THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19150, 5 November 1927, Page 25

THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. FRIDAY. (fWorc Mr K. ]). Moslcy. S.M.) I'KUXKEXXESs". A first offender for drunkenness was flnod the amount of his bail, '-'0?. CASK DISMISSED, .lohn Smith, an elderly man. was; charged with being unlawfully on the enclosed premises of i.'ti!> Barbadoes street. The excuse of the accused was accepted by the Magistrate and the case was dismissed. BY-LAW CASKS.

For having cycled at night without lights the following; were vitalised: —Charles Kwan Atkinson, 10s and costs; William John Bantley, :!s Gd and costs; Ronald Albert Hart. lUs and costs; Melville McCrorie. 'Js lid and costs; Alfred Trent, 10s and costs: William Henry Wiltshire, 10s aud costs; Gerald Wybert, -s ad (no costs). The following were dealt with for having ridden bicycles on footpaths:—Gavin Beaumont, 10s and costs; Frederick E. Butterfield tMv C. Holmes), 10s and costs; Wm. Kaill. 10s aud costs; James iloran, 5s and costs; Percy B. Quartermain, 10s and costs.

Charles Leopold David was fined 30s and costs for having turned to the right at a corner before reaching the intersecting points of the cross-roads.

William Horace Harsh, who drove a horsedrawn vehicle at night without lights, was lined 10« and costs.

Raymond Daly was fined 10s and costs for cycling at night without a light, was convicted and ordered to pay costs for not having a bell on his bicycle, and was convicted and discharged for not having a rear red roflectov.

For not having lights on cars, Kenneth Hore, George William Jlarra. and John Leonard Sullivan were each fined 10s and costs.

Woodvillc John Barnes was fined 20s and costs for crossing an intersection at an excessive speed.

For failing to have a rear light showing on his motor vohicle. Frederick Otto Schmidt was fined 10s and costs.

Wilfred Algefuon Jones (Mr H. G. Illingworth) was fined £2 and costs on a charge of negligent driving. Frederick Eric Butterfield (Mr-C. Holmes), for cutting a corner, was fined 30s and costs. A charge against William Hill MacDougall (Mr C. S. Thomas) of having driven & car in a negligent manner was dismissed.

(Before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M.) DEFENCE CASES.

The following were fined, with costs, (or failing to attend drill:—Leicester Bruce Allan 10s; Houghton Anderson 20s; Clement Breitmeyer 30s; James Noel Britt 20s; Edward James Clarke 20s; Arthur Coull costs only; Albert Percy Fry 10s; Leslie Gibbons 20s; John Joseph Holland 10s; Stanley Milford Hughes 10s; Oharlos Ernest Jackson 10s; Walter Henry Killner costs only; William John Moore 10s; James Henry Mundy £5; Walter Cavanagh Randall 20s; Thornton Spencer Reddell 10s; lan Findlay Grant Robb costs only; Bradlaugh Shanks 20s; David Gordon Smith 10s; George Pereival David Smith £2. For similar offences the following were conviu.i'd and discharged:—Ronald Edward Bagot, Gilbert Forward, John Wood Hill, William Sampson Hore, Francis James Malley, Archie Todd. Lawrence Kutledge Alexander, for failing to return equipment, was ordered to pay 2s lid, the value of the articles, and costß. Howard Cox was fined 10s and costs, and Walter Cavanagh Randall £2 and costs for failing to notify change of address. Donald Stewart was fined 10s and costs for failing to register for military training. DEPRIVED. OF RIGHTS. There was no appearance of James Howard Tansey when charged that he failed to attend drill.

Evidence for the prosecution was to the effect that Tansey had persistently failed to attend drill. He had several previous convictions for similar offences.

The Magistrate deprived Tansey of his civil rights for ten years, and fined him £5 and costs.

CIVIL BUSINESS. (Before Mr H. A. Young, S.M.) GROCER'S CLAIM. W. J. Straw, of Christchurch, grocer' (Mr W. F. Tracy), claimed from Frederick Fleming, of Christchurch, grocer (Mr G. A. G. Connal), the sum of £lB3 16s lOd. The claim set out that on January 24th, 1927, the defendant agreed to buy, and the plaintiff to sell, the stock-in-trade of the plaintiff at a price to be arrived-at by valuation. The price had been fixed, and amounted to £lB3 16s lOd, 'and the defendant had taken dolivery of the stock-in-trade, but failed to pay the sum of £lB3 16s lOd. Mr Connal said the defendant had paid £l5O, and the balance had been admitted by the plaintiff as a proper deduction from his claim. . Judgment was given for the plaintiff for £ll 5s Id, Court costs £2 12s, solicitor'* fee £4 3s, and witnesses' oxpenscs £1 ss.