MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2525, 28 July 1915, Page 4

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE CASES r(Before Mr. D. G. A/Cooper,-S-.M.) a sitting of the Magistrate's Court yesterday, Horbcrt - John Morley,. a trooper,-was fined £3, ivitli tho optionor a. month's gnol; on a charge of using obscene Jaaiguage, and ,ordered to pay cost of:: a/constable's helmet and overcoat he had damaged, in default three days' imprisonment. Charles Novillo was fined 10s., with ' tlio alternative* of '48 hours' detention for drunkemiess',and fined 205., or three days, for indecency iii] Tory Street,-!-A sentence of ione month's imprison-; - ment was imposed; on William Gordon, , who .was charged with being idle and disorderly in that ho was found; begging - iii'-"Willis Street./. jArthur Ross was remanded 'August Sjfyr medical treatment on a cliargo'of helpless drunkenness'.:'-.; ; .. . . ••SPor drunkenness, : May.. Gibbons and : ; Robert Einnaird were-each fined l 205., .three days', imprisonment, and . Janies Cameron fined lOs.v.o'' . 1 48 hours'. .. detention.;''Fivo 'first-blfendirig' iiiebrietes were'^dealt' with.' " f", ,' • K : : ci\ r iii CASES: ' '' ' • (Before Mr. ji;: G. lleid, S.M.) •. ' was : nonsuited in the ' civil - dispute Alfred Parsons, caterer, v. Simmonds, second-hand dealer, the amount claimed being £2, representing money depositedby plaintiff with defendant on account of the purchase of a secondhand suit of clothes subject to approval, but which, it : was alleged, had'since been loturned to defendant; Costs £1. Is. were allowed Mr. V. B. Willis appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. H. ■ Buddlo for defendant.'

/A sheep-dog was the subject of a dispute in which, C. Johnson, labourer, of Jolinsonvillo, claimed £4 from T. Albright, labourer, of Wellington. Plaintiff alleged that'he received the dog in question from defendant on trial, and paid £4 on the'understanding that the money would bo refunded if the dog > .were unsuitable. The dog was unsuit-j able, and was returned; but defendant Iliad not-returned tho £4.- After hearing the evidence, the Magistrate gave judgment 'for plaintiff for the amount claimed, with costs £2 6s. _Mr. H, O'Leary appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. I'! W. Jackson for .defendant. -Judgment was giveu for, plaintiff in the case H. Price and Co., Ltd., v. A. Stewart, a claim for £5 2s. 3d. Costs £'2 2s. were, also awarded plaintiff, for whom Sir Kenneth Douglas appeared. l ! DEFAULT DEBTOR'S LIST. /Judgment was given for plaintiff by default by Mr. L. G. Iteid, S.M., in tho following undefended civil cases:— John Norton v: A. Cruden, £6 17s. 2d., costs £1 Ms. 6dv; E. E Fownes v. Claronce J. Evans, £L 7s. fid.; costs 75.; Rosenborg and Co. v. Oliver Instone, 18s. 6d., costs ss. ; J. 15. Fitzgerald v. Charles Young. £57 Os. 5d., costs £3 18s. 6d.; J. Williams and Son v. Harry Norton, £28 35., costs £2 18s.Wellington Traders'' Agonc.v _ (assignees It. D. Hanlon) v. Philip Williams, 75., costs 75.; same v. Joshua Jones, 14s. 6d., costs '55.; same v. Mrs. Margaret Diamond, £1 195., costs 55.; Andrew Wylie v. Fivan Williams, £40, costs £1 3s;; D> Evelyn Cliampney v. George J. Beattie, £57 125., costs £1 10s. { JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. ■-William Wilson was ordered to pay Walter White £6 ss. 6d., in default three days' imprisonment; E. J. Wil' liams was ordered to pay John Williams £2 ss. .at tho rate of £1 per month, in'default three days'-imprisonment.