MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16813, 3 June 1926, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

YESTERDAY'S SITTING. MOTORISTS' OFFENCES. The Hamilton Magistrate's Court sat yesterday, Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M., presiding. Mrs A. R. Taylor pleaddo guilty to I a charge of negligently driving a horse j and trap on the traffic bridge. It was j stated that she was proceeding in the I direction of Hamilton East,' and when | endeavouring to pass a slowly-moving j dray collided with a cyclist coming j from ihe opposite direction. She was j fined 20s and costs Us. A. McDonald was ordered to pay 7s j costs of each of two informations for ! leaving a car in Victoria Street longer j than 30 minutes. I Edward Hutchinson and Harold Edgar Harris, for leaving cars in VicI loria Street for a longer period than I 30 minutes, were each ordered to pay costs, amounting to 7s. | Stanley Ellis was fined 20s and costs ! 7s for driving a car without lights in Victoria Street. Arising out of a collision with a lorry in Victoria Street, Lawrence Rickey was charged with failing to keep a proper' lookout and also with negligently driving a motor-car. After hearing the evidence His Worship said . thai accidents through turning vehicles j would continue to happen until the traffic was prohibited from turning at places other than intersections. Both parties to the collision were to a certain extent to be blamed. He imposed !a line of 20s on the first charge, but I dismissed the second.

Keith Bowden pleaded not guilty to driving a car bearing demonstration numbers for other than demonstration purposes. He had had occasion, to repair a milking machine on a Sunday ami took the car out with the dual purpose of offering it for sale and attending lo the milking machine. After hearing evidence, Pis Worship said that Bowden had evidently not been very vigorous in the prosecution of his duties as a commission agent for the sale of the car and had apparently considered that business of such minor importance that he forgot to mention it to the police. He was lined ids and costs.

Norman Davis pleaded guilty to trespassing on the To Papa Racecourse when lie was forbidden to enter racecourses. His Worship remarked that i accused bad a bad record and should Ibo kepi off the courses, lie fined him j £5 and costs, and no extension of time ' was allowed for payment. ; The case of Martin Lopez, who j pleaded not guilty to Hie liieft of an overcoat, was remanded for a week. Civil Business. j Judgment has been given for plaini tin' by default in Hie following undefended cases: Farmers' Auctioneerling Co. 1.ti1., v. T. Lynns. £25 13s id ! (costs £2 ss) : Ellis and Uumand. Ltd. v. E. Hayes. £1 12s 7d (costs Os'i ; X.X. Co-operative Dairy Co. v. E. Hayes, £7 7s I Id ('costs Ifls). Judgment was given for C. C. Koed v. D. Shaw fur I'll Ss 3d. Defendant diil not appear and was ordered to pay. c-,' rorfliwilli an £2 per month, in default three days' imprisonment. . An order was made Utv the payment of £ll .Is (id 'costs 15s fid) in the ease T. I- l.add v. T. E. Waters, on the ground , that defendant had not satisfactorily answered questions, pay- ; rnenl tn be made within I 1 days, in , default 10 days' imprisonment all Auckland

J. Winter was ordered to pay £l3 18s and costs (21s) at the suit of T. J. Farrell, at the rate of £2 mnoth, in default seven days' imprisonment at Auckland. F. Loughlin was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment if he fails to pay £l4 12s Gd, judgment remaining duo lo Keeling and Mumby.