MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 655, 4 November 1909, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

£.;' ■■■; -. : ;,(6 | .e<orVMr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.). ':■ %) A'; "!'.TELLv YOUff; FQRTUfJE,, S[RIM ' . .sysj£% :troublk "- ; appeared :in ■•■ answer ■-. to two .charges of fortune-telling. Sho was -represented :by, Mr. •;Jackson; -who '■ desired -to plead guilty, ■:■■■;.■ -.' : ::. : - ■'••''■" ;;/':<'',.'-- .;■',- - : . -■'' . fe replied -that the. offtace was'an indictable .o.rifc' and 'that, defendant cb.uld not plead until hb Jiad" hea«l • th,e ewdense'.''' -' '-" - '- ';oßr'nst Stioyri -police'prob'attohe'r, stated that d?toMt'proilMwd; a, Eacfc' 1 Sf'cjrus Khpifhe a; sea trip, hut that it i;o,tjld hot be-for some V#,?4 a s 4 IvLTOIS- have/-alapM-journey in wnj} his work.: She inquired it' he ;;nftlfcl:ta ask a, questiph,: He: tp know get'married. She'replied that .ne-.Vas'payinß' his'nddressDs to ■.■'a 'girl,'but" a SJ a ,T|. man stood inthe wy,- 'Hpwovar,'h,§ p 9 uJd .have her :■« "he did not let thd grass grow i;nder -his |eet.- ; There would, she said, be a: little'jejjlqusy and. a tiff between'th.e. girl'and reference..fo'.'a. tq'a. place W : aiqnse.inent,'' but it would tu|u put'all'' right. ; W(tnpss iv:as also; told;,that pf would not concern" and:he would h>ar'6f''tho,;'wpdding of a'ftir man,' which' 1 would hot: please -'ftyjfnejis jjaid-her a' shilling,. V ; ' ''■.; '",. v . y .:': '^~' ■ : CuYry also called • uppn .: Mrs. Sinclair and asked her 'what''sort 6i: luck he wn's goiug.'to,'.have,;,- Shq spread s(>'ra.e cards oh a table and then witness that he was 1 going and-lib .'would 'leave pn business with a, fair 'elderly mail. , Diffi-culHojj'-.-in ■ th,e business' Tjrould ' bo" ovprcp'rao.' He woufij be le.|t a.'sniall sum pf rabnpy by rolatjfes,'. b«t be.; WP.nHI noypr ;-ty> very rich; Witness' said fte was keeping cqmpdqy Svith a yonng lady and asked if he wplllcl uiarry .Defendant repliedi',"" Yea,- but --riijt fqt some timo,l''Witqess proceeded; ''Can jpu tell mo where my. l>i;p.thc.r, is? I have nqtHeard from hini jpr fiyo xears?" She replied: '-He is suiiibwhere across water, ; :> r ou frill,hca,r from him before long." Witness paid her a shilling and left.'- •'''..' . ">- ■'■'-■<■ "-"-■ :-..' I .His Worship said, that after hearing-the-evir. denco,'hy'prpjiqseil' to -'deal' .'irjttj" th;o' pas.p •summarily. ": '"",''.■ ' ■ .'•'-'.' ;. -'Mr. Jackson' oritored o.p,lea'Qf,gqilty on behalf p! his' 'client and pointed ;put that ; tho offonCßwas. npta tprj-'seriqi^'pne,' ' pefeiidint liaii'npt becii cpnvicted fprejght. years,;' :■';'■• hpld that defendant was practically . n Srsf 'pfTgnder.; ' Shp wpu(il. be Unci] 2(ls;,'"in seven;day's,', Iwpr'jsqnnjent, - on/ .qhargel'; ; : ,' ; " .'.'..'.' : .'.; ''.'-' ; . : ' ' ; ?A. - -' ANp ;.^N; ASSAULT.: v A young man.named AlcXßiuior Mopre (Mr. Leweyj pletidetl not guilty to a charge of asdriiiw,, Jaraiiaki Street, on Saturday evening. ;.-.:-:•■.■

I- Efa.ns state.d,'that. r lie-,was' knocked down withpiit having giyon any prpvpeatibh. : •'"■■-. 'l'o Mr. lioyvey: Accused must haye mistaken bun for .someone else. Ho denied challenging Lccused to j. fight.' ' '..'. •■'.'" " ,'. .Detective liewis stated. that'lie heard ? /all, and saw one' man '.down, nud accused liurrying away. Questioned by' witn'qss, accused said: "He. tried to grab a Uottje pf be,cr I had, and Lgnvo tarn a punch/'' .: ' -.' .". Giying ovideiice,'accused said tjiat lie niet Evans near the Kpyal 'I'igei- Hptel. The latter .asked for a jlrink,' \vhieK was refused, There, upon, jnformjint bad' langiinge, and'-wit-ness 'struck rum, .. ; ■ "'■ " '■'.-■ His Worship remarked that the assault was quite unwarrantable, aud fined accused £3, or, in the U days' imprisonment. Seven days were allowed for 'payment of the nne. " . ..'..: ' ■ : . ■■;.; •'■■■■? .INSOBRIETY, ,'., -:' ■■"'.'" Four persons, including- one woman, paid the'penalty for inebriety. One first '.offender vyas 'convicted and discharged, anpthor was lined ss'., Henry Jaylpr, alias Pegtop,' was fined 10s/., and Charles Bdniund Ada'mthwaite was fined 20s. A young mail,named Harry. Bloasel .v.vas charged with being fpil'nd 'in a state of helpless..drunkonnessl .He was' remanded untjlnext W.?dnes.day for medical treatment. '..■ -.••■■■ ■ . ■ - ■ '}■;.'.' ciyjL business. ..';..' : (Befora Dr.. 4. .Jl'Arthur, S.M.)' , ' ; '■■.'.':-. ■ LEASE. ' ' A'land transaction rpsultpd.in' litigation between l'anny'Adair, pf Wellington (Mr. Fair), and: Deume M'Garthy,' farmer',' of Raumai' (Sfr. E: B. Brown),, defendant, ." V '■■■' ' . : I'lainliff stated that pii March 1, 1005, she and her brother; Mortimer Sullivan, leased to defendant Section?,.' Block ' IG,'' of the"Apiti Survey; District, for'five year?,''at'a rental of X - annually. Section.?/ 01' and 62, Block 9, Pohangina Spryey District, were also Jeascd foj- five years at ,£94 annually. In April,. 1909, defendant purchase.d. the,'. Jan'.d, but at time, £i& Jss.' vyas"owing on "the'first mpjitiqiied prpperty, qud <)s. 2d..0n the other, being rents duo on March.l, 1008, frpm then .'to the expiry of tpe lease.' The proceedings werp brought.to' recqver. these amototsl".'' '. ■ ' .' Mr. Brown submjtt;ed. ; tjipt' Jj'e vyas entitled toVa' nbns'ijit, hecaose, the' leases," were mprg'ed, : and' nothing vyas "done" to keep/ alive' the cpyen'upts under the'"leasp' in fa/yqnr of the plaintiff at the .time the pfjorginc'tbok' place! The".'(Jstenfle \yould be that tlie. defendant vaa flie' lessee' of ithe "sectipr,s.' -'A/difficulty" ?rps'e with tho Land BoardJ whiofi : wquld only Tβcognise' Mrs; Adair and her brother. To save their possible forfeiturg of thp )and, M'Carthy . agreed to the "pure jasej'bjif nothing was said about'rent,;'ln fact,' he : wanted t'o' know \yhat benefit'ho would receive.' . •';■ ■"• Judgment was fesefyed until , 'Nqvepljer 16.;. .';•■-' .';.■.' CLAIM PQR, ■vyAGES!. ■: '■ • "--■■.:. G. R. Gray proceeded against D. Cprpnnq to recover £3 19s. for fjalqnjie d.ue as wages, for jjlleged wrqngfu) dismissal, /'and' 'for passage ■ money. -..• ■" ■ "' ■" >', '.'• ■' ' - '■'•'■ .. '.""..'..'-. The parties are bootmakers, and therq waa a dispute concerning the .'terms of the ..engagement.' /.-.." . '. •'; .- ■'■■'..'.' .'•"■'. ; Judgment' was, given- for plaintiff for \i%; and 8s; costs;. ■". ' ;: '. . " ■;' '■'". ''.'' : '"- "•■' Mr,,. Dix appeared for plaintiff,' and ; Mr, flindmars'h for defendant. ■'.. '" j '.''" ' ! . ■ : ,"'■/,'., -.",' - ; A FOLp TRAP.;/■'.,":/'.'..;•:,.•■■ -.' -Harry Vincent Westbnry',- cycle engjneer, of Lower Hut£; (Mr. Bunny) proceeded, against John' Armstrong aud Walter Hand 'Westbury (Mr. Jl'Grath) ,tp recover. from /defendants or pne. of, them, .possession, of ,a- polo 'trap or itii value, X33,-.imd',-jES- from: each * defencjant as damages for its'detention. ■'■/'."",:' r After: hearing'.-evidence, his . Worship said ho would.give judgment; on ; ;Nqyem'b,er;il l ".'' '■ V '"' MOUNT COOK; POLICE CppRT,. ; : ; • fiyenty '?hiljii)gs or.;, tferep ,dws ! .injprjspn. ; ment *v.-as 'the 'pepalty'inflicted/ fin .'(jpstayo Petersen,' ; -convicted" pf■' fjrunlceniicss -at , the Mount Cook.Policß. Cpnr.t yesf erijay, by tyr. )V. Hildrotl),;.'J.P. Jlenry Lindou-s inebriety ■ cost him 103.' : <A first; pilpnd'er paid :the':'cus.tomftry -penalty..:';..;' ' ■ : . . -