MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 192, 3 May 1918, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE AND CIVIL CASES. Mr. S. E. M'Carthy, S.M., presided at tho Magistrate's Court yesterday and dealt -with tho police cases. Doris Heilan M'G'ullough was convicted of being an idle and disorderly person in that she possessed insufficient lawful means oi , support, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.

Alfred Heuvy Gregory and Sydney Albert Colmer, who failed to appear, were convicted of using threatening behaviour whereby :i breach of the pence was occasioned, and were each fined Ms. with the option of 11 days' imprisonment.

A soldier named Tom Wilkinson was charged with being- found drunk, also with wilfully damaging an office- counter door, valued at £1, the property of tlm New Zealand Government. On the charge of drunkenness he was convicted and ordered to be handed over to the military authorities, and on the second charge he was ordered to make good the damage, in default H days' imprisonment. Tor insobriety, Charles Alfred Anderson, against whom there was one previous conviction, was fined 205., with the option of seven days' imprisonment. Two first offenders were each fined 10s., with the alternative of 24 hours' imprisonment, and another, who failed to appear, was fined 205., in default 48 hours' imprisonment. CIVIL CASES. Mr. W. G. Biddell, S.M., dealt with the civil cases, end gave judgment for plaintiff in tho following undefended cases: Dayton Money-weight Scale Co., Ltd., v. H. Alley, JE6, costs £\ 6s. fid.; New Zealaud Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Co., Ltd., v. Reginald L. Field, >£ii 2s. id., costs £1 Us.; M'Eklowncy Bros. v. H. Palmer, .£llO 2s. 3d., costs J£d; Commercial jigoncy, Ltd., and M'LU downey Bros. v. H. Palmer, .£95 17s. 9d., costs £b 135.; 0. Jacobson v. Waltet Powell, Jib 135., costs lls.; John Xicnl v. Ernest Hadley, £9 11s. 5d., costs A'l o?. (id.; City Corporation v. F. K. Pierce, £6 12e. 6(1., costs M 3s. Gd.; D. L. Kelly v. C. Podjurslty, ,C 1 55., costs 55.; Commercial Agency, Ltd., and Sargood. Son, and Ewon, Ltd., v. Mies S. M. Fisher, Ills. Id., costs 125.; City Corporation v. A. L. Mac Duff, .f:B IBs. 7d., costs £1 ss. Gd.; Magnus, Sanderson and Co., Ltd., v. Thomas StcwaVt, ill 13s. kl, costs £1 ,10s. fid.; Dominion H-übbcr Co. v. Agnes Murphy, £U> 163. 3d., costs £2 os. 6d.; Wellington Publishing Co., Ltd., v. Arthur J. Peachey, ,£2 195., costs 10s.; B, and IS. Tingcy and Co., Ltd., v. D. Mellor, £7 12s. lid., costs jEI 3s 6(1.; Wellington Publishing Co., Ltd., v. Norman G. G. Winkelmann, .£9 Os. 5d., costs 3s. 6(1.; W. H. Boyd and the Commercial Mmliwry Co. v. 11. S. Wright, M 19s. lid., costs 10s.; Public Trustee Us administrator of W. C. Wilson, deceased) v. Constance lioborlson, £1 10.*.. costs £\. 6s. 6d., and possession of a tenement. JUDGMENT SUMMONS. Judgment summons cases were dealt with as follow;—,!. B, Friwer was ordered to pay Ci. V. Hill .-£2 iu. by May in default two Hays' .imprisonment; A. lasleer was ordered to pay the Windsor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.. -ElO ISs. lid. by monthly instalments o'i Mte. DEFENDED CASES. Henry Ernest Carey proceeded against John Clentworth on a, claim for 4!9 Is. and possession of a tenement, and judgment wae given for the full n/imiint claimed, with costs £i Is., possession of ilia tenement to bo given on May IG. ; Judgment was given for tbe New Zealand Picture Supplies, Ltd., in an action against L. Gousuwtt for X' 32 'is. od. Mr. Yl. R. U'ogp.ird npppfti'cd for plaintili, and Air. A. J. Luke for the defendant.