MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2611, 5 November 1915, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

CIVIL BUSINESS

UNDEFENDED CLAIMS

Mr. W. G. Riddoll, S.M., presided at the civil sittings of the Magistrate's Court yesterday, when judgment by default was given for the plaintiffs in the following undefended claims:—Wclling- *?» Gas L9 0 '-> Ltd '> v - w - J- Williamson, Tii V. costs lis -> Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., v. Dennehy Bros., £1 95., costs f i n S ' 'oj [ ' W ' Ml,ir v - A,nn M'Callum, ±1 Os. 6d., costs 55.: Commissioner of Taxes v. Harris Holmwood, £3 15s. 2d., ™ st in Ss-; same v ' Hezekiali Osborne, £y 12s. 6d., costs Bs.; same v. Geo. Remington, £2 155., costs 55.; same v. lhomas Rowell, £36 Is. 10d., costs „L ,' same v - James Foster Adams, £36 Is. 10d., costs £1 3s.;' H. Price and Co., Ltd., v. Percv Strong, £30 9s. costs £2 IDs.; Iza-rd and Weston v. James Burling, £1 55., costs 55.; L. \V. Balkind v. J. Brady, £2 55., costs os.; B. Reginald Collins and Co., Ltd., l\ J f-] ws Mackenzie, £22 13s. 3d., costs £2 145.; L. F. Wallace and Co., Ltd., v. Deverell and Crimmins, £31 10s. 7d., costs £2 145.; F. Cooper, Ltd., v. B. Taskcr, £3 17s. -3d., costs 10s.; D. L. Kelly v. R. S. Vail, £2 17s. 6d., costs lUs. ;■ Commercial Agency, Ltd., assignees, and H. C. Gibbons and Co., n\ •'«'•, F ' Boso > £6 9s -. £1 7s ' b'J j Colonial Carrying Co., Ltd., v. W. M Lennan, £32 15s. 6d., costs £2 145.; Isaac Sykes v. John Williams, £125 3s. 10d., costs £6 2s. 6d.; Susannah Ness v. I'. 1. M'Millau, £3 35., costs 10s.; Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., v. R. Heath, £3 1/s. 2cl, costs 145.; Fleming' Ross v. J. N. Paton, £15 Os. 6d.. costs £3 Os. hcl.j Empire Loan and Discount Co., A™'- m "TJ'dation, v. Whiri Meihana, £10 os.- 2d., costs £1 7s. ' DEFENDED CASES: In the defended case, Frances ' J. Hare y. Abraham M. W. Salaman, a claim for £10 16s. 7d. for board and lodging, judgment was given for the plaintiff for £10 lis. Bd., and costs totalling £3 7s. Defendant was- nonsuited on a counter-claim for £13 6s }, od ' , J . [r '.,p- W ' Jackson appeared foJ tho plaintiff, while Mr. T. Neave appeared for Salaman. JUDGMENT RESERVED. Judgment has been reserved on nonsuit points raised in tho case of William M'Bnde, master mariner, of Wellington, v. John Brodie ami Co. and John Dovereux, a- claim for £101 13s. Bd., deposit paid and interest in connection with'- the proposed purchase of a Blenheim hotel. Mr. J. J. M'Grath appeared for tho plaintiff, and Mr. T. Young for the defendants. ' poliofToases.

Police cases were taken before Mr. D. G. A. Cooper," S.M.-.'John Gouzior and John M'Alister, who were charged with absenting themselves. from the steamer Raugatira without'first obtaining leave, wero .sentenced txK.iniprisonment with hard labour for 14 days.. '•• • Bernard Charles M'Mahon and' Walter Ross appeared on remand to answer a charge of having travelled on the Mapourika from Greymouth to Wellington without paying tho necessary fare. Both appeared in the uniform of members of the Expeditionary Force. A fine of £1 7s. 6d. was imposed by the Magistrate in each case, the alternative being three days' imprisonment. Sub-Inspector Mackinnon informed the Magistrate that Ross had been serving a sentence of five years' imprisonment, but had been released on probation by the Prisons Board. He. had broken the conditions of his probation, and would therefore have to return to gaol. ... _.'