MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1772, 10 June 1913, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.) POLICE LIST, SATUBDAY NIGHT AFFAIR. David Michael Leckie appeared in. tho Magistrate's Court yesterday morning charged with having assaulted UeoTgo Mart on Saturday night. Complainant stated that h.O had gone into a convenience,. and that Leckie had gone in afterwards and taken 2s. out of his (Marfs) pocket. Mart had subsequently taken the money out of leckie s overcoat. Mart alleged that Lectio lifid then struck him. . ' Leckie declared that he struck in selfdefence. He asked for on adjournment of tho cose so that ho might call. evidence. The case was adjourned til! tomorrow morning. SLY'GROG. Jessio MTSwea was fined £5, in default H days' imprisonment, on a charge of having sold liquor while not licensed to do so. , . . Tho woman denied that she had taken any money for beer which she had given to ft constable and another man. OTHER CASES. A prohibition order was issued against Mary Donaldson. , For insobriety, Frank M Guire was anea 109., James Thompson 10s., William batlantyno £2, Andrew Larson 10s., and Bernard ICromin il. . Respecting- disobedience of a. maintenance order, Joseph Kenny was sentenced to fourteen days imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended so long as 2s. M. per week is paid off tho arrears. On charges that they were common prostitutes, Lilian Jukes sentenced to one month's imprisonment, and Lassie Stanley was fined Andrew Carnegie was ordered to pay 4s, per week towards the support of his mother. . . Henry TJrwin was fined 103., with costs '75., in default twenty-four hours un- ■ prisomnent, for having been in the Koyal ' Tiger Hotel on a Sunday. ; CIVIL BUSINESS. (Before Dr. M r Arthur, S.M.) i DAMAGES OF £K0 CLAIMED. 1 William Hoyland, cabinetmaker, Wel- ! linsrton, sued John Wallace Easson. and Percy George Easson, timbei; merchants, ; Wellington, claiming iHO Is. as dam- ' ages, loss of rent, and estimated ccst ot repairs in respect of tho alleged of Easson Bros, to carry out an agree- ; mont to fix the roof of a house which was taken ovor by Hoyland. Mr. A. ; Fair appeared for Hoyland, and Mr. M. jr. Luckie for Easson Bros. , Judgment was reserved. 5 =