MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 49, 21 November 1919, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

COWARDLY ASSAULT TWO MEN SENT TO GAOL Sentences of 21 days' imprisonment ■were -imposed on Edward .Dare and Thomas Moore, who each pleaded guilty to a charge of hnving assaulted John Nicollas. The circumstances of the assault were related before Mr. E. Page, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court yesterday by Sub-In-spector Emerson, who said that the two defendants, .members of the crew of the steamer Manuka, boarded the vessel at livltclton in an intoxicated condition aiid went, to the cook's galley and when refused tea set upon the cook A carpenter named Nicollas Miteryened add for his trouble was severely,punished by thi.' defendants, being subsequently . knocked unconscious. . In imposing-, the sentences the . Magistrate said that assaults of ..this nature couhl not lie ,(oJerat;d.. Nico las appea red to have been considerably Knocked about whilst endeavouring to protect the cook. ■. ...... INSOIiItIHTY. . . lCmily -rosier was Mined .£1- for insobriety and-for a broach of her prohibition order was finod-sK.' . Patrick Faliey was fined- .£1.■. One first■ offender was fined • 55., and another was made the subject of a prohibition order. "OFFKNCK-uisDim ELECTORAL ACT. AVheii Harold Pinnock and Patrick 'Joseph O'Connor' wore ■ charged - before Mr. W. G. Uiddcll, S.M.. with offences under the' Electoral Act, Chief-Detective lioddam stated that, the cases had been brought at the instance ot- tlio Electoral 'Department as'a warning; and a heavy ■ penalty was not asked for. :Chief-Uetec-•tivfc lioddam said' that the ; .defendant O'Connor had signed the name of. his wife to an riirolnient form, and linnocK had signed tlio declaration as . a witness without having-seen the applicant sign tli6 document. ■ < , Mr. 11. F. O'Leary, who appeared for ' Thinock; said that prinr to a. general ' election, when-so m.anv claims vera being made-for enrolment it was only natural that mistakes shoulu be made. The defendant had committed the olteneo ' 'in ignorance. - - ' ■ The Magistrate-wits satisfied thai tlio olVenccs had been committed in ignor- ' attce, and imposed a- fine of Jli in oicti case. civilTusiness ; SALE of a house. - • Frederick Benjamin, I'resKdge.^rtW. • of 'Wellington, proceeded against the hti- ' wart Timber, Glass and Hardware Co., ' Ltd., for tlio recovery of Aif, being the ; price of a liorso sold by pluiuhQ to d* 1 fondant company, and, f„ r ' defendant company had failed to pay for. ! Tli.iidefe'neo was that the-.horse wa» jn.- ' chafed upnn- a representation that it V| v s-mi'id, but' when examined it wife found J. that the animal had a jarge tibiioimril 1 gioivtli. Defendants alleged .hat tho ' nl'iintilf a (, red to lake the Jioi>c back ' on account of its unfit condition, '■' but j,.when delivered: Plaintiff refused to ao- • hearing Hie evidence His Wor- ■ Ship gave amlgnien. for tOT ' the amount clawed costs . 'y' {] Mr I'. \V. Jrick e m appeared lor e ' plaint iff and Mr. W. 1!- Kennedy for the defendant comp J Cf.-AiM "WAGES FXIES. : , Hu- .tattoig » Jl» 'p'JSliJ'au 'ttot " ,mo ' >s , 'Ld to carry the meat and ■ clf,v ! a .!Xbe dle-'od that, his 'engagetiip. defendants. 5 . CLAIM FOE RFi:OVEKY'°F BATES i Dwan' Bros., hotel broke.. .-voided against George Jon =, n „ 0 f . respect Ot drfeiuL . took J r' S t V . were sll,, ' e(| \ fer tile rates and* ' Tl,ltt KtW to pay. The was ordered tow 1 lLbilitv for tlio L Ct'ff Uon VM defended ; m ■ view of other His Wor--0 Xl 7 T?-™ - \ HWm appeared for the **•. defendant. _ - ■ -nTSPUTE OVER COSTUME COAT. 4 tailor, who tfmsideied E. 3. 'Lat Woo • Page, i, as claim as» l,ist . Phillips,' tail"i. m n balnuce o{ s um Nellie Abel. K-T 0 f a costume, fhe duo for the malt * Tues day last, . case W V! S f(l Lnnt contended that tho when tho def ■ , ( tho back '• costume was too W r , she and whs \' ,!L ' 0 i foJ. a guin of <&.' s ' 9d ' counter-claimed ioi . ith the. ao- ' iTjg Wo'rsliui >tieoi«ca, bmit . the ( |uie:« cncc f anotliev-tnilor, with, tlio ®.' iiiiestion of fit .p'j juipj was also RW e n • plai'.itift and 'Mi. "• • .\lefeAdant. ' f heard by Jjv. for Aa ; icon Mat*nn.?ued • (lc f cn dant s . 10s.', being v the rate of . board and pi t0 October 1 . 55. per Y- iiff i aiin'Kl defendant ha'l which l>l:» ntl ." f , ' C ir iiig evidence His „„ r eed to. - ? for defendant " Worship gavo- G . MdiisU appear with cost- 4 - , \;V i( v . , H i Mr. 1- Jiuk 1 or 1 for the plaintiu -u-u tkskment CASES. . ■ ! n(V v was oixlenxl to give William. if bouse to "I 1 li^-Ti'-'ya' l ll >" I>cewl>er 6 pav i'l to deliver up Pf sW " ■ Vrftilk 1^ ,,1, | l Andrews lleovnVv lumber 4. and is to W -*-1 I V--A'H ,i Of a piiiititiii' jtnXlMlvST BY DF.FAI I'T. < judgment tW given by Mv. - , Veiteli and fallowing umletomKa w c(isls Allan v. llemy . ■ ift; ; I oss l-outtetl \. ft." l11 " .. T ti Vil cost, only; Motor . n 11. \utoniobile aiv l'"S u, £ r , 11 Tit a, JJWS'ili!': i-W;! I 1 \ ir\ <> posts tiO'Brien v. A. Maxwell, .1.. It,)t IXIMKST SI'MMONSF,?. In iudiiwent J" „nd 11 ,„ lL j, v. Whitaker is t > ' r " \M-va f-'< bv i.wtMn.ent.i of IK f n ,1 U' Milc'iel l c lO "• . rt«ii Vis 'iy . 1)0W,,,1 T l| w Ih-fault seven days' imprisonnieiu "Ye'teiHlav my throat was a continnal reminder of its existence, and mv or,pin was a perpetua imisouce. 1 tool. . three <b« f < of Biixler's LnM_ I'm*^«r. now niv frontal ornament is a u efal : member and my throat has ceased .fiom , troubling, 'cause the cold bu(! is • vest." 11. Crawford, 20 Symonds Street, , Auckland, is. 6d. bottle, e.m-Jiust or ' stovo.—Advt.