MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Waikato Independent, Volume XXX, Issue 2426, 11 December 1930, Page 5

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

LAST SITTINGS OF YEAR. . .V. t !.' LENGTHY CHARGE LISTS. p -Jfx • TbA last- regular sitting of the year of Iffie Magistrate's Court was commenced this morning before Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M. The session will probably be lengthy, both the civil and criminal charge sheets being heavier than usual. Noxious Weeds. For failing to clear gorsc and blackberry from four sections at Leamington Frederick Samuel Reynolds was proceeded against by the Town Board's inspector, Robert Bradford Webber ’{Mr S. Lewis). The inspector said lie had given Reynolds legal notice to clear his sections, •Lut the work had not been done. The .S.M., in reply to Mr Lewis, who .said the defendant was in poor circumstances, stated that he thought the better plan for local bodies was to employ unemployed labour and charge the cost against the land. Defendant was fined 30/- and a similar amount in costs. V Carriers’ Offences. Arthur Columbus, carrier, of Cambridge, was charged by the police tha t November 8 ho used his lorry as a Maxtor coach to carry pasengers, with<nyt having the necessary license. Arising out of the above Columbus was further charged with not paying the full amount of insurance premium required for a contract motor vehicle used to hire to carry passengers. On behalf of the defendant, Mr King pleaded guilty to both offences. Constable Jones said on the date of .the charge defendant took a party of cricketers to Hamilton and charged them 1/6 each. ’ • Mr King said bis client had taken cut the. license and insurance premium for ordinary carrying and for contract work for transporting school children, but he was ignorant that he had to take out a further insurance cover for ordinary passengers. His client was quite propared to pay the additional fees. .The S.M. took intp. .account . that the'se were the first offences of the kind under his notice, and that they were committed in ignorance. Fined 10/amd costs 20/-. .. . • Similar Offences. s Similar charges, firfeing from, an offfence against tho mOt'dY vehicle’ifegUlntions on November 27, were preferred against William Halliday, carrier, of Cambridge. The date of the offence was'rNttvember. 27 ahd the driver, Eric was jointly charged. Fbr the defendants Mr'S. Lewis pleaded guilty. Constable Jones stated that cm the night of the charge Mr Halliday's son drove a party of residents to- Hamilton to witness a wrestling "InMch. 1 Again the defence was one of ignorance. Mr Lewis said tliat the actual charge made was only for the benzine used on the trip. His client had since complied with all the requirements of tho regulations. The S.M. remark 3d that it was rather singular two carriers should be ignorant, but he would regards the pleas as bona fide ones and inflict similar lines, 10/- and costs. On Licensed Premises. John Quinn, of Hamilton, appeared , before the Court on a charge of being :.} on the licensed premises of the Masonic Hotel after hours on December 4. Constable Jones said on the night of /' the charge he saw the accused and two companions leave the Regent Hall and ’.. enter the Masonic Hotel. He intervipw- / ed them, and ascertained they had no right to be- on the premises. Similar charges were preferred against Russell Cook, also of Hamilton. 'Each of the accused was convicted tind fined 20/- and costs 10/-. L Another Change. with being on. the premises of the National Hotel after hours on December 4, Charles Scott appeared bo:1 More the Magistrate,^. Constable Jones said he found accus- . cd in the hotel at 9.50 and he admitted he .had no excuse. Defendant was convicted and fined 20/- with costs 10/-. The Civil List. Judgment was entered for plaintiffs > in the following undefended civil cases: —Hariy Vickers v. E. A. Luke, claim £24 4/6, costs £4 4/6; E. S. Betts and \ Co. v. Broad and Broad, claim £2 10/-, ' costs £l-5/6;'Geo. Calvert and Co. v. B. Ainsley, claim £3 9/11, costs £1 5/6; Sayers and Ward v. B. Ainsley, claim £3 ; 12/6, costs £1 5/6; James Ritchie v. L. Sinclair, claim £3, costs £1 4/6; C. M. Crawford v. Horace Warner, claim £G 19/6, costs £1 12/6; Wilkinson and Co. v. G. Bowling, claim £l4 2/3, costs £2 16/-; Wilkinson and Co. v. C. R Knowles, claim £7 12/1, costs £l\l2/6; -C. M. Corlett v. H. Birkett, claim £4 I' 11/3, costs £1 7/6; Geo. Calvert and Co. O'. L. 'Remnant, claim £3 15/-, costs {’ £l]7/6; Wilkinson and Co. v. C. L. Reme^wuit,,. claim £lO-19/6, costs £2 2/-. -