MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Waipa Post, Volume 51, Issue 3645, 19 July 1935, Page 12

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

TE AWAMUTU 1 —THURSDAY. (Before Mr F. H. Levien, S.M.) The following undefended civil cases were disposed of at the sitting of the Magistrate’s Court at Te Awamutu on Thursday, before Mr F. H. Levien, who gave judgment for plaintiff in each case, with costs:— E. Harker v. Winton Keay, claim £ls, and costs £2 14s. James Yeates v. Dick Heta, claim £3O, and costs £4 3s Gd. H. Lines v. B. Nelson, claim £6 2s lOd, and costs £1 10s 6d. Te Awamutu Power Board v. F. Dewhurst, claim £1 15s 6d, and costs Bs. judgment SUMMONSES. Waipa. Post bo. v. Winton Keay, Raglan, claim £l2 6s 6d. —An order was made (by consent) to payment at the rate of £2 per month, with default of 11 days’ imprisonment. J. Jones, Ltd. v. Rita Roa, claim £37 4s lid. Defendant said he was a married man with a. family of 17, of whom ten are at home dependant upon him. He farms 119 acres, and milks 15 cows. —At this stage it was announced that proceedings would not be continued at present, and to this His Worship agreed. SITTING AT OTOROHANGA. (Our Resident Representative.) The following cases were heard at the Otorohanga S.M. Court on Wednesday:— COUNTY BY-LAW,S. Gordon Urquhart, traffic inspector to the Otorohanga County Council, v. H. Thomas, for speeding a heavy motor truck on the main highway.— Case adjourned. Same v. Norman G. Larson, for using an unregistered car.—Fined £2 and costs 12s; one month allowed to pay- , , Same v. H. E. Martin, for overloading on license.—Fined 30s and costs 10s. Same v. Hugh Coates, for allowing pigs to wander on a county road. POLICE CASE. Police v. R. G. Oliver, for allowing a cow to trespass on the railway line. (The animal was killed by a passing train.) —Ordered to pay 16s costs. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. A number of debtors were examined on judgment summonses, but in each case the magistrate refused to make any order. HEIFER KILLED BY MOTORIST.

CIVIL CLAIM.

Ernest McDonald, farmer, of Kopaki, proceeded against George Hargreaves, of Whangarei, claiming the value, and costs in burying a heifer which, he alleged had been killed by defendant when driving his car in a' negligent and unskilful manner on 30th January last.—After hearing a considerable amount of evidence for both sides, judgment was given for £2 15s, and costs £2 19s Gd.

AERTERMATH OF MOTOR COLLISION.

J. H. Simons, farmer, of Otorohanga, sued E. G. Bogun, of Puketaha, Hamilton, carrier, for £lB 3s 3d for damages done to his car as the result of a collision on the highway south of Otorohanga, on April 9th. The evidence disclosed that the defendant’s truck and the plaintiff’s car met on a narrow bend of the highway, resulting in the overturning of the car with its occupants, who were members of the plaintiff’s family, who fortunately escaped serious injury. The case lasted some considerable time.—Judgment was given for the plaintiff for £ls 13s 3d, and costs £4 4s 3d. AN INVOLVED CASE.

A case in which a small herd of dairy cows were seized by the police on a distress warrant, promoted an interpleader claim by Hepanui Kohatu for their possession. Here Wahitapu, the husband of Hepanui Kohatu, was the judgment debtor, and D. Ormsby, the execution creditor. Much conflicting evidence was heard throughout the afternoon. The claim of Hapanui Kohatu was disallowed, with costs against her. The value of the herd of 10 cows was assessed at £22. TRUANCY CASES.

Ten informations against native parents in the Honikiwi district for failing to send their children regularly to the Honikiwi School, were laid by the truant inspector, Mr H. Stormont Small, who detailed the history of the offences. One young native father in reply to a question from the magistrate replied: “ I have nine children, so far, but they have no suitable clothes to go to school in! ” The magistrate: “Well, they wear clothes at home. It is not necessary for them to dress expensively to attend a school in the backblocks. _ The education is free for both Maori and pakeha, and the law says that the children of both races must attend the schools provided for them.. If parents failed to send their children to school they handicapped • them in the battle of life! ” Fined 2s per head for each week the individual children had failed to attend school.