MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 190, 7 May 1919, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE BUSINESS • ; CARRYING FIREARMS Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M., presided oyer yesterday's sitting- of tha Magistrate's Court. . . ,Charges ,of carrying firearms and of drunkenness were preferred against Alrik Engine Nord. " ' Sub-Inspector Emerson, stated that the accused was arrested in. Willis Street at 10.20 p.m.. on Monday. Accused had- been p.nt out of a houso for some reason, and being searched -at the police-station ~ ('.."is found that he was in ' revolver. Nord said., that he purchased tho revolver from a man he did not know. Tho revolver was similar in oil particulars to tha/ono found on a waterside worker who was, bofore tho Court a few days ago. 1 Jford was also a w'aterside , worker. Tho Sub-Inspector pointed,out that .-not-only • was it en offence to caxry firoarms, but.it.was, also an. offence to purchase,-,theni- ivitJiout'- a i permit, „> J.,.,. . In reply to"the Magistrate, tho. Sub-. Inspector stated that'.all-the .second-hand dealors had been notified of-the-law in respect of the sale of firearms., • . Tho acoused remarked that he had had the weapon for oyer, two yeara, and had decided to sell it. . , . . His Worship convicted accused and fined him £,1, and said that if lid thought there was anything behind the case or there was any reason for tho accusedbeing in possession of the revolver, lie! would have dealt with him in a' different way. • ■ ■ , , > ' . , DEFYING THE LAW- _ A plea of guilty was entered by' Clarence M'Crao Gibson- on a charge of refusing to answer questions' put to him by a police official regarding his enrolment in tho Reserve. Acting-Sub-Inspector Emerson said that on Monday afternoon Sergeant Sweeney saw -tho defendant opposite tho Government Buildings, and the man's ac-tions-suggested that he was endeavouring to conceal himself, so' Sergeant Sweeney questioned him. The accused refused to answer the Sergeant's questions, even though ho was warned that he would b£ arrested. Tho accused replied: "That is funny-arrest me." At the police station defendant supplied all the -'information that was required of him, and was found to bo correct. Accused then- asked to ste a doctor, and a medical practitioner was duly summoned, but could not discover anything wrong with him. The accused said that lie considered tho ■whole case a joke—ho did not realise tho seriousness of the position. , When Sergeant Sweeney arrested him lie thought he was being apprehended for drunkenness, although he was not really drunk. As there was nothing further in tho case, His Worship entered a conviction and discharged accused, remarking that he had been sufficiently punished by ing locked up all -night.

•; OTHER CASES. ' . On a charge of being .drunk whilat m charge of a horse, Walter Augustus William .Eosevcar was convicted end fined SD-and costs 12s;, in default 14 days' imprisonment. I'or drunkenness, John Wynn was fined £!, in default seven days' imprisonment. Tar. a similar, James. Scott was fined, 10s., and on a charge of being absent without leave from, tho steamer Tainui accused was remanded till to-daj a^etl( ' ancl! shipping

81-LAW, CASES, y ' >r failing to stop his motor-car when t jtea jt°',do so by- the police, Percival J iliam Eyernden was convicted and uiierl 10s. and costs. Hyman Green, ,a licensed hawker, who had not a permit to occupy a stand on tho city streets, and. remained stationary at the corner Of Grey Street and Lambton Quay for a longer time than was necessary to transact business with a customer, was convicted and ordered to pay costs, 7b. ... Martin Lyden lyas convicted'and ordered to pay costs 7s.- for driving a- vehicle at night without -lights: William Wilson was fined 10.Cfor allowing stock to wander at Miramar. He was. also ordered to pay costs, 13s.

CI/AIM AGAINST LAND AGENTS. William Glendinning; formerly contractor,. of Wellington, but now proprietor of the llasterton Motor Garage, proceeded against Thomson, Brown, and East, Ltd. . estate agonte, Wellington, to. recover, a sum of £18 155.,. being tho balance of a deposit of <£50 paid to the doi ■ ?!? a a. agents on behalf of the plaintiff, being deposit on the abortivo sale of defendant's property during August, 1917. A salo was arranged end a deposit of <£50 paid, but owing to somo disagreement over the property the saio wns n ot proceeded with, and plaintiff asked for the return of the deposit. I)e----fendants, however, retained commission out of the .£s(l, and only paid over the balance. After hearing the evidence His Worship nonsuited plaintiff with costs. Blair appeared for tho plaintiff and Mr. o.' Beere for ths defendants. •

JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT. Judgment for plaintiff, by default was •ren by Mr; F. V; Frazer, 5.11., in tho | -swing undefended oases: Alexander f jlillan, Ltd., v, IV Baigent, ,£l4 13s. .y costs £3 25.; Herb. Price v. A. Rob■ison. £2 Gs. lOd., costs 10s.; Kodak (Aus-

tralasia), Ltd;, v. A. S. Wallace," ,£2B ss. Bd., costs i! 2 Ua.; N.Z. Tyro and Rubber Co. y. W. C. Holdaway, .£lO -Is. 10d., costs <£1 lfls. Gd.'; 6ame v. J. B. Rcid,- J£2B 3s. M., costs ,£2 lis.; Hope Gibbous, Sons, and J. B. Clarkson, Ltd;, y. Cieovgo Beere, .£33 9s. 9d., costs ,£1 35.; AnniC) Jorgenson v. Mrs. S. W. Williams, .£23 10s., costs <£2 175.; Griffiths and Co., Ltd., v. Jack Ling, ,£63 10s. lid., costs ■£4 is. 9d.; Lazarus Wolfo Balkind vf Henry John Simpson, <£GO, costs Ji-l 35.; Scoullar Co., Ltd., v. G. L. Rees, ,£29 7s. 9d., costs £i lis.; E. Stovens v. A. G. ' Haines, ,£3O, costs £i lis.

, JUDGMENT SUMMONSES.' In judgment summons cases, L. Clifton ■ was ordered to pay Of. W. Kempton jE'D 10s. forthwith, in default seven days' imprisonment, warrant to be suspended for ono week; Thomas A. Chamberlain is to pay N. 55. Automatic.Bakeries, Ltd., Mi 6s. 2d. .forthwith, in default l<t days' imprisonment, warrant to bo suspended for 11 days; RoboTt Peek is to pay. Oswald Beero and .Rawden St.. John Beere .£8 18s. fid. forthwith, in default nine days' imprisonment, warrant to beiauspended for seven days; .and the same defendant was ordered.to pay. Hutt Girls' School, Ltd., Mi Bs. 6d. forthwith, in. default fifteen days' imprisonment, warrant to be suspended. for fourteen days.