MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2646, 17 December 1915, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

E r ■■■ CIVIL BUSINESS S , s . UNDEFENDED CLAIMS 1 , . ■ G, Riddell. S.M., presided nt the oivil sittings of the Magistrate's 7 9°urt yesterday, when judgment by deL fault was given, for the plaintiffs in tho i. following undefended claimsCadbury ) Bros., Ltd., v. Win. Burns Smith, .fiio 15s„ costs ,51 10s. 6d.; Veitch and Allan ! v. Mrs. C. E. W. Campbell, X 7 17s. 6d„ costs XI 135., Gd.; John James Firth w H. Hazelhurst Smith, XI3 175.. costs XI lis. 6c1.; W. Wiggins, Ltd., v. M'Cul- , lough' and Company, ,£1 17s. Gd., costs - 75.; Hugh W. Pigeon v. Joseph Kennedy, I .£3 10s., costs : 75.; C. ■ Pratt and Com- - (assignees for the ."New Zealand > J imos" Company, Ltd.). v. A. Robinson, Ltd., Xl 7 10s. 2d., costs X 2 ss. 6d:; Tho ' Commercial Agency, Ltd., and H. C Gibbons and Company, v. C. E. Glover, X 5 55., costs XI lis, 6d.; P. Cooper, Ltd., • v. P. Meadows .£1 2s. Bd., costs 55.; The Wellington Harbour Board v. J. J. Collie, <£6 4s. Id., costs XI 3s. 6d.; Mary Ann ■ Elizabeth Wadham v ; Benjamin Wadi ham, ,X 8 13s. 4d„ costs, £1 9s. Gd.; the. ; Commercial Agency. Ltd., and P. Gillanders -v. E. Tullock, XI lGs., costs 8s 1 .; Wellington Plumbers', and Gasfittcrs' ■ Union v. J. Young, XI 135., costs 55.; George Winder v. Thomas H. Hughes, ' X 2 2s. Gd., costs 55.; same v. H. A. Smithy ' X 6 Bs., costs Bs.; same r. Matthew H. i Biggs, £3. costs 55.; C. Smith, Ltd., y. " John Laidlaw Walling, Xl 9 18s. 10d., costs ' XI Bs. Gd.r Drapery and General Import- 1 ing Company, Ltd., v. W. Keys, costs 10s.; 'New Zealand Times" Company, • Ltd., v. William Park, oosts 155.; Kober- 1 stein Bros., v. Mrs. Florence P. Kennedy, \ XI 185.,, costs 9s. (against separate es- ' tate); same v. Walter Taylor, XI 4s. 6d., ] costs 55.; J. W. Hoare and Co., y. E. 1 Colenso, £27 17s„ costs £2 145.; Phelps, 1 Wilson and l Co., y. H. Clarke, ,£'B 12s. 1 lid., costs XI 3s. Gd.; G, v Hardt and Co., v. H. Clarke, £8 7s. 9d„ costs XI Bs. Gd.; ■ Jac de/ Winter y. Sara W. Pearce, XlO 1 145., oosts XI 10s. Gd. (against separate : estate); P. R, Russell and Co., Ltd., y. 5 A. C. Bicknell, XlO Bs. 6d„ costs XI 10s. ± 6d.; the Scoullar Company, Ltd.. y. H, F. ■ Brittain', X 5 10s., costs XI 3s. 6d.; a Cliivers and Co., y. Roy Keith, X 22 12s. n Bd., costs .£2 155.; A. D. Cole and Sons T v. C. Patorson, 19s. Bd., costa 10s.; Field and Luckie v. Nellio St. Leger, X 5 45., <■ costs XI 3s. 6d. (against separate estate); ? Wellington Operative Bootmakers' Union j y. A. Waugh, Xi 25., costs ss. c JUDGMENT'SUMMONSES. j William John Hacne was ordered to r pay Alex Adcock the sum of X 2 195., by , January 11, 1916,, in default to undergo / three days' imprisonment. - \ Thomas James O'Neill was giren until i January 11, 1910, to discharge a debt 1 amounting to Xl 3 3s„ duo by him to ( Smith and Smith .in default to be im- ( prisoned ifor fourteen days. (i Te Heu Heu Tukino was ' ordered to Bay X 8 9s. 6d. to Kirkcaldie and Stains. Ltd., by January 11, 1916, in default to go to gaol for eight days. . t BREACH OF AWARD. C H. Mosten. (Inspector of Awards) proceeded iwainst P. S. Taylor, restaurant I keeper, for a breach, of tho Restaurant n and Refreshment Rooms Workers' Award, 0 in failing to post up in a conspicuous j place a copy of tho time-sheet. Judgment was for the plaintiff, the penalty to be paid by defendant being fixed at XI. P ' c DEFENDED CASES. j! In a defended case in which the Mer- r chants' Security Association sued' A. G. Wheeler for X 2 25., the amount of his annual subscription, together with Bs. Id.. collection fees,' judgment was given for plaintiff for the full amount,' by Mr. W. G. .Riddell, S.M., yesterday, with costs i' 3. ■ ' tl In a case in which Stewart Johns ■ claimed from P. W. Curtis the sum of' Xf> 155., for the preparation of plans, specifications, and Die advertising for tenders in respect to the building of a house for defendant, judgment was given by Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., yesterday for plaintiff, for 10s„ with costs 6s. Mr. R. Kennedy appeared for tho plaintiff und Mr. G. P. Bunny for the defendant.. POLICE PROSECUTION'S. Tolico cases wore taken before Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M. John Dawson, who had been arrested for soliciting alms in Manners Street, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. A native of India, named Manoel Xavier Mendonicn, was remanded for a week on a charge of being an idle and disI orderly twaM. Ah, effort will b* Bjufio to return him' to his snip, the Aparima, ftwlsuu: AJweaclsisica. 1

guilty to the theft of a- fox terrier dog and was remanded until Monday next for sentence. J. J. Barrett, charged with helpless drunkenness, was remanded for a Week *°L 7 S". ra Wvo treatment. William Tierncy, who had been three times before tlio Court recently for drunkenness, was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. Six first-offending, inebriates were dealt with in thp usual lenient manner.