MANY CASES HEARD AT ASHBURTON COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19239, 28 November 1930, Page 7

MANY CASES HEARD AT ASHBURTON COURT.

(Special to the “Star.” 1 ASHBURTON, November 28. Judgment was given for plaintiff bv default in the following cases which were heard by Mr C-. R. Orr-Walker. S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court to-day: Commissioner of Taxes v. Perciva! Samuel Blight, £25 Os 7d, costs £1 12s; H. M. Jones and Son, Ltd., v. Charles Stephens £6 lls Bd, costs £1 12s 6d. In a judgment summons case J. W. Commyns was ordered to pay J. M’Pherson £23 14s 4d, with costs £1 lls 6d, in monthly instalments of £3, the first to be paid on December 31, or in default 21 days. J. Elder was ordered to pay the Farmers' Co-op £3 2s 3d, in default 48 hours. George Harris was ordered to pay E. J. Burgess £6 12s 3d on or before December 31, in default ten days, warrant to be suspended if he pays monthly instalments of £3. D. M’Kendry, junior, was ordered to pay R. Stevenson £23 7s 6d, in default 21 days, warrant to be suspended if he pays £3 in monthly instalments. Ray Smith was ordered to pay D. W. Herron £l7 7s lid, in default seven days, the warrant to be suspended if he makes monthly payments of £l, the first to be on December 31. Traffic Cases. William James Parkes had liia license suspended for six weeks for riding a motor-cycle in a dangerous manner. On a charge of negligently driving a car, Albert Hugh Flay was convicted and fined £2. and for failing to notify the police of an accident, he was convicted and ordered to pay costs. Maintenance Case. For disobedience of his maintenance order, William Edward Anderson was convicted and sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, warrant to be suspended if he pays the amount of the orders and 2s 6d a week off the ar-