LAW REPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 575, 2 August 1909, Page 9

LAW REPORTS.

SUPREME COURT. A CHAME OF BIGAMY. Wilbam M'Lean, hbonrer, of Wellington, ?ras brought beforo his Honour Mr Justice Cooper on Saturday moruing foi sentence upon !i charge of b'gainj, to which ho lnd pltoded guiltj in the Magistrate's Court on Wednesday lust His Honour remanded the pn-oncr foi a week and jaetrueted the piolutum officer to i*»k* fuller inquiries is to the fncts of Hie cist, *8«i is te the prisoner's character and ' aut^edeiits

U SHOPKEEPING LOSSES Jwlgment was dclueied bj Ins Honour Mr Justice Cooper in tho caso of Nincy Bndtt v Alfred Booth and the Public'l nifrtee i (executor of tho will of William Booth), whifin nas t claim for the balinco of a legicj allegljd to bo dr«e te tho phintiflr Mr Von lla«st uppwed ~ i the pliintiff, I ead Mr W. H D 801 l for the defendants | 'Tiit: defrneo w that all moneys duo to th« plaintiff m conß"ction with the legicj had beofo baid ITio plaintiff hid coire out to New Zealand and had dcaiicd emplo)ment &e kid been put in,to a store, as defendants aßejwa, s> her own account, and u.ia flnen«ed by Booth and Companyi After' Rome mohttis she gave up the shop, and tho books sheved a eensiderable debit in favour of Bofffih and OompanV. "When tho legacy of eSOSj "became payablft on her mother's death tke^balance of £31 was forwarded to her. alleged that this was the total ' »meunt r owing to her, and that an account was also sent to her. Plaintiff alleged that into the store as defendants' agent, and.tliat tho losses were losses made by Booth and Company., HiS'Honour held that considering tho fiduciary relations of. tho parties it , was ncfor the defendants to prove that tho plaintiff had understood the position, and thif'Bhe had been, tre.ited absolutely fairly. His, Honour did not say that she had been , treated,unfairly, but said that whatever tho arrangement was b\ .which tho plaintiff went inte, tho, store, ho believed that sho had not understood it to be on her own account. Alfred JBooth had not arranged the details, but'Jiad left them to tho late Rev. William Booth, and ho held that Alfred Booth, in his position as trustee, should haro taken every possible, care to sec that she thoroughly understood the position into which she was being Judgment would be entered for the plaintiff, with costs. Fetalis the deorce and the question of casts were rwervcd, to bo settled in Chambers, if necessary. ' 1 LAND SALE AT PAEKAKARIKI. Deoisien was alse given by his Honour Mr. Justite Cooper in the case of' Benjamin Jackson &n«l fithers v. W. B. Hudson and others, a cl»im for a declaration that an agreement for the sale and purchase of certain lands at Paekakaiiki *«s foi the pin chase by tho defendants! jointly and severally. Mr) Vou Ilsast appeared for tho plaintiffs, Mr. 0. P. Skerrctt, K.C. , , with him Mr. g! Toogood, for the defendants Hudson and Field, and Mr. P. Levi for tho defcndantn Antito andj Angelmi. In .the judgment his Honour declared that tho purchase was not m.ttle jointly and serer- , oily, but that oech of the four defendants purchfticd the fourth undivided sh*ro in landl and was severally liablo for only onefourth of tho total pnee of the land. ' The guestion of costs and tho settlement of the minutes of tho decreo were reserved for disposal in Chambers.