MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1761, 28 May 1913, Page 5

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

BEE HAM POKE BAKERS. (before Mr. AV. G. Riddell, S.M.) A. AV. Lister, timber-yardman, sued G. K. Mathieson (in business at Newtown as a baker) for £44 IBs. Gd., balance alleged to be payable in respect of plaintilfs share in a business as bakers and confectioners carried on by both parties at iJerhamporo. Mr. Kennedy appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. M'Grath for t'ho defendant. , J udgmciit was given for defendant, with costs.

SUItVEI'OES & LAND SYNDICATE. (Before Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M.) The hearing of the case in which Messrs. Seaton and Sladdcn, sued rho ilaranui Laud Syndicate for <£55 l'Js. for services rendered in connection witii the survey of certain .streets in Mirauiar, was continued before Dr. A. 31' Arthur, S.M., i-csterdav. The tlefeiidant countev-claimc;! for i£lol*2s. ad., ilamoges for alleged negligence ir. tiie preparation of plans, etc. Air. A. AA 7 . Blair appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. T. \'oung for the defendant syndicate. . . His AVorship. reserved decision. ■ DELIVERY OF POTATOES. John Henry Simpson, fruiterer, of Kilbirr.io, fined the New Zealand Emit and Produco Co. for £i 10s. damages for alleged failure to deliver eight bags of potatoes. The sum oi' .£4 2s. Bd. had been paid in advance fcr tho potatoes by the plaintiff. Judgment was given fcr plaintiff for M 2s. Sd., which amount had been paid into court. CASES BY DEFAULT. Judgment was given for plaintiff by default in the following undefended cases: —Colonial Motor Co., Ltd., v. Arcadia Taxi Service, Ltd., £7 10s. 3d.,-costs £1 3s. 6:1.; L. Caselberg and Co., Ltd., v. Henry George, X'o l'.is. Sd., costs 10s.; 11. M Stephens v. J. Laidlaw. <£G 10s., costs .£1 3« fid.; Ernest Alban Guielernio and Co. v. AVillin.ni Osivell AVilkinson, IDs. 7d„ costs Bs.; AYilliam Henry Nixon v. •Toirn F. M'Gregor, Jill, costs .£1 10s. Gd.; James A. Dohorty v. C. A. AV. Monckton, .£2O lis., costs .-£2 14s. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. Alfred John Hart was ordered to pay James Smith, Ltd., .£7 7s. 7d., by June 10. P. Alphongo Culleu was ordered to pay \Y. Langley vCI 5.3. by June 10. POLICE CASES. . (Before Air. AA T . G. Ruldell, S.M.) Patrick Rice, deemed to bo a rogue and a vagabond, was convicted and ordered to como up for sentence when called upon. Mr. O'Leary appeared for accused. ' Daisy Simmelhag, alias M'Neill, 30 years '< f age, was charged with being "a rogue and a vagabond. On the application of Sub-Inspector Shcchan, she was remanded until June 2. William M'Donald was lined 10s. on a charge of insobriety.