MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3145, 25 July 1917, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

• POLICE AND CIVIL ACTIONS. At. tlic Magistrate's' Court yesterday Mr. S. B. M'Carthy, S.M., presided, a'ud dealt with the polico cases.' ■ ■' Sarah Ann Cassin, for. whom Mr. Jl. I. O'Leary appeared; was charged that on October 13, 1915, being then married, she did go through a form of marriago with one Charles Qulnney. Sub-Inspector Dew, who prosecuted, asked for a remand until August. 1. Mr. O'Leary,. in asking for bail, stated that the woman was'a stranger in "the city, and would be unable to obtain. sureties. He suggested that she should be admitted to. bail'on her own recognisances and. bo ordered to report to .the polico twice a day. The Magistrate adopted the suggestion" and fixed the bail at £50. A Maori, yo.uth named Jack Inia was charged with, stealing an overcoat valued at 355., the property qf Hop? Wikoru. The theft occurred at a boardirighouse, where both parties were staying. The father of the lad recovered the coat and immediately returned it to the owner. Inia was con-, victed and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. For insobriety, Henry Greenfield, with two previous convictions; was fined 405., in default fourteen days' imprisonment; two ftrst offenders were each fined 20a., tho alternative being forty-eight hours' imprisonment. RESERVED JUDGMENT. In the Magistrate's Court yesterday, reserved judgment was delivered by Mr. W. 'G. Riddcll, S.M.. in the case of John George Dalrymple, of Wellington, professional accountant, who sought to recover from the Wellington Tramways Employees' '(Jnion the sum of £20 for professional services rendered as an accountant by plaintiff to the defendant between March 27 and May 24. 1916. For the defence it was urged that an arrangement had been mado that the work Bhould be done for £3 3s. Furthermore, It was claimed that tho work was inefficiently done, and no final report had been sent in. The Magistrate held that- the evidenco did not prove that there was any arrangement between tho parties that £3 3s. was to bo the fee, and the onus was on the defendant to prove this. Plaintiff had not completed the work, and was thereforo not entitled to charge the full fee. Judgment was given for plaintiff for £9 9s. and costs £1 16s. At tho hearing, Mr. G. G. G. Watson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. lE. P. O'Leary for the defendant. UNDEFENDED . OASES. Judgment was* given for plaintiff by default in the following undefended civil cases:—Casey Bros v. Thomas O'Neil and Annie Henrietta O'Neil, £14 Is., costs 15s. 6d.; George and George v. A. Sims, £12 4s. 7d., costs £1 iOs. 6d.; Edward Morris, junr., v. William Young, £20, costs £L 10s. 6d.; City Corporation v. Janet Rothnie, £3 17s. 6d., costs Bs.; Public Trustee, aa cxccutor of tho will of John T. Steward, v. Frederick R. Field, £11 Bs.. costs £i Us. 6d. s City Corporation v. Francis Gordon Hazclwood, £6 ss. Id., costs lis.; Mrs. Catherine Tier v. Mrs. Elizabeth Sly, £7 10s., costs £1 3s. 6d.; Witeombe and Pym v. Ernest Melton, £5 Bs., costs £1 3s. 6d.; Mrs. E. Nightingale v. W. J. Asher, £1 7s. 6d., costs 65.; same v. T. Simpson; £1 10s., costs 10s.; Dcnhard Automatic Bakery Co., Ltd., v. Mrs. A. Jackson, £4 ss. 5d.; costs 10s.; Jewellers' Union v. T. W. Roberts, 35., costs ouly; sa'mo v. A. Harley, £2 Ba. 6d., costs 55.; City Printing Co. v. Miss Florence Cross, £1 15s. 9d., costs 10s. DEFENDED CASK. Peter M'WhnnneU and Mary M'Wh.iunelU of KUbirnic, Cor whom Mr. IT. F. O'Leary appeared, proceeded against Bert Furniss, represented ~by Mr. J. Scott, to recover £5 6s. 9d. for rent, and also for damages, ctc., to a house. After hearing t.he evidence Mr. S. E. M'Carthy, S.M., gave judgment for plaintiff for £3 15s. 6d., with costs. JUVENILE COURT Before Mr. S. E. M'Carthy, S.M., in Ihe Juvenilo Court, a youth fourteen and a half years of age appeared to answer six charges of stealing money from postal packages. The lad, who was employed by the Stewart Timber Company, stole on various dates postal notes, a pound note, and a chcquo for £75. It was shown In evidence that the boy had previously held a good character, and in consideration of tliis the accused was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. The lad's mother was ordered to refund tho sum of £3 jjto. For Children's Hacking Cough. "Wood's Great Peppermint Cure,*