MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 123, 18 February 1920, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE AND CIVIL CASES. Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., presided at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, and dealt with the police and civil eases. William Jones Williamson was remnnded till Friday on a charge of theft of a suit of clothes, valued at X 5, the property of Nolio Toki. Bail was allowed in the sum of .£SO and one surety of .£SO. Thomas Stephen Davis 'was sent to the Roto Roa Inebriates' Home for twelve months on charges ofc drunkenness and a breach of his prohibition order. He had been six times previously convicted for drunkenness during the past six months. John Saul, for insobriety, was fined 10s.. and three first offenders were leniently dealt with. CIVIL ACTIONS. Judgment was given for plaintiff by default in the following cases:—H. Bodley and Sons v. Annie Froggart, £2 2s. 3d., costs 10s.: Guthrie, Brown and Co., Ltd., v. Blackball Co.-op. Association, Xl 2 17s. 7d„ costs £2 03. 6d.; John Francis v. R, ■Ramsay, iB, costs 255. 6d. j Thomas Walker v. William Mark, £'l 18s. Bd., cosis 125.: Macky, Logan, Caldwell, Ltd., v 0. ,T. Glover, .£3l 10s., costs .£2 17s. TENEMENT CASES. Thomas Edward Nixon was ordered to give up possession of a tenement to 11. VV. Frost and Isabella Cairns by March 18, and to pay £1 Gs. Bd. accrued rent and £1 19s. costs. .' CLAIM FOE. RENT. Eliza Clark claimed the sum of -C 3 -!s. from Alice Mitchell for eight week's rent of a room at the rate of Bs. a week. Defendant counter-claimed for £a damages and 76. Gdl special damages, because, she nlleged, plaintiff locked her out of her room when she was three weeks behind with her rent, and demanded the payment of not three, but four weeks' rent. Sho had been unable to obtain any of her clothes and certain other belongings. Plaintiff admitted that she had locked the room, but ilat'.y dqnied that sho had refused defendant leave to remove her belongings. Judgment was given for plaintiff on the claim for Gs. with cosis, and for the defendant oil tho'counter-claim for 245. with costs. A NONSUIT. Edna Gertrude Burton, for whom Mr. T. A. C. Ilislop appeared, proceeded against Alfred Douglas, 158 Tasinan Street, to recover possession of premises oocunied bv defendant. Mr. Ilislop stated that plaintiff had purchas?d the premises. and required them for her own use. Tho necessary notice to quit had been served, and no rent had been accepted. Mr. J. Scott, who appeared for defendant. said that rent had been paid to plaintiff's agent, who had served the notice to quit on defendant. Tho notico was irregular, and on that ground ho asked for a nonsuit, which was granted, BY-LAW'CASES. Mr. E. Page, S.M., dealt with the bylaw eases. Harrv F. W. Latham was fined 20s. and costs, and William .T. March 30s. and' nosts for having driven motor-cars on tho wrong side of citv streets. James- Edward Taylor, who committed n breach of the by-law requiring cyclist" lo have at least one hand on tho handlebars. was fined 20s. and costs. John Burgess was charged with having exceeded tho speed limit in Lambton Quay, also with having ridden past a stationary tramcar at 100 great a speed. Burgess did not appear. It was stated in evidence that Burgess rode an ordinary bicycle fitted with an engine along Lambton Quay at a speed of 35 miles aji hour, and refused to pull up. He rode past waiting passengers at three tram stons. and was eventually pulled up by Insnector M'Cortie "crowding" him. On the charge of exceeding tho speed limit, Burnesa was fined ,£1 and costs, and on the second charge .£5 and costs.' Norman Clout admitted that a part of his stables had become infected with fly larvae owing to an oversight on his part, lie was fined 20s. and costs.

Henry Purris, for whom Mr. G. W. Hellish appeared, was charged with havine unwholesome fish in his possession at 47 Courtcnav Place, with intent to sell same. and also with having Bold to .Tohn Devine unwholesome fish. According to the evidence, a man made a pure.haso of fish at the shop, and, finding the fish unfit for consumption, returned it, and complained to the police.- Constable*' Devine then visited tho shop, and purchased fish, which was also found to bf unwholesome. Hr. Hellish explained that difficulty had been experienced i'n keeping tho fish in first-class condition on account of the hot weather. Parris was convicted and fined £2 on the fn'at charge and <£1 and costs on the second charge. Douglas Stroovant, an assistant at tho shop, was convicted add discharged tor, selling the fish to the ordinal complainant. For driving n motor-car in Cuba Street at a greater speed than fifteen miles per hour Ronald Yates was fined 10s. and costs.