LAW REPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1622, 13 December 1912, Page 11

LAW REPORTS.

LOWER COURT. , : (Before Mr. W. Q. Riddell, S.M.) STAGE SINGER'S TRINKETS, ETC- '■'.... AND THE, PORTER. ■ CASE AT COMMERCIAL HOTEL. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, Fergus James Adams was convicted of the theft of a purse, a trinket, and lis. 6d. in money (the total value of which was lis.), belonging to Bessie Slaughter. It was stated that Miss Slaughter, a singer at present engaged at the Theatre' Royal, lost the property mentioned from the Commercial Hotel, where she was staying. Defendant was a porter at the hotel. Ho was convicted and ordered to. appear for sentence when called on, and his father w.as required to make good the loss. DID HE WAGER? In the Magistrate's Court yesterday, Arthur New was charged with, being a bookmaker, having betted, on Plimmer's Steps with Thomas Winn. The charge was made on the information of Detective-Sergeant ,j... J.. Cassells, of . Mount Cook, Station.' Defendant was remanded till December 18. . . THE STOWAWAY. Frederick Nelson Watts,, who stowed away on the steamer Manuka, on its voyage from Sydney to Wellington, was fined £a, in default two weeks' imprisonment. Watts said that he had been carried off by the vessel while aboard. looking for. a friend. DISOBEDIENT FIREMAN. C. T. Duncan, a fireman on ; the steamer Manuka, was fined £1 for having disobeyed a command from the third officer. OTHER POLICE CASES. Elizabeth Ward (alias Gillise) admitted having importuned men in Vivian Street. She was sent to the Salvation Army Home for six-, months. / ■For insobriety Frederick Chick, was ordered to-pay. 175...6 d..in expenses. Hugh M'Mahon. w.as fined 10s. .for inso.briety,' sent to.gaol for: a week for assaulting Constable Tricklebank, who ar'rested him,-and ordered to pay. £2 as. for damaging the constable's tunic.CIVIL LIST. (Before Dr. M'Arthur, S.M.) TIMBER COMPANY'S CLAIM. . -William C. Stephens, receiver for Prouse, Lumber, Ltd. (in liquidation), sued Peter M'Ewen, tram conductor, for £i 3 6s. 3d. for'timber. ' ■ . / Defendant counterclaimed for £44 10s. lid. as commission-on orders-for timber obtained, by- him. : .. ■', •'• Mr. T. Shailer Weston appeared for tho plaintiff, 'and Mr.-A. E. Hin'dmarsh for the defendant. ';' "'. .'■ ' ■;•' ~ ■ His Worship'reserved decision'in-the i,case.' ■'■ " ' : 7 '"7 "UNDEFENDEDCASES.'. '.'■', . In' the -.following : cases-, judgment was ,'entered for ■ the: plaintiffs' by default :-r-. . '.- Executors of John Young and Alexander M/Vinish v.: Charles :Henry :Ohlson,. £55, costs .£4vlßs.; Commercial Agency, Ltd., v. James J. Shears, .£9 175.,-costs .£1 6s. 6d.; Edward Sutherland v.'Jack Lewis, £6 os.. 7d„ costs £1 ss. 6d.; Commercial Agency, Ltd. v. C. J. White; .£69 Is. Id., costs £i is.; M'Grath'i-and.Willis v.O. J. Weight, £5 13s. 6d.,' -costs .£1 5s 6d.-j Henry H. H. Ahearn v. Walker and Wills iLtd;;-.£13-"ss;', costs>!,£l,;lo3.■ 6d.; Smith and Smith; Ltd., 'v.- ,Pugh '8r05... £7 65.2d., costs £1 3s. 6d.; Bell, Gully. Bell, and Myers v. Arthur/D. Bliek, .£8 lis., costs Bs.; J. B. Clarkson and C0.,-Ltd;' v. '■ Clinton G.'Mones, .£26 13s. 6(1., costs £1 35.; -New Zealand Electrical Fittings and Accessories Co. v. J. Jamieson, 15s. 6d., costs 55.; John Burn and Co., Ltd. v. V. Murrell, ,£8 ss„ costs' £\ Bs. Gd.j Commercial Agency, Ltd.-, v. A. Mnrchie, .£33 15s.' 10d., costs £Z 145.; W. H. Tisdall, Ltd. v. Claude Ball, ,£1 135., costs 55.; Bing Harris and Co., Ltd. v. Nor.man Frank and Co.,' £18 ss. 4d., costs £1 10s. 6d.; Commercial Agency, Ltd. v. J. Powell (costs only), 175.; Charles R. "Parata .v.vßobert; Spensley,.£3l' 18s. 6d., :'costs i£2 Hs..;': same- v;,S;. Budge, .£2 45., .'costs-10s'.; same';v.:H. -M-.-'Stowell, £2 125., costs- 10s;j..Thos.' :Maher..-v. Ken. Wi ■Neora',: .£l.. costs''lss.; Herbert Price 'v. ■ Henry: M'Gill,.£l 13s;, costs - ss. - Ernest ■Chandler v.- Beatrice:' M'lnnis,- .-.^640;! costs £2 145.-; Stewart Timber, Glass, and Hard-; i.ware Company, Ltd;-v. George Browning,' ,£42 :6s. Bd'.-costr £1 Ss.-. ,-•:• ;•.-; ■■■- ~'.. JUDGMENT. SUMMONSES,:: ■; Edward Bloomfied was' ordered to' pay W. H. S. Moorhouse £29 ■ ss. by December 23; Q. V. Ambridge was ordered to pay Hayes and M'Keage £3 15s. by December 23; Lennard Cloake was ordered to pay Now Zealand Express Company 18s. by December 23. •;■■■■■■-' CSSTUME TO ORDER. . (Before Mr. W. G. Riddell S.M.) James Smith, draper, sued James O'Sult? livan, director of military stores, Wellington, for .£4 9s. 6d. tho price of a costume.made.to order,,.,, : Mr. G. Samuel. appeared for,, the plaintiff and Mr. J. M'Grath for the defendant. .'... ,'. ..-' ' ;.'.'"!•..,' ..-■!.',- .-, Defendant, disclaimed, .liability, on the ground that'the garment was not supplied as. ordered. .."'.