MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3147, 27 July 1917, Page 7

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

THAU-CAB , INCIDENT. -U the Magistrates Court yesterday Mr h. h. M'Oartliy, S.M., presided and heard Ui<; rolicD cases. James Noil, a youns man, was charged that on July 25, i n jjjddiford Street, lie tiaed thruatpninir behaviour whereby a breach or I lie Deace" waa occasioned. Neil was travelling in a tram-car and his hehaviour w( i S tuoh thai Hie conductor of the rat- had u> call the attention or tho inspector to tho matter. The man was warned, but presently his behaviour became worse, and he thraitcuod the conductor. Eventually the. car had to be slopped and the man removed: Neil was sober at the time. Accused pleaded pjiilty and was lined ,C 5, audonleml to pny 125.. the csi»nscß of two witncssßi, in dcfiinlt one inonlh's imurisonment. A uramiin mimed Henry Ford was rliareI'd iviMi brinir nhMMil rram his vessel without lawful hh'-iipc and lie was lurllicr chanted with brine found drunk, ill- wart convicted im both chHrifPs, iiud was sonletio'd Ki fourteen dnvs' impi'i?onmcnt. for leavitiK his vossol, and fined Ws.. in default f'Tty.rielil. hours' imprisonment for ririmkcnuesß. Kvplyn Ban , was rharced that, heinE a. prohibited poreon, she Hi etil-.r licenstd'

premises, anil she. was further chaj'sed' with being found drunk. On the ilrst charce. she was fined £5. with the. option of a nionth'u imnrisoumi'nt. nml was convicted and discharged for drunkenness. For insobriety one Jlrst offender was fined 205.. with the alternative of forty-eluht hours' imprisonment, mid another wae lined 10s., in default twenty-four hours imprisonment. A remand id appear at Duuedin on Monday next, wns arantcd in the case of. Henry Frederick Elliott, charced with fnil.inp to uroviile adequate maintenance for his wile and five children. ClVtl. CASES. Jlr. W.fi. liiddell, H.M., delivered reserved iudgment in a civil action in which 11. Hansen, motor garage proprietor, proceeded agalnet A At Proctor, taxi-car proprietor, of Karur'i. for X 34 16b. 9d., for repairs to a. car. Defeinlant's wife had admitted the. debt, which was contracted hy her while the defendant was away at the front. Hi* Worship held that the evidence was not Hiiflicicntly stroug to show that the wile hail authority to contract tho debt- in her Inifband's najne. Judgment was UiereCore Given for defendant. At. the hearins Mr. O. C. Mazensnrb anneared for plaintiff aud Mr. T. Keavc for defendant. BIU3ACK OF AWARD. The Inspector of Awards (Mr. 11 T. Bailey) proceeded against Jones and Sptinow. proprietors of the Cafe de Vans, Manners Street to recover a penalty ot £10 for ?tv by did C enpK a ™^c 6S without first Bs. ■ UNDEFENDED CASKS. mmmfm win and Edward Bojlcriqiin y. Arthui i^. OS. 6t1.. COStS 'JCI 3P; Ml '',- 1 i e r COBtF llf i Thompson was ordered f> . nr^, ul S j,, Olive Hewitt. £4 17s. 2d. 1..V A'.piK 9. »> the alternative to serve U" najs "' SJoi. SALE Or' A BUSINESS. ' Thomas Burl, I'torekoeiicr. Ltnvw Hutt. proceeded acaiust Alfred Henry Bull, oi Cireytown North, to recover the >>nm i SM IBs. 7d., balance, allecfd to be <Juj | rfapect. to the sale of a buMucsH at therston. After hearinq evacuee, MiBiddcll rcficrvcrt his decision. "\\\t A " Bunny appeared for j lainMff. and Mr. a. de B'.' Brandon for the defendantALLEGED NUISANCK. Mr S. E. M'Carthy, K.M., wan engaged nearly the whole of yesterday hearing me case brought by John Oudhy (Inspector to the Hutt. County Council) agolnst Alfred Walters, market gardener, 'laila, lor permitting a nuisance, to exist on Ins pro-, mises. Mr. T. V 7." Ms-lop appeared for the plainUß. and Mr. l>. W. Jackson for the defendant. The, defendant had been m the habit- of using for the past eighteen niouthn offal from the. freezing works for niHuuriiiß his grouud. and this, it- was alleged, created an offensive steiich aud encouraged a plague of flies. Considerable, evidence was given by residents in the neighbourhood and others as to the oncnKive character or the nuisance, and the hearine of the case had not concluded when the, Court rose at. 5 p.m. JUVENILE OOUKT. Before Mr. 8. E.M'Carthy. S.M., in the Juvenile Court yesterday, three boye, aged 11, 12, and 14 respectively, wero charged with doing wilful damage, to property at the Athletic Park'. The lads were convicted, and the eldest, was committed to the Wcraroa Training Farm, and the others to the Boys' Farm at Nelßon.