MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1466, 14 June 1912, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Dr. M'Arthur, S.M.) CIVIL LIST. UNDEFENDED CASES. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday judgment was entered for plaintiffs by default in the following cases:—S. Luke and Co., Ltd. v. Davies and Tilloy, ,£34 2s. Gd.j costs i£2 1-ts.; Edward Bransly Nation (trustee of the assigned estate ofHunt and Co.) v. James Julius Ahlers, ,£5 lis. ■ 5d., and ,£1 ss. ,6d.; Scoullar and Co., Ltd. v. Mrs. E. D. Buchanan, Jill 10s. 6d„ and JCI 12s. Gd.; Now Zealand Acetylene Gas Lighting Co., Ltd. v. George Remington, £9 19s. Bd., and ,£1 13s. 6d.; Patho Freres v. F. Waters, .£2l 9s. 6d„ and £2 lis.; same v. Geo. Martinengo, ,£2l Bs. 2d., and £2 Us.; J. B. MacEwan and Co., Ltd. v. Norton Smith, •El 15s. Gd., and 10s.; John Norton v. George Glover, 25., and 125.; Edward James Foothead v. W. Wilson, .£1 ss. 9d., and 75.; Jack Jacobus v. Edgar. Jones, £3, end 7s. 1 ; Richard Andrew Marshall v. Harold Marshall, ,£G 13s. 3d., and ,£1 3s. Gd.; Karori Borough Council v. Charles Pomeroy, £3 Bs. 9d., and Bs.; J. J. Curtis arid Co., Ltd. v. Brodie and Co., 15s. Id., and 55.; Cycle and Motor Supplies, Ltd. v. Victor Spiers, ,£G 12s. Sd., and .£1 3s. 6d.; Wallace and Gibson v. S. T. Evatt, 17s. 5d., and 55.; "New Zealand Times*' Co., Ltd. v. John T. Kotlowski, Gs. Gd., and 55.; Mary Ann Tattlo v. Samuel James Baloonibe, .£9, and .£1 3s. Gd.; Tait and Co. v. Robert Howell, ,£2 25., and 135.; Charles Henry M'Lood Hawk v. Thomas Patrick Lyons, .•CI 25., and 55.; James Stelin v. John Steel M'Nicol, £7 165., and Bs. BREACH OF AWARD. S. S. Williams and Co., cabinetmakers, Taranaki Street, were fined <£1 on a charge brought by D. Carmody (Inspector of Awards).. The charm was that Williams and Co. had committed a breach of the Wellington Furniture Trades Award by failing to notify the inspector of factories of the engagement of an apprentice named Peters within one week oi the expiry of the period of probation. Mr. Williams explained that the breach was quite unintentiond. • POLICE BUSINESS. (Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.) EVADING CUSTOMS DUTY. • SEAMEN. FINED. William ITaines pleaded guilty to a charge of having knowingly harboured ,£2 worth of uncustomed drapery. He was lined £3, with costs 75., in default seven days' imprisonment. l'ercy Limn was accused of having harboured <£3 worth of uncustomed drapery, lie pleaded guilty, and was fined «ci, with costs 75., in default seven days' imprisonment. llr. Charles Nixon, Collector of Customs, who appeared in support of the informations, stated that the defendants were ■seamen, and that as they had been to New Zealand previously they ought to have been aware of what the law required. CLOCKS, MINCER, AND SAW. Two charges of theft wero made against Edward Firrbmann. He was charged with having stolon a pair of field glasses and an alarm clock, valued at ,£1 55., from Mary M'Mahon; and also with having stolen an alarm clock, a mincer, and a saw, valued at £1 2s. 6d., from Florence Nelson. To both charges Furhmann pleaded guilty. On tne application of Sub-Inspector Sheehan sentence was deferred till today. A STOLEN COAT. John Williams was fined £1 for having stolen all overcoat belonging to Ernest Wilson Lee at Mount Nessing Station, Alburr, Canterbury, cm June

Tho coat, which was valued at £2 10s., is to bo returned to Lee. DRINK CASES. For having broken prohibition orders, Nora Nugent was fined £3, and Christina Lawson was sent to tlio inebriates institution at !\')knto:i for one year. James Laing was fined 10s. for insobriety.