MAGISTRATES COURT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 298, 12 September 1919, Page 3

MAGISTRATES COURT

POLICE AND CIVIL CASES

Mr. B. Page,. S.M., presided at the Magistrate's Court yesterday and dealt with tlie police- cases. A-sequel to the window smashing at Parliament House on tho occasion'of tho deputation of returned soldiers waiting upoii the Prime Minister was enacted in. the Magistrate's Co\irt yesterday, when Frederick Henry Williams was charged with wilfully damaging a plate-glass window, valiMKl fit .£2, tho property of tho Now Zealand Government. Sub-Inspector Emerson said that when the deputation went to Parliament Houso n number of men banded themselves together with tho object of forcing their way into tho building. Tho accused was one who forced his way forward and got near a window. Ho had a stick in his hand and with this ho broke the window. Tho man had been drinking and was excited, but ho was not drunk. After hearing evidence tho Magistrate recorded a conviction n.nd fined the accused ;£5 and ordered him to make good the dam> age, ,£2, in default seven dnya' imprisonment. For insobriety Charles Percy Lemon, against whmn thoro was one' previous conviction, was fined 10s., in default '48 hours' imprisonment, and John Gould, who behaved' in'J& disorderly manner in Manners Street while drunk, was convicted and fined .£1 with the alternative of serving 48 hours in gaol. John Edgar Simpson, who was charged with indecent exposuro on August 7 and August 22, and whose case was heard on •tho previous day, was discharged, the Magistrate holding that although there was strong suspicion the evidence was not sufficiently strong to justify a conviction, A remand to Wednesday next was granted in tho case of John Thomas Corkin, who was charged with forging two cheques for M ss. each. CIVIL CASES. Mr. W. G. Biddell, S.M., dealt with tho civil cases, and I gave judgment for plaintiff by default in the following undefended cases: H. P. Bawson v. L. B. Rhodes, 19s. Gd„ costs £1 6s. Gd.; Frank Montague Hickey v. Richard Johnson, ,£lO, costs J!l 4s. Gd.; L. W. Balkind v. G. Cunningham, .£22 10s., costs ,£2 145.; Wellington Gas Co., Ltd. v. David Mason, JC3 lGs. 6d., costs lis.; Osmond and Son (N.Z.), Ltd, v. G. Barlow, £2 45., costs 235.; D.I.C. v. J. J. Kennedy, M f>s. 3d., oasts lCs.; Vacuum Oil Co. Proprietary, Ltd. v. F. TV. Rigger, .£2B 17s.' 4d., costs .£2 3s. Gd.; 03mond and Son (N.Z.), Ltd. v, Peter Trou, ,£2 65., costs 155.; Wellington Gas Co. v. Matthew Hickey, .£1 Ns. 4d., costs 55.; A. S. Faterson and Co., Ltd. v. Mrs. J. A. Callingham, v£H 03. M.. costs 305.; Mabel Furniss v. James P. M'Alces, 10s., costs 21s,.and possession of a tenement.

A DEFENDED CASE. In tlio notion of J. F. Taylor, of Brooklyn, against J. Hamilton, farmer, Wellington, lor possession of an Ayrshire cow, valued at £W, judgment was given for plaintiff with JCs. costs. CliuVIM FOR DAMAGES. Mr. E. Page, S.M., delivered reserved judgment yesterday afternoon in the case of Leonard David Ball, farmer, of Taita, against John Gordon, also of Taita. On April 22 plaintiff vm6 riding his horse on the Main Road and the horse shied at several milk cans which wore outside the property of the defendant, who had left them there. After shying the horse collided with a motor-car and sustained such injuries that it had to ho destroyed. Plaintiff therefore claimed .£2O, the- value of the. horse, and .£2O by way of damages. His Worship gave judgment for ,£lO 10s., the value of the horse, and .£l2 IDs. general damages, with costs. At the hearing Air. G. Wntsun appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. E. C. Kirk for the defendant, MAINTENANCE CASE. After further consideration of the case in which Ellen Townshoud brought an action by way of rehearing for tenanco against her husband, Thomas James Townshoud, which lias already been reported at some length,, tho Magistrate, with the consent of Mr. J. J. M'Grath, wTio appeared for Mrs. Townphend, refused the application for rehearing, with costs. A WEDDING BREAKFAST. Miss K. ,T. R«id, of tho Stafford Tea Room, Willis Street, represented by Mr. G. Watson, proceeded a-gaiiwt Mrs. H. O'Neil, for whom Mr. W. G. Mellish appeared, to recover ,£3 65., bring the balance of account for a wedding breakfast supplied on the occasion of the defendant's marriage. The dispute centred round tho prico charged pr-r head and tho alleged dirty condition in which the room was left. After hearing evidence Mr. E. Page, S.M., gave judgment for plaintiff for the amount claimed, less 10s.