MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2728, 24 March 1916, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

CIVIL BUSINESS

UNDEFENDED CLAIMS

, J - Riddellj S.M presided at die civ'il sitting of the Magistrate's Liourt yesterday, when judgment by default was (given for tli.) plaintiffs in the following casesVeitch v. lYliss l'lo. Sutherland, £13 14s. 10d costs £1 3s. 6d.; Oarlyle Beatson Robertson (assignee) and Ohas. J. Hollard (assignor) v. Jack Murray, £2 10s. costs 18s. j Co-operative Film Service 7 ™' v - H - M'Lean, £121 13s. 3d., coste £6; D.I.C. v. W. G. Lindsay, £1 5V « osts 5s -S Eamo v. O. M'Kay, r , • c , os ts 55.; C. L. -Jackson o" -Jl 3l Sgins, £5 14s. 6d., costs £1 n j •' s ' Clark Urwin and Edward Koderique v. Mrs. Fanny Cole, costs only, 55.; same v. H. L. Jenkins £4 loa., costs 10s.; same v. Douglas Bros., £14 145., costs £1 10s. 6d.; Veitch and Allan v. J. Crighton, £1 19s.' costs I Commercial Agency, Ltd., and m liklowney Bros. v. F. C; Ryder, £114 us. 4d., costs £5 175.; Wellington Bakeis and Pastrycooks' Union v. Thomas Dillon, £2 Is., costs 55.; N.Z. Disinfectant Co. v. O. Lovell, £3, costs 10s.; Catherine Kiornander v. Miss Harriet Margaret Mnllins, £7 45., costs 10s.; the Co-opcrativo Film Service Co. v. E. M. Cuthbert, £17 lis. 7d. costs £1 10s. 6(1.

JUDGMENT SUMMONS.

Alfred Skinner was ordered to pay +,n v rlliii!iton Freezing Workers' Union the sum of JBl'ljy instalments' of 2s J'- 1 ' iiiunin; Edward Foreman was orrl>rH t"- pay Mrs.. J. Glover tlio sum of £6 18s. 6d. on or before April 6, ill default to undergo sis days in gaol.

RESERVED JUDGMENT.

Reserved judgment was given in the action in John Henry Hooper, land agent, claimed tha sum of £200 from Grace Nellie Ewing and her son, John Jardino Robert Ewing. The claim was for commission alleged to be due on account of the sale of a farm at Takapau. Much of the evidence was taken out of Wellington, and after reviewing this his Worship nonsuited plaintiff as against Mrs. Ewing, and gave judgment for plaintiff for the full amount as against the son, with coats, £20 19s. Mr. T. Young represented plaintiff, whilo Mr. P.' W. Jackson appeared for the defendants.

BREACHES OF AWARD. Th leo Wellington hairdressers were proceeded* against by the Labour Department in respect of certain breaches of tho hairdressers' award. In the case Inspector of Awards v. Harold Nash, for whom Mr. H, Hill appeared, it was alleged that|defendant had employed an assistant on the day set apart for tha annual • picnic, namely, tho second Wednesday in February. The defence was that defendant had been under the impression that the now award, which altered the holiday, was already in force, and that the man had been given the holiday the previous day. Similar action was taken against E. H. Knowsley. For defendant, Mr. H. F. O'Leary submitted that, as the picnic was not held this year, it was unreasonable to expect defendant to give the holiday. In each case the Magistrate (Mr. W. G. Riddell) imposed a penalty of 10s. .' The Inspector of Awards proceeded against William H. Corneal, who, it was alleged, employed an apprentice on Anniversary Day. In this case tho penalty was fixed at £1. The Inspector of Awards also proceeded against J. J. Moore and Sons, carriers, of Lyall Bay, to recover the sum of £10 for a breach of tho Drivers' Award, in that an excessive proportion of youths was employed. It was stated that the amount of 3Ss., being the differenco between the wages paid and thoso provided for in the award, had (been paid into the Labour Department. Defendant did not -appear, and judgment was given for plaintiff for the sum of £1.

POLICE GASES. . HOTJSH OF ILL-FAME. Police cases were taken before Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M. Hearing was concluded of tho case in which Pauline Alice Russell was charged with acting in the conduct of a house of ill-fame in Frederick Street. Tho information, which was the first of its kind in Wellington was laid under tho City ByLaw, No. 988, which reads:—"No person shall keep or act or behave as mas-, ter or conduct or act or assist in the conduct or management of any brothel or disorderly house or house of ill-famo situated within the city." Arthur Russell, husband of the. female defendant, was charged under the Justices of the Peace Act with permitting premises, occupied by him, to tie used for the purposes of prostitution. Inspector liendrey conducted the prosecution, while Mr. P. W. Jackson ap-

poarcd for the female defendant. Pleas of not guilty were ontoroa. Evidence was given on both sideß, and argument was heard as to whether the by-law was sufficient to warrant ft conviction being recorded. The Magistrate considered that tho by-law was in order, and that the evidence warranted convictions in both cases. Each accused was fined £lu, with cost? 75., the alternative being a month's imprisonment. In the case under the by-law leava to appeal was givon, security being fixed at eight guineas, together with payment of fine and costs. THEFT. Edward Merritt Waterbury was sentenced to one month's imprisonment on a charge of theft of £8, the property of An tomb Cortesi. OTHER CASES. For drunkenness, Andrew Williamson, who had several previous convictions against him, was penalised in the sum of £2,-. in default ordered to undergo eevon aaya' imprisonment. For similar offences, William Grant was fined 10s., witli the alternative of 48 hours in gaol; and Thomas Lavin 205., or three days in gaol. Thomas Martin Iracey, who was found helplessly drunk j 1 ? Street, was remanded for □ays for medical treatment. ° Edward M'Donald admitted deserting from the steamer Zealandic, and was sentenced to one months imprisonment Gustave Abraham and Joseph Donnelly were arraigned on a charge of ,Using threatening ■ behaviour in Willis Street, calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. Mr. P. "\V. Jacksonj who appeared for Donnelly, asked for a rema i l ?, c 'iboth cases were adjourned until Monday next.

JUVENILE COURT. In the Juvenile Court yesterday, a 16 J ears of age was charged with thett of two sums of rnonoy from his employers. He was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. A charge of theft against another boy, 12 years of age. was dismissed.