MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 240, 28 June 1918, Page 7

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

POLICE AND CIVIL CASES CHARGE OF ASSAULT Mr. I'. V. Ifrazcr, 5..M., heard the police cases at the .Magistrate's Court yesVerday. Andrew. Anderson was arraigned on a 'charge of having assaulted Thomas Uickcy on June 2ti, with intent lo do grievous bodily harm. The chargo was the result of a tiacas which is alleged to have occurred in a boardinghouse in the city. On the application of the police tho accused was remanded until Wednesday next. Mr. IV. K. Jackson appeared for Anderson, and asked 'that hail should lie allowed. His Worship admitted the accused to bail, self in the sum of .tkVl, ono surety of JJlatl, or two of ~C7a each. l-'or the disobedience of a maintenance order in respect of his wife, John J. Jvelliher, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended so long as ss. per week is paid off r.he arrears, which were reduced from .£OO to .t2O. Mr. J'. W. Jackson appeared for complainant, and Mr. JJ. f;'. O'Learv for defendant. William .Neiisou Mackie was accused of being a vogue and vagabond, having been found by night on enclosed premises in Manners Street, occupied by H. ISritUin and others. On the application, of Inspector Marsack he was remanded until to-morrow. On charges of dVuiikeniie-s Francos Coyne was ordered,to forfeit bail, J;l, anil four iirst offenders were fined as., in default 21 hours' imprisonment. . CIVIL ACTIONS. iteserved judgment was delivered bv Mr. W. U. Jliddell, S.M., in tho case in which JJavies ami Co., of Wellington, proceeded against the .New Zealand and South African Steamship Company, Ltd. Plaintiffs alleged that on September 28, IDIC, the defendant company received a case of lysol at. (Ilasgow for delivery at Wellington, and that when the case arrived here there was a shortage or 2!)J gallons, for which Ihey claimed a sum of XV Os. ">d. When the cask was received in Wellington it was discovered (hat there was a small puncture in it. His Worship held that there was no evidence of lysol having been lost during storage in the Wellington Harbour Board's sued, and the onus was therefore upon ihe defendant company to show that the loss was not due to any negligence on its part during Ihe voyage. On this point the evidence was somewhat contradictory. As plaintiffs had failed to give the defendant company notice of Ihe loss as required undo the terms of thn bill of lading. His Worship held that they must bo nonsuited. At the hearing, Mr. Mn/.engarb appeared for plaintiffs and Mr. A. W. Blair for defendants. PPJCE OP A SUIT. Hiiiee Howe, tailor, proceeded against .K L. Houston, engineer, of Auckland, fijr the recovery of the sum of X'i 155., alleged to be balance due on the. price of a suit of clothes made by plaintiff for defendant. -Mr. ]■'.. C. l.evvey appeared for plaintiff, who stated that I hi' •tonus on which he made, ilia suit.weru cash on delivery. Defendant had ]mid u deposit of IDs. Judgment was given for plaintiff for the amount claimed, with J.'l 12s. costs. UNDEFENDED CASES. Judgment by default _\vns given for plaintiffs in the following undefended crises:—British, and Continental I-Muiiu Co. v. Donald William M'Laren, i!7l 65., costs Jil &.; J. B. MaoEwan and Co., Ltd., v. William Oswell Wilkinson, Xti Its. Id., costs JS) Bs.; j.tcginald Collins, Ltd., v. J. P. Cordon, M Is., costs .£1 12s. (id.; 11. Itcynolds and Co., Ltd., v. J:'. l'Vaider, Xl Bs. 3d., costs Us.; Osmond and Son, Ltd., v. J. Evans, .U2 10s,, costs 10s.; same v. K. Farrell, XI Us., costs Ks.; same v. If. S. Adams, .lit) Bs., costs ill lis. d.; same v. William Comer, jun., .E5 75., costs XI Us. (id.; A. Hatriok and (Jo., Ltd., v. Mrs. M. Harris, .1:27 lis. Id., casts Xi Ha. j same v. hi. Biggs, XI 35., costs 55.; British and Continental Piano Co. v. Herbert Bates, J! 13 Is. !)d., costs ifil lis. (Id.; A. A. Carson \Y Alexander Eugg, .CI 12s. Gil., eosls 55.; Saarland and Co., Ltd., v. J. J. Cameron, .to 9s, 7d„ costs Ills.; Smith and Smith, Ltd., v. ,T. W. M'Kay. .£ll 18s. Sd., costs XI 10s. (id.; Osmond and Son, Ltd., v. P. tiilmotii', .£1 lis. Gd., costs ss. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. In judgment summons cases, Victor Owler was ordered to pay Smith and Smith, Ltd., X 3 ss. by instalments of 10s. a month; and Captain W. -Turing was ordered to pay Charles Hill and Sons 18s. Gd. by July 11, or go to gaol for tweutyiour hours.