LAW REPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1918, 28 November 1913, Page 11

LAW REPORTS.

POLICE CASES;

WINDOW WANTONLY BROKEN*

Jlr. W. (i. Ricklrll, S.M„ dealt, with the ordinary polico husmwss at Ihe Magistrate's Court yesievday. Matthew Collins, a young seaman, who was formerly on the Manna, was fined £o for having deliberately thrown a wheelbarrow through the. window of Sir. Kdward Harbor's shop, 7!) Willis Street. Tin- wiidow was of plate ghms, was worth ii), and this amount She defendant was ordered. In pay.

RESISTING POLICE. James Nugent was convicted of having been drunk, of using bad language, and of having resisted Constable Burnett, who arrested iiim. Nugent admitted the first two charges, but denied the third, and said that the constable, struck him on the head with a. baton. Tim constable denied that he struck t'ho man, and added that ho did not even have a. baton in his possession at the time. Jlr. Whisker, gaoler at Terrace Prison, who catno along when the, co'fls table, wits struggling with Nugent, said that he assisted to apprehend the, man, and that while ho was present the. constable did not striko Nugent. Respecting the objectionable language, Nugent was lined £4, in default 21 days' imprisonment: and for resisting the constnblo he was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment. For insobriety, Alexander James Smith was fined £2.

i CIVIL BUSINESS, TRADES UNION SUES FOR FINES, The Wellington Retail Soft Goods Employees' Industrial Union of Workers sued Leonard Beaucliamp for £1 13s. as contributions and linos owing. Mr. Rirlddl hoard t'l.io caso. Mr. A. 11. Hindmarsh appeared for t'ho union, and the defendant conducted his own case. Tho defendant's case was that ho had not really joined the union Judgment was for tho union for the amount claimed and costs.

UNDEFENDED CASES. In tho following cases Mr. Evans, S.M., entered judgment for tho plaintiffs by default:—Jackson and Co. v. John Spink, £23 Bs. 3d., and costs £2 145.; Commercial Agencr, Limited,' v. Fred. Bentley, £2 lis. <M., and 135.; Lingard and Co. v. "William John Bell, £18 10s.. and £2 Os. 6d.; M. Walsh v. I!. Shannon, lfis. Gd., and Bs.; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agoncv Company, Ltd., v. Thomas Millard, £103 IBs., and £o 175.; Wcstlnnd Timber Co. v. J. S. Faweott, £5 15s. 10d„ and £1 9s. Gd.; Vacuum Oil Company v. G. ■Halm, £3 Bs. id., and 10s.; same v. Henry Hares, £2 3s. Gd., and 10s.: Caleb Bird and A. C. Jensen v. Ausr,u«tino O'Halloraii, £8 15s. 10d., and £1 3s. 6d.; and Phipps Williams v. Gordon Smith, £3 ss. 3d,, and 10s.