MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2769, 12 May 1916, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

CIVIL BUSINESS

UNDEFENDED CLAIMS

Mr. w; G. Eiddell, S.M., presided ak tlio civil sittings' of the Magistrate's Court yesterday,, when judgment by default was given for the plaintiffs in tho Following undefended claimsßlundell Bros., Ltd., v. Mrs. Constance Hawson, 55., costs 175.; Novelties Ltd.' v. C. Curry and Co., .£5 10s. 7d., costs lis. Gd.; A. E. M. Eowlaud v. \Vin. M'Gnvin, 42 is., costs 10s.; 'VVatt and Shennan v. Miss M. Lcnzeui, jil 4s. 6d., costs 55.; Commercial Agency and J. Meyers and Co. v. H. Whyte, £15 9s. 5d., costs <£4 Bs.; same v. G. iS'ohra, 6(1., costs 7s'.; Jack Jacobus v. J. Patterson," *61 2s. Ed., costs ss. < ' i.

JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. . ' Orders were made in two judgment summons cases. W. Mooro was ordered to pay ■£:! 14s. 6d. to Thos. Smith by May 25, in dofault to "undergo ; three days' im-. prisonment; and Hira Parata was oVdered to pay XlO Is. 7d. to Green and Davis by May 25, in defautl to undergo oight' days' iiiiprisoiiment. BBEACH OF AWARD. ■ In the case of the Inspector 'of Awards v. K. A. Bertanees, a claim for a penalty of for breach of the Privato Hotel Workers'. Award, judgment was given for the plaintiff for 10s. . . RESERVED JUDGMENT. . Reserved judgment "was delivered in tho case o£ the Karcri. Borough. Council , 0. B. Buxton, a. claim for rates. The sum of ,£6 Bs. 6d. was admitted (the amount due under new valuation), but tlm Sorough Council claimed a larger amount (<£l4'ls.). Judgment was given for tho' plaintiff, for the amount _ admitted (.£6 Bs. Gd.), tho defendant being allowed cBl Is. for costs of. the appearance in Court. .Sir. A. de B. Brandon; appeared : for Che Borough Council, while Mr. T. B. Weston appeared for tho defendant. : ■, DEFENDED ACTION. G cor go Haley, waterside worker, pro. ceeded against the Cauterbury Steamship Co., Ltd., : to recover tho sum of 125,tar 1 compensation: Tor injuries alleged to havo been' received while-plaintiff (Haley) was working on the defendant company's steamer Calm on Novembor .26, 1915. Tho company had niadc payments to the plain. Lift under Che Workers' Compensation Act at the rato of .El 14s. weekly for eight weeks, and tho present claim ia for further relief. Mr. P. J. O'Regan appeared for the plaintiff,, while Mr. M. Myers appeared tor tho defendant com-, paiiy. After partial htiaring tho case was* adjourned until noon to-day.. 'POLICE CASES. " ' Police_ cases wero fieard Ticfore Mv. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., Andrew John Davidson, who some time ago lost an arm in a railway ucculent, was convicted ol drunkenness «nd of breach of a prohibition order. ' On the suggestion of Inspector Hendrcy, lio was committed to the Inebriates' Homo at Koto Eoa, and ordered to remain thero for a period o? two years. ' Thouias Myers was sentonced to a month's imprisonment for tho thoft ol a pair of lHiot-s, valued at ill. . Peter Mulcahy, who appeared in the dock in tlio uniform of a momber.of tlio Expeditionary Force, was fined 20s. lor drtinKonness, tho alternative being threo days' imprisonment. Thrco first-offending inebriates were also dealt with. JUVENILE COUET. A boy, twclvo years of age, was charged in tho Juvenile Court yesterdpy (before TiTr. H. G. A. Cooper, S.M.) with wilfully 'damaging some electric light globes in an unoccupied dwellinghouse at Karori. Ho was admonished and discharged, the Magistrate warning him that, if lie appeared before tho" Court again, he might he eent to an industrial school.