MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2644, 15 December 1915, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE RAID ! ALLEGED DISORDERLY HOUSE Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., had before , him in the Magistrate's Court yesterday , morning three men and three women, who : were arrested as the result of a police visit to premises in Haining Street on Monday night. Charles Smith was charged with keeping a brothel; Edward Keegan with assisting in the management 1 thereof; Walter Kempton with consorting with prostitutes; and Wilhclmina Bhnks, Leonora Parker, •, and Annie . M'Grath with assisting in the management of the brothel, and witli being'idle - and disorderly > persons. i The hearing of the charges against all • the accused but 'ICempton-and . Keegau ; were adjourned until Mondiy next.' Tho Magistrate severely warned Kemp- > ton (for whom Mr. P. W. Jackson ap- ! peared), Kut aa there was nothing previ- • ously against him, and as he was shown ' to be a hard-working man, the informa- • tion against him was dismissed, lii view, > of the decision, tho charge against Keegan was withdrawn. .. . VAGRANCY. An old woman named Annie Murdoch was sent to giiol for 12 months on a charge of being a rogue and a vagabond. John Chambers, alias Fraser, pleaded guilty to a charge of being a rogue and a vagabond, and was also sent to gaol for twelve months. Michael Costello, with several aliases, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on a charge of being an idle and disorderly 'person. INSOBRIETY. Isidore Jacobus, who had been convicted of drunkenness on numerous previous occasions,, had another conviction added to -his record, and was fined £5, the alternative being two months' imprisonment. James Ferrier Connell, for drunkenness, was fined 10s., with the option of 48 hours' imprisonment. Daniel Leon, who had been found in a state of helpless drunkenness, was remanded for a week for curativc treatment. .Several first-offending inebriates were also dealt with. IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION. ACT. The Court was further, occupied with the hearing of the case in which. the Collector of Customs is proceeding against two Chinese residents for breach of the Immigration Restriction Act. The defendants were named as Chan. Yee Hop and . Won Chou Lin. Mr. P. S E. Macassey, of the Crown Law Offices, represented the Collector/of Customs, while Mr. E. G. Jellicoe appeared for the defendants. Evidence on the remaining charges was taken and 'was practically the same as that- tendered at the hearing of a previous charge,' and ■ after hearing addresses of counsel - the Magistrate reserved > decision. CIVIL BUSINESS UNDEFENDED CLAIMS. ■ Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., presided at tho civil sittings of the Court ai.d gave judgment for plaintiffs by default in the fol- . lowing undefended civil claims Dr. D. ■ Lloyd Clay v. Thos. Cook, <£•! 195., costs 10s.; Jane' Coe v. Frank Watson, £"i 12s. 6d., costs 125.; Public Trustee, as executor of the estate of the late T. G. Macarthy, v. G. Quinn, -2.164 Is. Gd„ costs £1 135.; Maurice Fisher v. Thos. Stewart, 13s. Id., costs £1; Eric Johnston and Co. v. To Hen Heu Tukino, £7 55., oosts -61 12s. 6d.; Jas.- Smith, Ltd., v. J. M'Kechnio, -65 155., costs ill 3s. Cd.; John Norton v. Hugh Lorgolly, .£6 125., costs .£1 3s. 6d.; 'the Town and' County Supply Stores v. Jane Hayvice, J25 lis. Id., costs 41 3s. fid.; A. D. Cole and Sous v. Joe Wineera, J!9 2s. J)d„ costs .£1 13s. 6d.; same v. Whata Matenga, .£3 17s. Id., oosts Jils Humphries' Patent Bracket and Scaffold Co., Ltd., v. John Kemp, =66. 55., costs £1 ss. 6d.; same v. J. C. Lamb, £li 55., costs 41 4s: Cd.; A. D. Cole and Sons v. Ben. Wineera, JE3 19s. 2d., costs 41 25.; J. 'Mr.lford v. James Hosie, jun., 42 9s. id., costs 10s.; David Kennedy and Charles O'Eeilly. as trustees of SI Patrick's College, v. Lizzie Noon, < 47 ss. 5d., costs 41 3s. 6d., against separato estate; Kirkcal<lie and Stains, Ltd., v. Thos. Richmond Husband, 414 IBs. 10d., costs 41 10s. 6d.; Wellington Traders' Agency and Kemp' tliorne Prosser's New Zealand Drug Co., Ltd., v. L. Isherwood, £5 65., costs 41 3s. Gd.; Medallion Art Co. v. Mrs. W. Moore, 43 55., costs 105.; same v. Peter Christensen, 41, costs 10s.; Public Trustee, as administrator of the estate oi the late Stephen J. P. Alpass (j v. Wm. Devenie, 41 165., oosts Bs.'; Empire Box Co., Ltd., v. Ralph Hausby, 42 Bs., costs 305.; W. W. Crump v. W. Young, 42 18s., costs 6s. A RESERVED JUDGMENT. Reserved judgment was delivered in the case in which Young King sued Allan Ovr and Son to recover a sum of .£2OO as damages alleged to have been suffered in consequcnco of a cart "running down' the plaintiff on his bicycle': The Magistrate decided the case in favour of tho defendant, with costs totalling 45 17s. Mr. E. G. .Tellicoe appeared for the plaintiff, while Mr. A. 11. Hindmarsh appeared tor the .defendants.