MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 46, 17 November 1917, Page 12

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE AND BY-LAW CASES. At the Magistrate's .Court yesterday, Mr. S. E. McCarthy, S.M., presided. A remand till Wednesday next was granted in tho ease oi U'liuam Seymuur ii'uton, cuurgcd Willi kroaKiiig aud eut«viag Clio dwelling of Frank truest Itcudiny, Tinnkori iwad, and stealing therel'rom articles valued at .1:18 3s. llunry Marsh was charged tlmt at Mastertun, with intent to defraud, lio aufi obtain from Ellen Judd illi 10s. by lalsoiy representing 'that he had money in tin; Bauk ol .Australasia at Eltliam and giviug her a ehei(ue lor rt(i 10s. Mr. 11.I 1 . W. Jackson appeared lor accused. Inspector Marsack asked l'or a remand for a week, winch was granted, liail was refused as the accused was wanted by the military authorities. A remand till Friday was granted in the enso of John Clark, charged with being an incorrigible rogVe in that 011 .February II) lie did escape from U'aiiga--11111 i.i.101. For insobriety, two first oll'cndcrs were each fined Ills., 111 default -1 hours' imprisonment. EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT. (,juue a number of motorists were penalised lor driving at an excessive speed—Claude jVI. Hanks, Charles E. Hell, (ieorge Bond, (Jlamle Coiiilorlli, Alfred fortune, ALaurico Gardner,' Thomas liklward Grey, William. JJamer, Arthur Harrington, J.-iiues Jiuobs, Ueorgo Moatcs, Leslie M. Casky, James Proctor, Eruest Kawlings, Tiiomas 11. Sims, George Siiuonds, Albort E. Wells, aud Julius /dicker, were each lined 205., aud costs. David Dobsun was lined ■IDs. and costs, aud the case against Charles Fhysick was dismissed. l'or driving vehicles without _ lights, Arthur G. Cummins and Ueorgo W. Lean wore cach. lined 205., and costs. for exceeding the speed limit on Hie Hutt ltoad, Oscar Green was fined 10s. and costs. _ » Samuel Hayworth, for driving on tho ■wrong sido of Courtenay Place, was convicted and discliargc-d. OTHER, CASES. For allowing manure lo accumulate, and also with failing to destroy fly larvae iu manure heaps, Blako and Carlisle were fined «£.l, and costs. For allowing stock to wander, Bertie Harold Mayall and Mary Winifred Patterson wero cach fined 205., and costs. MILITARY CASES. For failing lo Attend drill, Sidney John Archibald, Thomas Stanley Leatham, and Cyril Charles Leatham wero each ordered to pay 7s. costs. James Brockie was fined ,115 and costs, Frank Hemsley was lined 205., and costs, and E. Powlcslan<! was convicted and discharged. Herbert N. Campbell, K. P. Jl'Leod, and Ernest J. Wiflin, for obstructing a parade, were each fined 205., and costs. A DOMESTIC QUARREL. Millicent Goddard. for whom Mr. P. W. Jackson appeared, proceeded against her husband, Albert Uenrgo Goddard, rtpresonted by Mr. H. F. O'Leary, for assaulting her. After hearing the evidence, the Magistrate, convicted Goddard, who was bound over to keep tlic peace in the sum of .£SO and two sureties of ,£25 each. CIVIL ACTION. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. W. G. Riddel!, 5.M.," heard the civil case in which William Wilson, a private in H Company in the 30th Reinforcements, proceeded against Vf. J. Ferkins, Jl3 Customhouse Qtay, land agent, to recover i:75 ss. 3d. It was tet out in the statement of claim tfiat plaintiff was the owner of certain freehold proporty iu the city up to December 2, 1915, and that defendant had been employed to collect the rents of the said properties and account to plaintiff for 6ame. Defendant collected £75 ss. 3d., but failed to account to plaintiff for the money. The 'defence ivas that the money was paid in necessary disbursements on the property. , The Magistrate, after hearing evidence, reserved his decision. .Mr. J. ,T. M'Grath appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. J. C. Peacock for the defendant.