MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 96, 16 January 1918, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICH AND CIVIL CASES,

..Mr. H. .IS. M'Carthy, S.M., dealt with the low cases presented by tlio police at tho Magistrate's Court yesterday. J allies Wallace was charged -vith committing & breach o[ his prohibition order, also with being i'oiiod drunk. Wallace, liy way of explanation, stated that lib met , some shipmates whom he had not seen for years, with the result that ho look much liquor. He was fined 40s. tor , the breach of his prohibition order, in default 14 days' imprison, ment, and f,of drunkenness he was con< victod and discharged. For iusobcidty two first offenders wero each fined 10is., with the option of serving 2>l hours in gaol. civil'cases. Mγ. W. G. .Hiddell. S.M-. dealt with the civil cases, Judgment iv;is given for plaintiff by default in the following cases:— Alexander M'.Millan, Ltd., v. \V. 11. Nicoll. a Os- Id., costs 145.; K. Hannah and Co., Ltd., v. Vi r . Garner, £1. 125., costs 10.4.; Cliorles Be<?;g and Co., Ltd., v. Miss K. Thomas, ifl l'Js. I'd., costs 55.: Alexander M'Millan, Ltd., v. O'Reilly Bros., 15s. 6d., costs os.; E. Reynolds ami Co., Ltd., v. W. I\. Neilscn, £22 15s. 5d., costs £1 35.; R. -Boutteii v. DudJoj' Byrne, £5 19s lid., costs £1 6s. 6d.;: Bannotyne and Hunter, Ltd., v. J. Oliver, £18 Bs. 3d., costs £1 18s. 6d.i; H. 0. Day and Co. v. Elieu Fowler, .£l7 17s. 4d., costs £1 10s. 6d.; Esther M. Babei- v. Thomas Simpson, £6 35.., costs £1 Bs. 6d. ; T. P. Willison v. W. M'Grath, £4, costs 10s.; JaeksKtn and Co. v. Hathaway and Co., £131) 3s. lOd., costs £2 145.: Hope, GibiKtns, Sons, and J. B. Clarlcson, Ltd. v.. John M'lntosh, £9 7s. Bd., costs Bs.; -A. F. Tonke v. Mrs. A. G/Willoughbiy, £30 2s. Id., costs £2 145.; Wellington Deposit Mortgage Co. v. Mrs. Annlei Murphy, £8, costs 11s.

JUDGMENT' SUMMONS. Judgment sumniems cases were de*lt with as follow:—(3eorge E. N. Ausou was ordered to pay Thomas IC. Shiel £25 12s. 3d. by January 29, in default 21 days' imprinonnwnft; L. Jenkins was ordered to paj Lyoml and Co. £8 Its. Pd. by January 29, or undergo seven days' imprisonment; and A. 1. Wootton was ordered to pa|y tho Wellington Bakers' Union £4 13s, 2d. by January 29 or sorve four da;?t\ in gaol. DEFENDED OABK In the defended cas;e of Archibald C. M'Phail Sinclair, who claimed from James Laing tiie sum ,of £5 75., arising out of a dispute, the Magistrate after hearing the evidence (Aisallowed one item of Ills., and perniiilted defendant to set oft £1 13s. as ;a counter-claim, and gave judgment for plaintiff for the balance of £3 55., including £1 Bs. paid into Court. Mr. T. W. Hislop appeared for plaintiff and Mr. A. W. Blair for defendant.