MAGISTRATE’S COURT.
CHRISTCHURCH. (Before Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M.) DRUNKEN NESS. Charles Dowzer (thirty-nine), was charged with drunkenness. He had been convicted of drunkenness twice previously within the last six months. Dowzer was fined £t >, in default ten days’ imprisonment. A first offender was fined 10s or twenty-four hours. A statutory first offender (a woman) was fined 10s or twenty-four hours. A first, offender who did not appear was fined the amount of his bail, £l, in default forty-eight hours’ imprisonment. . . j UNDEFENDED CASES. Judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following cases:—J. A. Eslick v. William Fisher, £32 19s lid; Brad lev Bros.. Ltd. v. A. Gabb, £l4 ISs 2d; E. J. Neale v. F. A. Larkin, £ll ss; T. Cotter v. W. Watt, £6: A. W. Buxton v. Percy C. Shirley, £1 4s 6d: W. J. M’Kenzie v. Mrs M. Boag. £1 11s sd; Maling and Co., Ltd. v. Thomas Rooney, £2 10s: Ivorys Ltd. v. V. 11. Eathborne, £1 14s 6d; N.Z. Automobiles Ltd. v. J. Cavell, £4 Is 9d: Mary Hayden v. Alfred Gordon Fowke (and another by consent), £62; Triggs and Denton, Ltd. v. J. Robinson, £1 3s 6d: New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative v. Tame:? Leden, £6O 12s; Woolston Tanneries Ltd. v. J. E. Fearn, £ls 9s 7d; same v. John Smith, £33 6s sd; S. A. MacDougall v. O. R. Butterfield, £3 9s 6d; G. Aston v. A. Amos, ISs; Norman Allister Fraser v. George Johnstone, ISs 7d; CRountree v. W. J. Kennedy, £5 11s 3d; J. Railton and 11. Partridge v. F. Bailey, £1 Ss 3d; C. Bruyere v. B. Ayers, £l3 17s; John Chambers and Son Ltd v. R. C. Mason, £25 ISs 4d; Frederick Beare v. John M’Donald, £3 Is 3d: Roy Twyneham v. A. E. Harwood, £22 9s 9d; Ballantyne and Co., Ltd. v. J. H. Mundy, £1 3s: same v. N. J. Sheldon, £ll ISs 3d; Cyclone Fence and Gate Co., Ltd. v. A. L. Ford, £1 Ss; S. A. Parsons v. W. Gardener, £3; J. Ballantyne and Co., Ltd. v. C. W. Hudson, £7 16s 6d; Public Trustee v. Ernest Leonard Smith, £5 ISs. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. William Maddren was ordered to pay John Wilson £7 19s, in default ten dayp' imprisonment. CLAIM FOR RENT. Charlotte Bruyere, widow (Mr Godfrey) claimed from Charles* Aldous, rope maker (Mr Oliver) the sum of £5 15s 6d for goods supplied and rent. The defendant counter-claimed for £2S 12s 4d, being rent of one room, rented to defendant, but not given his use, and for work done in painting the cottage. Judgment was given Cor plaintiff on both the claim and counter claim.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17528, 4 May 1925, Page 8
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