MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 715, 14 January 1910, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

■■■'. ' ~ -. • ■' ■■■V- •' (Before Dr. A. W. M'Arthur, S.M.). , "NONE SO BLIND." . 'Three months' • imprisonment was the soutenco iriiposed. at tho Magistrate's Cour yesterday on .Martin Hobin eon*: victed of being ,ah idle' 1 and- disorderly person, having insufficient lawful: nieans of .support.: J3videiico t tendered: hy tho sub : ihsEector- went to- show that Hobin was;an!.idle' character, .with criminal records [it Gisborne, Otald, and J'etone.' "Cair't yoirdo .ajy -work?". queried his 'Worship, eyeing, the accused severely.-■ " - "Couldn't sec any work going about the country, your .Worship," replied'the accuscd.. : ■ . ,: "There; are liono so; blind: as tlioso who will hot 'ses,'' philbsophisoil ; tho' magistrate ; ns ho. sentenced tho acoused. EVADING HIS OBLIGATIONS. Simon. Patrick: Jl'Greal v/as charged with having' failed to comply with-: an order of, the Court. Bench at Paddington,- New'Soiithi-Walos, requiringhim. to inako (provision, for tho maintenance of his ; illegitimate', child. ;He was: ordered, to bo ,sont hack : to. New-,South iWales, iin charge- of tho constable :sebt. over for .him. .■:[ ; :. 1 . . ROGUES -. AND . VAGABONDS. •''Two':;young nieni Charles Hail,' alias Lcckie,'. alias . Dawson, and Thotnus Robertson, >vero each sentenced to. one month's imprisonnient irith hard .labour upon their • conviction as rogues and: 'vagabonds. Sub-Insjiector Norwood explained thatthe' accused, wero; found .on.;tho/premises 'of.- Williani; Cardew,'- in- Old :Customhouse Quay,' about a quarter to two... Ip , /the' morning. • ' . . 1 : .'■ ,The' explanation 'furnished -by the. ac-' cused- did.not ,satisfy his: Worship.'. They said that.they, had been escorted -to the premises ;in. guestibh' .by a ihari who . said that he. was the' occupier;.' ."Why don't you tell' truth?" remarked his Wor-' ship with l emphasis... :v.";'■ S%}; ; • INSOBRITCTY. ..-.'.-'V' ; >■ ■; .' One first/offe'nder-^.was..convicted.-on ! a. charge • of; drunkenness .and discharged!•: . .William Donovan and' Jane Elliott, alias 'M'Dohald, both previously' convicted on. charges of (lruhktnne.sg, were: each eon-, victed on' a second' charge, .and: fmed'2os.; ; iwith;: 'the'; -alternative. of "seven: imprisonfficnt; . r'l'-i::-': CIVIL BUSINESS. :■! :> (Before IWr. W. G/ Riddell, S.M.) -: - .: Judgm«it for plaihtiffs' by default: was given' by- .MiWW. . Gif Riddell,, S:M.; ; yes-.. terday .in Uin fdllowing eases-.— : C.: M.: Banks,' Ltd.'; y/Vincent: S. .Ray- ,• mond,: ls. ; Bd,,'; costs, 55.; Mary Edith •.Logan-..(executrix;.of Wm:;.Archibald L&-: gan) Vv.iJahies .Puddle,■ JBil 1 8s., costs, £\ 12s. fid.i'H. C: Gibbons aud Co.-v. Al'b.ert G.ViMackayi !i£l4 ISs. 1 2d.; costs, Jul • 7s.vCd.',\.'Thompsoh'' Bros.',';' Ltd. v.- Walter. Sergent,' - :. ss. '.8d.,;, costs,J22 .llisl; C.' ,W. .Wycherley and Sons vi Stephen.Bray,' X' 2 lis. :Cd;,"'Costs, .12s.Richardson, Bios.. .T. v ,Jlrs: : :.- ; S2, ,:'l3s;">,Bi(.i' costs; : 10s.; -Kirkcaldio '/and ■,Stains. Ltd.. lyi' ' ipll' ss; ' 2dl,' : /corisj",jßl"' 10s. 6d.; Inglis Bros, v.' I'. B. Valpy, .£5 135.. 9d.,' costs, '£1 35. : 6d^; Empire Loan.ahd Discount Co.' v. Michael Walter. Delaney, 10s.; ; costs;'8s. ;\same v. Frederick ' Bishop; . 15s;, -'costs, : : ;175.; .P.: -Wallace Muckonzio: v, ' ' Ifenrietta E; M'Mu'rdo, r -i2li.-. cost 3; '£2 • 1-is.'; • R.E. ■ Kudman v, James Tulloeh,: iE49 - 55... Gd.i cpSt%^i£3 i .-.75.':-6d>; Karori Borough Conn-: oil :,v.'rTlioihas .'Patrick. Lyons, ;2s. 4d.; . costs,:." 5s. 1 ; ; j;,vE;: Jerikinsori v. Hubert ;Mea(l; £7; ik; cpsts,': iSl 3si - Cd.; J/O'Brieh • ■ Md: : C6.. v. Leonar'd' W.' fElliott,' 18s/ 9d.,; , .'costs,- ! 7s.'Rouso and ''Hurrell ' 'Carriagd • .Building; Co.; -Ltd. 'y.vDavidi'Martih,'■"J6B , . 2s. ; V Cd., - • costs, ;£1 Bs.' Gd.; Thompson' I. Qrps.i,"<L^ t;''W^ne-'.'Way';Kee,-- .£22", lis.: ' 9"d.; costs, '; 14s.'Robert . ■ Smith' v, ! . Georgo::Cleavor,. tls.; : costs;:."jCl..3sV- : 6d;; •; VEpipire' Loan and Discount: Coky. 'Lilian . -IS!: >Snow, costs, lis.'; Karori .Borough : . i.C'punfiiL.v.-'lidwafd J. .Faulkner,' 19s. : :2d.; : ! New ~Zealand.'' Co'nsolidated .Dental.'Co.v' Ltd!,'.v.;;Charles Bur- ; Jdotti--J5 vlls.'i costs, ,£l. 3s; 6d.' 'V. 't. ~ i JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. ■■ ;. .In :i tho.judgment.Summons case,i An-: ''d^.Mowai ; :v^osei{lx')UfUahoii,*ddfoiid'' ■ ,ant,- was . ordered '.to pay a debt'.of' iCl2' : ~los. ~oh. or.before: January .27, inJ.'default ■. ■ '10 'days'. iniprisohnient. : :i ; ; s,;! - EssexvEvans ..was ..ordered' jto, : pay 'A,. J. .Bloxam-a debt. of.-■■j!9,-:lss.' -on- or ! before ■ January 27, in default, 10 days' im- : .prispnment..V':':;: ; :;; y-lrfv,-. :I.';

A MARRIED COUPLE'S WAGES. . Reserved judgment', (by Dr. A.' TV. M'Artliur.S.M.), was giveu -in ,fche civil actioii, 1 Osborne; and .wife • (llr. Dis) ■. v. rl'imiock -VfMr.' Dalzibll)',: a' -'claim -for wages.lV-' S'S■ S! -■

./The. statement .'of:,claim ; ori the, part of tUe';:plnintilfs' : .sct : forth - that ' tbey ■: were ;e^a'gcd , . , .defendant's farm', at llungaroa: for 12 months, the animal rule. of "payment for semco "to bo. -;3?laintilTs commenced work, on June 11, : ;190S,- and altliough prepai'ed to"/fullil j . their/ engagement 'the defendant; ■ivere;.not' allowed -to . continue, .their .contract', being terminated :by the latter, oh' August 1!5, and'payment for services, withhold. Judgment,-was aslced. , for' (the year's,.- wages), 1 ;: or, alternatively, for JU2O +s.. 4d., ..amount due for actual;, reryice; . pluS . .wages' in' - lieu 'of iioticc. • '. v;.''.

; .la■'..giving:, judgment;,for "the; plaintiffs' ■for .with; costs;<£4■ 25.;- IDr;' ■M'Art^r/mentioned,;that, .thobasis''of, the was a convention., Tlio authorities j.werGclear vand : decisive .on; tile point that a, - contract,: for' it:year's shryieeS to jcomraenceiion. a . future !date must bo in .writing. 'That being so, the alternative I ', claim . only,: could; :,bo considered.Though'.tho, plaintiffs were clearly engaged for. one not, as fcontended- i By:" the "dofeiiddut,:- at a weekly wago, .theycould .not', recover: on;; that basisthey were ■,entitled, l )however,. to payment .for service; rendered,' '.withone month's wages in lieu : of notice; -

SUED IN ERROR. .; In ''the civil action, cPauLke, and ,Gieseii v. Nicholas Saba, where . the - plaintiffs sued for -the sum of i£9.l3s. 6d.y costs <of incdical attendance, the - point at issue ■was whether - the services had been ren- ; dered' to the ' defendant or his ■ father. : Counsellor . the 1 ' pla£ntiftsr : (Jlr. .Von ;Haast) . admitted that ; tho. father-, had been .attended, and 'that..had the 'defendant,'replied to . the.^'-letters:, addressed to him by tho . plaintiffs, ; explaining the error, there would have been no need for legal>proceedings.;';: ; :; \;. ; . : ,'l'he defendant . denied ireceipt .of tho lotters mentioned, /saying;, that the.: sumr mons ' was the,: iirst . intimation he' had received ofthe : proceedings. . He claimed a refund of, his: return -./train, fare be■tween ' t -Mastertbnand • Wellington,' lis. 2d.,: with Bs. espouses . for!' one day. The case was struck'out,.and the claim tor refund and expenses'allowed.,;: V :