpenter, who acknowledged having assisted Brewer. The police said that Brew r er had been before the Court three times previously. He was always regarded as an honest man. ' The Magistrate: “I do not want to send an honest man to prison, but this sort of thing cannot go on. I will again fine him £100.” SIX YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association. WANGANUI, August 14. Found guilty by a jury on three counts of incest. Theodore Frederick Herman Noffke (49), was to-day sentenced to six years’ imprisonment with hard labour by the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers), at the Supreme Court. Noffke, who was recently employed on a contract at Karori, lives at Rangitana, and is a native of Halcombe. NOT GUILTY OF PERJURY. By Telegraph—Press Association WANGANUI. August 14. In the Supreme Court to-day, on a charge of perjury, the jury, after a five minute’s retirement, found Jerry Hokopaura not guilty. JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANT. By Telegraph—Press Association. DUNEDIN, August 14. In the Supreme Court to-day, Mr Justice Kennedy delivered his judgment in the action brought by Charles Bertram Colby, of Los Angeles, United States, against the Dunedin Ice Cream Manufacturing Co. (Ltd.i, claiming an injunction against the company for an inf rim pent of patent rights. His Honour L . that the letters patent, of which the plaintiff was the proprietor, could confer no monopoly rights upon the plaintiff to a confection consisting of frozen ice cream, coated with choco- | late, manufactured by the process which the defendant adopted in the making of “Royalties ” nor to that process itself. The injunction was, therefore, refused, and judgment was given for defendant against plaintiff for £36/6/1, costs and disbursements to be fixed by the Registrar. BECOMING TOO PREVALENT. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, August 14. “This kind of thing is getting too prevalent, and is nothing but a worry to shipowners and their crew,” said Captain James Watson, master of the Waikouaiti, in the Magistrate’s Court before Mr Page, S.M.. when James Alexander Kelly, confectioner (35), Raymond Bernard Orrell, labourer (26), and James Watson, labourer (19), were charged with stowing away on the Waikouaiti at Newcastle. Each of the accused was convicted and fined £5, and ordered to pay the amount of the fare, £7/10/-, in default one month’s imprisonment. Captain Watson told the Magistrate that after the vessel had left Sydney he had to return to port to land another stowaway. It was after the boat had cleared the heads again that the three accused were found. “We are always searching the ship for them, but we are living on a volcano the whole time,” said Captain Watson. Sub-Inspector Lopdell said that the accused had been out of work in Australia. and came to New Zealand in the hopes of finding employment. SERIOUS CHARGE. By Telegraph—Press Ass^oiatior* WELLINGTON, August 14. j Described by Detective-Sergeant i Holmes as being a very serious charge, James Martin, motor driver, aged 26, William Alexander Matthews, taxi driver, aged 28, and Harry Boyer, tent maker, were remanded to appear next Wednesday by Mr Page, S.M., on charges of robbery with violence. Bail was opposed, the Detective-Ser-geant saying he objected, as one of the men robbed was lying in hospital with serious injuries. “The charge is a serious one and there is little known about these men,” he said, “and they could easily get away.” 1 Mr Page said he would refuse bail

at the present time, but would review the matter when he knew the condition of the man in hospital. INTOXICATED MOTORIST. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, August 14. In the Pahiatua Magistrate’s Court, a dairy farmer, Walter Douglas Burgess, was fined £2O and costs and his license was cancelled for six months for being intoxicated while in charge of a car. On a second charge that being a forbidden driver by the police on account of his condition, he did drive the said vehicle, he was fined £2 and costs. For using obsence language at the time of his arrest, he was fined £2 and costs.