MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 638, 15 October 1909, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

•:" v' ; - (Before' Mr; ; W. :: &'Riddell, SM.); ' Six■ Drst-offending inebriates were.dealt with yesterday. Two'wore convicted and discharged, and four, who'did not appear, were each. Sned 10s., 'in default 24 hours' ■ imprisonment. A yoring man named John Jenkins pltiadod not guiltyto assaulting William Henderson on Wcdnos,day knight, He was fihed 205., in default 48-hours' imprisonment..'" ' .'- .' ; ■Pleas of guilty were'.-entered by Frederick Beglcy and Robert Gordon to charges of behaving in anianner whereby a breach of the peaco was: occasioned in Tory Street. ; They: irero caoh fined 205.;. in default 7 days' imprisonment. .-.' ;o'\;i;:l';ciwL;jjpsiNii;ss.'; ~v '■'"■ :>; ~ ;. S.M.) - /;':■■ \ Judgment/by 'default .was given in.the following civil cases:—Carr and; Bell v.. Charles F. Dqrizac,. jCa/lOa.j costs ..et Bs. 6d.; Public Trustee; executor ill the estate , of' Win; Booth, : deceased;■•v: Harold Welch, i3'.Bs; ;7d.,, costs '■Us. y> Wellington- -Drivers' -Union -v. John M'Nelis, XI 3a., costs 55,; C.-M." Bank's, Ltd., v, George Wr O'Sullivan, .83 6s,'2d.,costs 10sl; Janies KusselTV. Charles-.8ai1ed,'.414, /iosts £1 10s.;6d{; cWollißgton. Gas: Go. 'y. 'Mrs; Emily Djckson,- £1 .17s. f i(id M costs ll's.";' Briscoa. :uid C 0. ,; Ltd., v. Johrii Andrew-Tlodgors,. , X 5 ' 10s. 2d:,. costs JElv 3sJ 6d.; same .v. . Eoborf .F. Speheley, £Z!t 8s:-'5d.,:costs: : Nathaniel J[anhire-.v:'.Horace'''Norgrove, S3O, 17s.;' Vacuum Oil, Co. ■v. Theo. L.. -Ealfe, £7 Ms; «;, costs\£l3s.>Cd.;. C;;M.'Banks,'Ltd., y. Stanley Dixon, 10s. -6d.j costs Ss. ;: ".-.. - r •V ,;..: ; . JUDGMENT':SUMMONS.:.:'. '_■;-. ■In the ; judgment summons. case, ■-. War.icll Bros. v. Leslie/, debtor was oidored to ,pay ,£7 ss. 10d. on or before"October, : 2B,"in default i 7 days', imprisbnmont. Leslie was' also ordered ■.to pay:i.._debl 13s. .2(1;.-on or .before Oc- ■ tober 23, in default 3.days' imprisonmeat. '■■;' 'In - the' case, : H.- : E.',' Partridge; and Co. v. ■R. C. Hocking, dobtor was drdcredito pay .£1 18s. : 2d;:pn or before-October 28, in .default 3 days' imprisonment: . . . . .. ■'. : .: : :-' A WATCffi-^ARMN'eß^'^Nß^^ /H : ; ; ~.:,:,:■: a William. Xewisi .leiiiftSS ' wit«Smaßa anß jowoller (Mr.,D. M: Findlay), sued Mrs; G .F. Hastings'. (Mr. Hindmarsh); for ' M 55., being the , baFarico.lduo...on.'.a:,watch:purchased by tho defendant 'from /plaintiff. The , : defendant counterclaimed : for. £2! 10s.-, v allbgingvthat the watch which the plaintiff: nad-.'sold to her for •'JBS waa 'worth.'only. £2- 10s.j also for. £2 ior damage 'to a carbuncle; ■set'.in' , ,a brooch , and .left in; plaintiff's shop for repairs, .which stone, .on being returned,: was found to he.cracked lEiid tbereby rendered.valueless. ' : '■'.•"'. Defendanchadbought a ; watch from plaintiff :lor' JBs,' of which' ilie had,paid. 155., leaving, a balance, of :'iGi'ss. -Defendant confessed iudgment for- this amount, less- £2 lQs. His.-.'Wor-.ship,',however, held that rthe wjttch' was 'worth the £o charged for it, and gave'judgment for. plaintiff .for the- amount , claiijied,; with cost 3 £3 iS.,\':;: ■:■■■';- ■• : :'_r ':■' ; :-:, ' ; .',' t'•'/ '. ' ; '- : .-\ ;Tho. counterclaim!'was in "regard to a brooch' Bent; to : . tho plaintiff for. repairs, and when- H was .returned,.: accprdilig to the /defendant, the stono broken and perhaps changed. His.Worship found that there.was no,evidence to support tho latter Ho , also arare judgment for plaintiff-on the counterclaim witfiput costs.:.,; :'.V" v,;.- ■■/'.•,.'." ' ■".",'. .- :.;:-: ;A; ;S,TORI3KEI!PEK!;NOJr-SUITED. ' : ; v James rßusseil,;' • grocer 'and' ,, ..general- store, keeper,'' sued- William Cahill for 11s, for ■goods; sold and delivered. ' .. - . ■ ;'■ Mr." Putnam, for: plaintiff, said that ho now understood . thp.t .Mr., and Mrs, ' Cahill' had Boparatod; but.even' so,.he 'submitted' that Mrs.' C'ahiU's husband ,was. liable.'. . .-': •- ■;■.; .. - ■ -.For.defendant, Mr. Hindmarsh contended that Mr. and ; Mrs. Cahill iwerb-, not pattners, : Mio' latter'keeping" a; boardinghduse by'herself,' und whs .therefore liahln for the debti : ■ . ■-.. ./The .magistrate- upheld tho'contention raissd by Mr. Hiudinarsh, and non-suited plaintiff/ with costs .61 Is/.:..:./.-;;;..: ;'-..:' ; . .'.;■',;, .!•'■■---'■'-,-■■ ;'.■•;■"' '"'•■ " -..- ■ v V '■'•'*.■' *. ; ' ;\i .' : . ;i' :; >V ALTERATION OF/A LIFT. . ; y':■:.]■ ' : : (Before G.'Riddell, S.M.): : : -.The' partialiy-heafd: case/ Hutchinson and Campbell (Mr. Blair) v. Robert Y.,Walls nnd Co. (Mr. W. H.D. Boll), a claim for £M 11s. 2(1. for alterations effected to a lift, w'as'c.qh-' eluded. ":•;■: '.,-;:;: ';.''; : :.'... .;' ~'; : ■ '-..■ .Decision was reserved.. ..,.;? .