MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1339, 17 January 1912, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.) WHAT IS STORING? IX A DISTRICT GONE "DEV." Mr. Riddell delivered judgment yesterday in tho case in which Gertrude Bennett was charged with unlawfully storing beer in Wellington South, a No-License district, on December 29. .\t the hearing counsel for the defendant. Mr. A. Blair, had made the following .statement, and raised the following contention .— Some beer was left at defendant's liou.se by a bandma-ster who intended to entertain the band at New Year time. He left the liquor there during the day with the intention of taking it to his own home in tho • evening. The section of the Act which related to storage in No-Li-cense districts was intended to prevent such storage places as brewers' depots. If a dwelling was a store in such circumstances as this case disclosed, it was wrong for the police to detain liquor at, say, Mount Cook barracks. His Worship hold that tho Act did not apply to such cases, and lie, therefore, dismissed tho information. ELECTRICIAN'S CLAIM. (Before Dr. M'Arthur, S.M.) Frederick Hugh Rothes Neville. of Wellington, electrician, sued the British General Electric Company to recover .£2O as damages alleged to have 'been sustained by plaintiff through tho defendants failing to deliver a quantity of Osram lamps. Mr- I'. G. Bolton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. T. AV. Hislop for the defendants. After hearing evidence, his Worship decided iu favoilr of the defendants. THE NURSE'S ACCOUNT. Annio J'arh'nsoa, of Willi's Street, nurse, claimed from George Kennedy, of the Government Life Insurance office, Wellington, a sum. of X:> 9s. It was alleged that tlis plaintiff had been engaged as a nurse, and had bsen wrongfully dismissed after serving portion of the period of engagements. Mr. T. AV. Hislop represented tho plaintiff, and Mr. A. Gray the defendant. The defendants alleged that the plaintiff had been negligent, and had not performed her duties satisfactorily. Tlie case is proceeding. ' UNDEFENDED DEBT SUITS. In the following cases judgment was delivered by default;— John Murray v. Jos. H. Anderson, i! 5 17s. 3d., costs ill ss. Gd.; Chivers Music Stores v, Geo. Win. Kingsbeer, £i .65., oosts 125.; W. H. Trengrove v. Waari Kerehoura, ill 125., costs «fcl 2s. ; South Fa;ific Mortgago .; nd Deposit Co., Ltd., v. Citas. Pomeroy, <£11 10s., costs .CI 35.; John Moe and Co., Ltd., v. Leonard H. Bishop, .fill Os. 6d., costs £1 355. Gd.; Heilry Bodley v. Joh.i Bailey, Gs. lUd., costs.ss.; J. A. R-cdpath and Son' v. 11. Dtiignan, .£27 is. Gd., costs ,£2 lis.; G. T. Hill and Co. v. It. Duignan, .£9 12s. Id., costs ,£1 3s. Gd.; Ernest Geo. Robertson v. Anthony H. liassam, .£1 10s., costs os.; Griffiths and Co., Ltd., v. Win. H. Thomas, ,£8 10s., costs ill 3s. Gd.; Samuel Brown, Ltd., v. George Robinson, -EG Bs. -id., costs ill Ss. Gd.; N.Z. Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Co. v; J. C. Mattson, iIS 18s. 2d., costs c£l'3s. lid.; Robert Martin,- Ltd., v. Charles E. Eversei, .£3 13s. Gd., costs 10s.; and Frost v. Donald M'Kay, .£l, costs !)S. ; .«ime v. John Radford, XI 65., costs Gs.l Ghas. J>ncs v. James Murray, .KG 17s. 5d., costs JEI 3s. Gd.; John Astin v. Richard Rowe, JM 7s. Gd., costs 10s. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. A. D. Uayficld was ordered to pay to Kolin and Spilnnin the sum of JES3 as. by January 30. In the case of William Aston Adams v. Arthur D. Bnyfield, tho debtor was ordored to pay ,£l7 as. Gd. by January 30.