MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21417, 8 March 1935, Page 17

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

THURSDAY , (Bcl'ore Mr E. D. Mosley. S.M.i J THEFT OF HANDBAG ; Doris May Adams, aged 27, pleaded guilty to the theft on November Hi,; 1934. at Invercargill. of a woman's, handbag and its contents, valued at £B. j the property of Nan Stewart. j Chief-Detective W. H. Dunlop said that the complainant left her bag on a stand in a .shop, and the accused picked up the bay and went away. The accused was at present serving a| sentence of six months in a reforma- ] tory. She was willing to make rcsti-, tut ion to the extent of £5. Accused was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, to be concur-! rent with the sentence she is serving.; She was ordered to make restitution ol ; £4.' , REMANDED A married woman., aged 25 i Mr W. F. Tracy), whose name was suppressed in the meantime, was remanded to appear on March 14 on a charge of obtaining groceries valued at £2 6s 3d by false representations. Bail was allowed in the accused's own recognisance of £25, with one surety of £25. DRUNKENNESS Alfred James Massey, a compositor, aged 66. who was convicted on a charge of drunkenness —the fourth in the last six months —was sentenced to 24 hours' imprisonment with hard labour. CASTING OFFENSIVE MATTER On a charge of casting offensive matter in Moorhouse avenue on February 22, Peter O'Loughlin was fined 10s and ordered to pay costs. THEFT OF COPPERS j Stanley William Churchill, aged 28, a relief'worker (Dr. A. L. Haslam), pleaded guilty to the theft of two coppers at New Brighton. He was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within six months. . . Sub-Inspector D. A. Maclean said that Churchill had taken a copper from a bach owned by Mr Kenneth Ballantyne. Later he had helped a friend to move from another bach, and had returned and taken the second Dr. Haslam said that Churchill had taken the first copper for the use of his wife. When assisting his friend, he was told that as a reward for his help he could have such articles of furniture as were left behind. He took the copper, but later returned it. LICENSING OFFENCE For being on the licensed premises of Storey's Hotel, George Cann and William James Smith were each fined 10s and ordered to pay costs. They were represented by Messrs R. Twyneham and W. F. Tracy respectively. EQUIPMENT NOT RETURNED Charged with failing to return military equipment, Robert Clarke was ordered to pay £1 4s 4d, the value of the equipment. In default of payment within 14 days, Clarke was sentenced to imprisonment for seven days. CIVIL CASES (Before Mr H. A. Young, S.M.) Judgment for plaintiff by default was given in each of the following civil cases:—Robinson E. Hall v. W. H. Shearer, £2 6s; Haydon Coleridge Farr, Carlcton Hunter Perkins, Gordon Alison Guy Connal, trustees for Stacey and Penlington, v. B. R. Long, £45; Beath and Company, Ltd., v. A. Armour, £2 10s 7d; International Harvester Company of New Zealand, Ltd., v. A. Dowling and A. Wright, £lO 15s 6d; same v. A. G. Coleman, £lll 13s 7d; J. Mawson Stewart, liquidator of Graham, Wilson and Smellie, Ltd., v. Frederick Low, £6 10s 2d; Andersons, Ltd., v. L. Cone, £3 19s 7d; Cook and Ross, Ltd., v. W. L. Yarley, 17s 6d; Booth, Macdonald and Company, Ltd. v. G. C. Jensen, 16s 3d, I-I. BarneU, trading as St. Albans Service Station, v. H. W. Pettengill, £i 5s 4d; Kin caids, Ltd., v. E. McMillan, £1 4s 6d; James Knight v. A. Hastie, 19s; J. Mawson Stewart, liquidator of Graham Wilson and Smellie, Ltd., v. J. Mc-

Kav. £2 8s; same v. E. Riekerby, £6 2s. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES J. Drake was ordered to pay the Springs-Ellesmere Electric Power Board £5 Is lid, forthwith, in default six days' imprisonment. J. Carter was ordered to pay Stacey and Hawker. Ltd., £3 12s 6d forthwith, in default four days' imprisonment. CLAIMS FAIL A claim for a penalty of £lO against Joseph Irving, a painter, of Shakespeare road (Mr W. J. Sim), was made by Samuel Kennedy, Inspector of Awards. The complainant alleged that between December 13, 1934, and January 23, 1935, Irving employed R. D. Clark, E. Crooke, J. Vantier, and W. Connolly as painters without paying them Is lid an hour as prescribed by the Canterbury Painters' and Decorators' award. The Inspector of Awards also claimed £lO for the alleged failure of the defendant to pay the men travelling expenses. The Inspector of Awards also proceeded against Irving for n penalty of £lO, for a breach of the same award for employing A. C. Clayton between August 22 and December 11, 1934, without paying him is lid an hour, and he claimed another £lo', alleging that Irving had failed to pay Clayton travelling expenses. The claim arose out of work done in the painting of the mental hospital cottages at Templeton, and it was also alleged that Irving failed to pay the men travelling allowance. Mr R. T. Bailey represented the department, and Mr K. G. Archer represented Clayton. The defence was that the men were employed on a co-operative basis. Judgment for defendant was given in each case. A claim for £l2 was made against S. Cook, Ltd., clothing manufacturers, of Manchester street (Mr F. D. Sargent), by the Inspector of Factories (Mr R. T. Bailey),, on behalf of Grace Smith, of Christchurch, a clothing tf/ade worker. It was alleged that this sum was due as the balance of wages which had been under-paid between June 5 and November 13, 1934. Judgment was given for the defendant.