MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 143, 12 March 1920, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

BANK-BOOK FRAUDS SUSPECT BEFORE THE COURT

f At tho Magistrate's Court yostorday, i before Mr. E. Pnge, S.M., u young woman s named Grace Smith was remanded till 0 March 18 to answer charges of forgery. s Detectivo-SorgeaJit Lewis told tho Court - that during 1818 complaints were received 1 by the police that certain Post Office Sav:i ings Jkink accounts were being .operated on by unauthorised persons. While ins vcstigations woro being made the accused - was questioned, and immediately nftcra wards she disappeared, lloeently she was !■ located nt Palmerston North, where she was living under an assumed najiu\ Ihe e sum involved was approximately .flflfl. - Accused was alloged to have lorgcd the ! name of Eileen Ward to three with- ; drawal. slips. ' r Bail was allowed in the r,mil of JKaO, t with a surety of a like amount. i WATERSIDEE SENT TO GAOL. ! A sentenco of 14 days' imprisonment without the option of a fine was imposed r oil a watersido worker .1 nomas Daniel Evan, who pleaded guilty to a r charge of theft of a ham valued at /;1 ? 55., the property of some person unknown. . _ j Accused had been working on tho Kua--1 pehu, and on finishing work was seen by 1; Plain-clothes Constable Trieklebank hur- ! ryinsr off towards Thorndon Quay with the "ha,m in- his .possession. On being arrested, he refused to say anything, and although ho pleaded guilty on Wednesday he wan remanded til! yesterday in order to permit, of inquiries being made. Ac- " tused. hod been in Iroublp in Australia ■ for theft of moneys, and for forgericn in Now-Zealand. , " Accused told the Court that lie found ' the ham near a sling On the wharf, and [ took it. [ ALLEGED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY, i A remand for a week was granted in t ths case of Harold Coley. who was i charged with and robbing an - old man iifi'in&d Alfred William Kirk- ' 'and., . E Detective-Sergeant Lewis Mud ■ that i' Plain-clothes Constable Trieklebank saw the defendant' and Kirtland proceeding ■ in tho direction of Waterloo Quay. Kirk- ' land was.drunk. A little later ttie eon- ' stable heard bloivs being struck, and > snw accused running off. He gavo chase. '. The old man' .was unconscious, and it • was alleged that Hif accused had ns- ■' saulted him and robbed liini of .£1 ss. 3d., ■ also a tie, and a hotel worker's Hook. Counsel for accused (Mr. C. A. L. i' Trpadwell) asked for bail, but it was refuse;!. WHARF 1 LABOURER FINED FOB THEFT. 1 Walter Parker, a wharf labourer, was ' charged with the theft of 31b. of tea ! valued at-55., the property of tho Wellington Harbour Board. ' Accused was employed in the shed ! stacking chests of tea. Several of the ' chests wero damaged, and a quantity of the tea fell on-to the floor, whence some of it was taken by the accused. On leaving the wharf, accused was questioned by a constable about the parcel hi was carrying beneath his coat, and ho confessed to the theft. Counsel for accused (Mr. W. G. Mcllish) submitted that the charge was trivial, nnd should ■'bB dismissed. Tho tea accused .took..had been trampled on on the floor, and accused considered that it had lieen abandoned. The accused gave evidenco. In view of accused's previous good character,, the Mayistrato decided . not >o send him to gaol, but imposed 'a fine of X 5, in. default 14 days' imprisonment. ALLEGED;THEFT OF CLOTHING.';; George Howie, alias Bean, an inmate' of the Wo'j-aroa Training I'arm, was remanded t-'ll Monday on a charge of theft of clothing valued. at .SIS, the property .of . Herbert Aitken. Tho ac- : mined is alleged: to-have committed the" offence before .lie.was/aelit to" tho farm. civOu¥ness BALANCE OF, ACCOUNT DISPUTED,. Driller and .Company, glass merchants and manufacturers, proceeded against B. Smith, grocer, of Courtenay Place, claiming .£3B Is. E>(l. as 'balance of an account for fitting and repair work to the defendants' 'premises. Defendants had paid part of the account, but disputed the remainder on' the ground that the charges were excessive. 'After hearing the evidence, and the statement of an expert, the Magistrate (Mr. W. G. Riddell. fi.M.) held that one item had been overcharged for, and made n reduction of 7s. £d. upin it. Judgment was given for plaintiff for -C 37 17s. 3d., and costs. Mr. D. It. Findlay appeared for the plaintiff, nnd Mr, A. M. Salek for the, defendants. ... STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS PLEADED. .Walter Julius Jorgenson, fettler, pro-, ceeded against Thomas I'. Lyons, licensee of the Grand Hotel, Levin, claiming the sum ofyCIO 13s. -Id. as rent <luo* for a farm property at Kilbiriiie. Thedefendant rented-the property from the plaintiff at .-61 a wcolc for the period December, 1911, to November, 1912, and plaintiff alleged that the sum claimed was still owing. Defendant denied that ..the amount was owing, and pleaded the Statute'of Limitations. Plaintiff was nonsuited, without costs. Mr.- J. J. M'Grath appeared for tiie plaintiff, and Mi. C. B. O'Doimell for .the' defendant. . - .- UNDEFENDED CASES. Mi 1 . Eiddell gavo judgment for plaintiff bv default in the following undefended c-n'be?:—W T - H. Tisdall, ltd., v. li. F. Burlinson, ,£lB 75., .'osts .12 3s. Gd.; Commercial Agcncv Ll', and W. Wigging Ltd.. v.- W'.' Bar?, -£17(1 IS-s. 10d„ cosU .£7 18s.;;-Tripe and Ellis v. Lily Scanlon, ,C 2 Ms.,' costs 125.; E.M . Shackelford and Co.-v.. F. H. T. Wnshbounie,•&V7 2s. Id.. costs ":C3 18m.: Ci.mbined Buyers, Ltd., v.. 11. G. Hammond, Cel., :osts 18s.; S. G; Radford v. ,f!. Ifolton, ■£G 13s. (Id., costs ,tl 3-. (id,; s.nne v. Vera Camerot.. .£(! 2< Od., costs .C 1 3s. fid.; Lazarus Wolfo Balkind v. Francis Nomil and. Annie Carr, lis. fid., costs .£3 ls.; samo v. Miclud Jlmiay, -il,li ! -'7s. M.. costs 17s. (id.; E. W. Mills and' Co.. Ltd., v. Messrs. Eose and Stewart, -«2 IRs. 61.. eofk- ;0 I,'s. (id.; sntne.-.v. William I'inluysoii, ,i'l ps..l<l„ cords Ids.; Commercial Atv icy, 1 Id., and P. Cooper, Ltd., v. D. M. Orr. .£8 ss. 3d., costs ,£1 3yfid.