MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1090, 31 March 1911, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

CIVIL BUSINESS. (Before Dr. A. M'Artkur, S.M.)" UNDEFENDED CASES. Judgment by default was given for plaintiffs in the following undefended cases:—Charles Pratt v. William Copcland,'.£2B Bs. Bd., costs £3 10s.; Samuel Brown, Ltd., v. J. W. Nielsou, ,£24 os. Id., costs .£3; Garnet StaiYord Matthews v. Bertram Watton I'owle, .£SO lis. 7d., costs „C 3 155.; Kitto and Graham v. William John Evans Holmes, £o 10s., costs J:l :i=. Cd.; i'orde and Co. v. Joseph Jackson, £.\ 10s., costs 10s.; Frederick William Pethcrick v. Alfred Allan Wilton, 17s. 2d., costs 75.; the Palmer Engineering Co., Ltd.. v. Nixon and Grant, £o, costs £\ 7s. Gd.; J. B. Clarkson and Co., Ltd., v. Edward W. Shnrman, £U 10s., costs" os.j H. Heiraann -v, Patrick' Suidf,

10-., costs 55.; same v. \V. Ilriggs, ■£) 17=., costs 125.; (he Palmer Engineering Co., Ltd., in liquidation, v. Shine Bros., .t(i ISs., costs J.l Bs. Bd.; I'likuwckti Sawmills, Ltd., v. William Warn, .£!) ss. M., costs £1 3s. lid'.; same v. L. Archer, Jill Us. (id., costs £1 10s. (id.; J'. Ilayman und Co. v. Dunn and Miillan, .1:20 7.-. '.id., costs £2 175.; fame v. D. M'Vicar, .til Is. Id., costs .£1 13s. lid.; liiundcll Bros. v. David Charteris, .£l2, costs .£1 10s. lid.; "The London Times" v. Charles W. II aydon, .£ll 55., costs .CI 12s. (id.; Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., v. James Alston, £1 3s. (Id., costs 10s.; George Ilcnrv Jackson v. Win. Henry Thomas, .£l7 Lis" Id., cosls .£1 10s. (id.; Harry Hull, as executor of Thos. Hull's estate, v. A. F. Stevens. .£2 Ids., costs 10s.; Charles Palliscr v. A. .1. flatten, .£3 10s., costs 10.-.; E. W. Mills and Co. v. Frederick Butcher, .£3B Ills, id., costs £2 Ms. lid.: Ring, Harris and Co., Ltd., v. William Hislop, £9 12s. Id., costs M Bs. 6d.

JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. Thomas M'Guiro was ordered to pay .£2 Is. Id. to John .Murray, on or before April 13, in default three days' imprisonment. In the case of J. J. Curtis and Co. v. F. Hiscocks, a claim for ,£8 Is. I)d., defendant was ordered to pay the amount on or before April 13, in default seven days' detention. Patrick Gotigh was ordered to pay £7 4s. to Mrs. Langdon, trading as Miss Murray, on or before April 13, in default seven days' imprisonment. A RESERVED JUDGMENT. Reserved judgment was delivered on the non-suit point, raised by counsel for defendant, in the case of Laery and Co. v. Charles Benzie, Trentham, a claim for .£2OO for goods sold and delivered. The magistrate, after treating separately the several grounds for non-suit, gave it as his opinion that there were no merits in the application. The application was therefore refused, with costs. Mr. Ward, for plaintiffs, then asked for judgment for the amount claimed. Mr. Friar, on behalf of defendant, said that he had now been advised not to defend the. action, and would not therefore oppose Mr. Ward's application. Leave for immediate execution was accordingly granted, with costs totalling .£l3 12s. MOTOR-CAR AND EXPRESS. Beatrice Amy Pinnoek, married woman, Wellington, sued David M'Ccombc, expressman, Wellington, to recover the sum of £i 6s. 6d. as damages to motorcar owned by plaintiff and loss of profit thereon. This was alleged (o have been caused by defendant's negligent and unskilful driving of a horse and vehicle, which collided with the car. Defendant counter-claimed for the sum of .£l3 lis., damages to his horse and loss of profit on the horse and vehicle, alleged to have lxen caused by the unskilful handling of a motor-car owned by plaintiff. Mr. G. Samuel appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. C. R. Dix for the defendant. After hearing lengthy evidence, the magistrate intimated that ho would give judgment on April -1. POLICE CASES. A young man, named Barthelemy Boyer, pleaded guilty to a charge of wilfully damaging two panes of glass, valued at Bs., the 'property of Albert Hansen. He was fined 40s, and ordered to inaK good the'damage done, in default seven days' imprisonment. Malcolm M'Gregor, charged with indecency in Gray's Avenue, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment. John Daniel Black, 20 years of age, admitted having (ravelled on (he Ulimaroit between Sydney and Wellington without having previously paid the proper fare. A fine of £i was imposed, with the alternative of one month's imprisonment. An order was made that the line, if recovered, should be paid to .the agents of the Ulimaroa. John Smith driver nf a dray, was arrested yesterday and brought before the magistrate on a charge of cruelly 111treating a horse by working it while it was suffering from a sore back. Accused pleaded guilty, and was lined ,£3, with tire, alternative of H days' imprisonment. Seven days was allowed in which to lind the. money.

Donald Mathieson, charged with drunk-enness,-was lined 2ns., with the option of sev.en days' imprisonment. For a similar offence, ,lames Nathan Troy was lined 10s„ in default -IS hours' imprisonment, a' prohibition order to issue against defendant for ono j - ear. (.Jeor.TC Peterson, for drunkenness, was also lined 10?., with the alternative of 4S hours' imprisonment. One lirst-offonding inebriate was lined 55., with the option of 24 hours' gaol.