MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17647, 21 September 1925, Page 11

MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

CHRJSTCHURCH. (Before Mr 11. V. Widdovron, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. "William Walter Tyler -was fined 40s in default seven days' imprisonment for drunkenness, he having been previously convicted once within tlie pas six months. Thomas Hector ('laments, who had been previously convicted of drunkeni ness during the past six months, was | fined 20s or three days. • William Herbert Vincent, for a sc- ! cond ofifence within the past six i months, was fined 20s or three clays, t A first offender was fined 10s or i twenty-four hours', and a statutory first i offender 20s or forty-eight hours’. I ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. A woman, aged 64. whose name was ! ordered to be suppressed, was charged with having attempted to commit suicide. She pleaded guilty. Sub-Inspector Matthew said accused i was found in an outhouse, by her son. with her throat Out. She had been depressed owing to ill-health. Accused was discharged conditional j on the payment of expenses incurred by the police, amounting to £lO 4s. CIVIL BUSINESS. j Judgment for plaintiff by default was , given in the following cases:—Wilson : Bros. a. H. Woods. £1 17s; Graham, i Wilson and Smellie v. 0. H. Dohrman. £0: Mrs M. C. Harris v. K. Howie. £9 ! 10s: F. J. Twiss v. P. C. Shirley. £lO 16s; Ashby Bcrgh and < n.. Ltd.. v. j Huia Bloomfield, IT 4s: Graham. Wil- | son and Smellie v. A. Mitchell. £1 9s 6d : < S. Thomas v. G. R. Giles, £1 14s; V. Buchanan v. Mrs M. Patten, £l6 os; Dominion Trust Go.. Ltd. v. Mrs Emma Bougen, £3 7s: Ballin Bros.. Ltd. v. A. J. Robinson. £4 16s; same v. R. Sullivan. £4 16s; X. Farmers’ Co-Op, Ltd. v. E. Adams. £1 17s 6d: John R. Procter, Ltd. v. E. T. A'orthcote, £lO 10s; R. Arlow and Co.. Ltd. v. S. Walters, £6 ISs 4d; Phonographs, Ltd. v. Frederick r. Elliott. £3-6s; Goodrich Silvertown Tyres. Ltd. v. Ernest Trengrove, costs lis; same v. Leonard C. Price, £45 4s JOd : same v. F. C. Gleeson. £S 8s; (same v. John L. Gunning. £3 6s; same jv. William Long. £3 16s: Herb Laban j v. L. I Gillette. £l3 7s 6d ; Trist and Small I v. W. 11. Paddy, £2 8s 2d: Canterbury ■ Bakers’ Union v. T. Vincent, £1 11s 6d; New Zealand F aimers’ Co-op. v. George Alf rev, £177 17s sd: E. Reece, Ltd. v. A. M’Conville, £4 16s 3d; F. S. Barrett and Co. v. A. Nettleton, £74 19s Id; James Carter and Sons. Ltd. v. C. Hille, costs £1 ss; R. L. Saunders v. A. O. Wood, £9 18s; R. Twyneham v. John Edward Owens, £2 2s; Christchurch Press Company v. F. B. Opie. £4 6s 9d ; same v. Mrs T. Kell 3-, £4 0s lOd; Tai Tapu Dairy Company, Ltd. v. J. Williams, £3 15s 4d; Christchurch Press Company v. George Bull, 18s 9d; same v. Mrs A. C Ox, £l2 18s; same v. Goldfinch and Co., Ltd., £1 ss; same v. William J. Marsden, £3; same v. Ernest Ivan Paine. £1 10s; same v. Fred Pammerit and Victor Bergamimi, costs 10s; same v. T. P. Shand, Ltd., £6 12s Id; same v. C. IT. Stephenson, £2. Thomas Mills, of 988. Colombo Street, builder (Mr Beattie > claimed from Joseph William Johnston, of 16. Milton Street, Sydenham, carrier, and Frances Johnston the Sum of £2l 9s 3d, as balance owing for work done on defendant’s property. Judgment was given for plaintiff. An order was made that Alfred Moffat t give possession of a. tenement at Templeton to Andrew Lincoln M’Xae, and pa" costs £1 £36s. Mrs S. Donaldson, storekeeper, Montreal Street (Mr Traev) claimed from Mrs M E. Andrews (Mr Hun ter ) the rurtJ of £l2 2s for goods supplied. Judgment was_given for defendant. LYTTELTON. (Before Mr F. G. Norton, J.P.) DRUNK EX'NESS. Hans Larsen, for drunkenness, was fined 10s in default twenty.four hours’ imprisonment. KAIAPOL i (Before Mr Wvvern Wilson, S.M.) DP; FENCE CASKS. Thomas Tendall, charged with (piling to register under the Defence Act, was fined 20s and costs.

Gordon Sugdcn, for failing to render : military service, was fined 10s and costs. AFTER HOURS. Frederick Pearce, on a charge, of being found on licensed premises after hours, was fined 20s and costs. BY-LAW BREAC HE S. M- W. Barrett, for cycling on the footpath, was fined 5s and costs. Ronald 11. Lilley, tor driving a motor cycle at a dangerous speed, was fined f 10s and costs. CIVIL BUSIX ESS. Judgment was given for the plain- ! tilt in the following cases:—State Ad* •-? Department v Terita Te Hama--Mm aka, £6 11s Id; A. Pratt v - .. • Brown, £3 17s. rm. ' . . ~■■■■ ■■ ■ ■