MAGISTERIAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9914, 1 August 1910, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

C.HRISTCHURCH Monday, August ]

(Before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M.;

Drunkkknkss. —Three Eist offenders for drunkenness were each fined 5s and costs ; in default twenty-four hours' imprisonment.—James M'Grath, a statutory second offender, was lined 10s and costs, in default twenty-four hours' imprisonment. An Undesirable.—George Wilson was charged with being an idle and disorderly person, with insufficient lawful means of support. Chief-Detective Bishop said that Wilson had given a wrong name, but luckily this morning Detoctive Miller, of Lytte.wm, had recognised him as a man with a police record. Wilson then admitted that he had served two years' imprisonment for actual bodily harm." He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour.

A Thikf of Time.—John Maine admitted having stolen a marble clock from Edmund Power, of the Masonic Hotel, and was sentenced to three montns' imprisonment with hard labour. Rkiiandt.d.—John Oraik Bath was remanded until Friday on a charge of having desorted his wife, for whom Mr A. W. Bishop appeared. Judgment by Default.—ln" each of the following cases judgment, with costs, was given for tho plaintiff by default:—o. Pannell and Co. (Mr Rowe) v. J. Bush, £3 7s Od; W. Hayward and Co. (Mr Malley) v. William Pat-trick, £10; Trisfc and Small (Mr Cuningham) v. S. Brereton, £l6 14s: Beath and Co., Ltd. (Mr Cuningham) v. Mary Slattery, £3 7s lid; G. M'Clatchie and Co., Ltd. (Mr Beswick) v. William Withers, £29 8* lid: D.T.C. (Mr Fryer) v. J. Cook, £8 6s; same v. David Annan, £3 18s 3d; same v. William Duncan Hume, £9 lis 6d ; same v. Leonard Thomas Pluck, £1 lis 9cl ■ Cra'Vlock, Orr and Co., Ltd. (Mr Hunt) v. W. J. Shaw, £5 13s 7d ; same v. Thomas B. Guy, £ll 10s lOd; Cvclooedia Co. v. IU L. Hutchens, £2 3s: T. S. Sharman (Mr Ward) v. Hammond and Patrick. £4 [)s; Hayward Bros. a.nd Co., Ltd. (Mr Leathern) v. E. L. Jones, 12s (costs onlv); Edward T-eorge Perry v. John O'Callaghan, £7 18s.

Judgment SUMMONS CASK.—F. B. Tvesteven (Mr Leathern) asked for an order against J. G. Pennv for £5 ss. The debtor did not armear, and he was ordered to pay the debt or <2,0 to goal for seven days.—Adams. Limited, obtained an order by consent against T. H. Tankard for the payment of £23 8s 7d by monthly instalments of £2, in default twenty-one days' imprisonment.

Land Agents' Charges. —C. A. Lees and Co (Mr Mills) claimed £2 7s from F. Whitoombo, a proportion of rates and £1 charge for preparing the agreement to mil-chase. The defendant denied having agree*! to pay £l. Judgment was given for the plaintiff for £1 7s. and costs 011 that amount. Fob, Commission-. —G. A. Lees obtained judgment against T. O'Connor for £3 8s and costs as commission for the sale of a boarding-house. He sued for £5.

For Wages.—B. H""ter (Mr sued J. Hunter (Mr Wright), his foster brother, for- tli» recovery of £43 3s 6d for wa«:es. The defendant counter"inimorl for £5 for board and lodging The ntaintiff said that be had worker 1 for his brother, who had (riven him iw mission to go out to other work when f'o defendant did not require him With regard to the counter-claim, the plaintiff said that ho sleot in the men 1 ' whare, with his own blankets, and ■milked the cows «s a consideration His brother gave him half an acre o* land to grow onions. .Tudn-rno.nt wr "liven on fV claim for £ll 1 os, and th<-cotinter-cln ira was di«m : =sed.