THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20106, 9 December 1930, Page 8

THE COURTS.

SUPREME COURT. POWER FOR FARM. The dispute concerning the Installation of electric power plant, including turbine and generator, on a farm in which George Henry and Company, Ltd., consulting and refri/erating engineers, importers, and merchants, proceeded against 8. Hall, * armeT ; of Peraki, for £lls 9s, said to be . dn ® goods supplied and services rendered, which commenced hearing at the Supreme' Court on Friday, was continued yesterday before his Honour Mr Justice Adams. Defendant counter-claimed for £l5O for costs incurred in replacing the plant, -which, it was claimed, had not been efficient. . , Mr K M. Gresson appeared for tho plain tiffs and Mr A. W. Brown for the defendant. YcsterdnT'* proceedings were concerned with the evidence for the defence, and the cross-examination of Hall and of expert Honour reserved his decision. MAGISTERIAL. MONDAY. (Before Mr E. T>- Mosley, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Ethel Esther O'Malley was fined 20s, in default 48 hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness having been previously convicted for a similar offence in the past six months. AN INCORRIGIBLE ROGUE. Marg'iret Cecilia Hansbury, a domestic, of a prohibition order, with being found drunk in a public place, and with being an incorrigible rogue in that she had insufficient lav ful visible means of support. She was represented by Mr E. S. Bowie, and pleaded guilty to tho first two charges, and not guilty to the third. After evidence hnd been heard, tho plea of not guilty wa.B changed to one of guilty. Accused was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment on the charge of being an mcorrigible rogue, and convicted and discharged on the other charges. DRUNK IN CHARGE. James Smith, a butcher, aged 89, was charged with being drunk while in charge of a motor-car in St. Asaph street. lie was represented by Mr \V. V. Tracy, and pleaded guilty. Senior-Sergeant J. J. O'Grady Raid that accused was found m St. Asaph street between half-past five and six o'clock on Saturday afternoon, when ha %v»s very drunk. He had drawn up his car near an hotel. Accused did not take drink habitually, said Mr Tracy, and his chief trouble in the present instance was that after having been out of work for 18 months, he had found employment at Kaiapoj for tho last fivo weeks and was dependent on his car to get to his work. "He knew the risk he was running/' siad the Magistrate, imposing a fine of £lO, in default one month's imprisonment. Accused was given 48 hours in which to pay. His license was cancelled, and he was prohibited from obtaining another until Jane Ist. 1931. BY-LAW BREACHES. Montague Hamilton was fined £2 and costs for driving at a speed dangerous to the public, 30b and costs for having a noisy oxhaust on bis motor-cycle, and convicted and discharged for riding a motor-cycle at night without lights. Wilfred S. Badger was fined 10* and costs for parking a car over the tfrae limit. (Before Mr H. P. La wry, S.M.) FINED FOR THEFT. Leonard Robert Clarke (Mr A. A. MeLachlan) appeared for sentence on • charge of tho theft of a pair of socks, valued at 2s 6d, the property of Woolworths. Ltd. "Might we clear up a question raised by the police on Saturday as to the accused being t* professional unemployed?" asked Mr McLnchlan. Chief-Detective Carroll: What I said on Saturday may or may not have beon true, but the accased has only himself to blame If it is not, as I told the Court just what he told the police. Apparently he has been unable to obtain work since coming from Timaru. A fine of £5 a*»d costs was imposed. MAINTENANCE CASES. A separation order, on grounds of failure to maintain, was granted Caroline Martha Puxbury against George Moore Duxbury, maintenance being fixed at £2 per week. A charge of disobeying a maintenance order ag&inpt Francis Jamca Hamblin was dismissed. Separation, guardianship, and maintenance orders were mad© against Stanley Terris in respect of his "wife. Malntenanco was fixed at £2 a week.