MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1446, 22 May 1912, Page 5

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.) PIANIST'S CLAIM. UNPLEASANTNESS AT THEATRE, MUSICIAN LOSES. Kobert Leslie Jones, a clerk, who had. been employed by Shortts', Ltd., as a pianist at their picture theatro in AVillis Street, sued the proprietors (Shortts', Ltd.), for £3, which he claimed w#s due to him because ho had been dismissed without notice. Mr. 13. J. I'itzgibbon appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. P. W. Jackson, counsel for tho defendant company, stated that .Tones had not been dismissed, hut had left, remarking that ho was "sick of tho job." Mr. Jackson contended, also, that even if Jones had been dismissed, his discharge was justified, because he had misconducted himself by using certain language to Mr. Sidney Shortt, a member of tho comP Aitcr Sidney Shortt and Charles Woods had given evidence, regarding- this latter ptrnt, his Worship said that Jones's behaviour had justified defendants in at once dispensing with him. No doubt, defendants had not wanted such a thing as had occurred to happen again. Judgment was for the defendant company, with costs. MOTOR-BICYCLE AND SIDE-CAR. Samuel J. Wills, accountant, Wellington' claimed £a from George George, boardinghouse-kceper, Hastings, wli/ch sum ho alleged was duo respecting a motor-bicyeie and side-car which defendant had purchased from him. Mr M T-\ Appeared for tho plaintiff.'ami Mr. W. J. Organ for the defendant. . The defendant denied the existence of a cfiitrnof bot'W'GCD ploinMlT find The pl.vntiff stated that the bicycle had been sold to defendant by plaintiff s

brother, but tho brother had merely acted as plaintiff's ngent. Ilis \Vorship decided in favour of the plaintiff, and gave judgment lor the amount claimed.

CONTRACTOR'S DEMAND. Daniel Hendrickson, builder, Brooklyn, sued liobert Mason, cab proprietor, Aro Street, for ,£24 13s. Gd., as the balance of money which he alleged was., due to him respecting a contract affecting a liouso belonging lo defendant. Mr. A. I[. Hindmarsh appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. if. C. Kirk for tho defendant. It was staled that the contract had not been fulfilled at the expiry of the stipulated time (owing to an illness in plaintilt's family), and tliat defendant's son had prevented plaintiff from completing the work. His Worship sa'd that the claim was really one for damages, though it had not been set out in that form. He fixed the balance to which plaintiff was entitled at .£0 17s. UNDEFENDED CASES. In tho following cases judgment was given for the plaintiffs by default:—C. and A. Odlin, Ltd., v. Ernest Alfred Eyres, £5 Os. 3d., and costs XI 3s. Gd.; A. and T. Burt, Ltd., v. I'redorick H. Pitcher, £12 Bs. 7d., and .£1 12s. Gd.; Henry Baldwin v. Bernard Staples, «£2l 10s. 7d., and £- Ms.; same v. M. Sullivan, £!> 18s! lid., and jil 3s. Gd.; Henry Kirkus v. James F. Linley, «£2 195., and 10s.; Wellington City Council v. Jesse Jn'mes Hills, i£G 18s. Id., and Bs.; same v. Mary Josephine Hill, .£G Us. 7d., and Bs.; Colgrovo Tea Company v. .Tolm Riley, J3 Bs. 6d., and 10s.; and Whitcombe nnd Toriibs, Ltd., v. E. J. White, ,£l3"lis. 3d., and £1 10s. 6d. JUDGMENT SUMMONS Cl&tworthy W. Rowley was ordered to pay Frank Grady .£.'l3 Its. 9d. by Juno 4. POLICE BUSINESS. Mary Louisa Scott Was sent to tlio Salvation Army Home for six months. The charge was "one of importuning people iu Ghuznee Street. Adeline Lilian May Francis, alias Tiernan, was charged with having importuned passers-by.. dn Tory Street. The defendant was remanded till to-morrow, and the police were instructed to make inquiries as to whether or not defendant could get away to Melbourne.