MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 45, 17 November 1920, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE, CIVIL AND BY-LAW CASES Mr. V. K. Hunt, S.M., dealt. •with the police cases in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. Edward Jolin Hayes ; (for whom Mr. A. B. Sievwright appeared) was remanded until November 21 oil a charge of damaging a plate-glass window (value dERO), •the property of.lsaac Hunt. Bail was. allowed in «£GO, and two sureties of .00 each. On a charge of drunkenness ho was fined ss. in default iVrenty-four hours' imprisonment. Leslie Herbert Howe was sent-to prison for fourteen days for stealing 10s. in money and a packet of cigarettes, the properiij- of the person in whose liouso ho was living with hia wife and family. On another charge, of wearing military war ribbons without being authorised to do so, he was fined JC2, in default fourteen days' imprisonment. For drunkenness, Florence Palmer was fined 20s. Agnes Campion, for committing a branch of her prohibition order, was convicted and ordered no come up for scntenco ylien called upon. She was also ordered to pay 17s. lid. medical expanses. Georgo Frederick Haigh, 19 years of age, was charged with stealing a wallet and X 8 as. in money frortf a hfiardingliouse in Auckland on August 7. . Haigli was staying in. the boardinghouse, and stole the wallet from a fellow-hoarder. He then eamo south, and goti into tniole at Dannovirkei, where ho was sentenced ]to t3irj«yeiW reformative treaty merit. Chief-Detective Word suggested lliat the youth should ho convicted and discharged, and tho Magistrate adopted the suggestion. A remand to November 2-t was granted in the ease of Andrew Murray Boggs, who was charged with committing a serious sexual crime. CIvfCASES

Mr. W. G. Riddoll, S.M., dealt with iSie civil business nnd gave judgment for IjJiiiiiliff "by default m "'the .following cases-.—Diamond and Hart v. W. E. Northeote. .£3 155., costs 225, Cd.; W. Ice v. Bertie Bent, £i 19s. Cd., costs 255. Gd.; John Giles v. C. Moran, .£ll 7s. fid., costs '.£2 Its.; May Marquis v. J.. Courtayne, £2 35., Costs Bs.; Public Trustee v.-Wil-liam Day Lcslio, .£5 os.. costs .£2 Is. Cd.: A. and P. Food Co., Ltd., v. Sidney. Mead, £2 15s. (id., costs .£1 3s. Gd.; City Milk Supply, Ltd., v. Daniel O'Leary, X'l 13s. Ifld., costs 95.; \.X. Express Co., Ltd., v. A. Jansen, .£1 2s. Ifld., and costs; Munt, Cottrell and Co., Ltd., v. Mrs. L. Lange, costs only (8s.); Hood Bros. v. Clement 31. Eggleton, .£2 17s, 9(1., costs .£1 3s. Gd.; La'ery and Co., Ltd., v. Wong Young and Co., .£59 2s. 10d., costs -E2; Dunlop Rubber Co. v. James O'Connor, ■C 17.125. lid., costs £2 195.; Harringtons, Ltd., v. Jack Saunderson, .£1 12s.', eosls Ss.; Hope Gibbons, Sons, nnd J. 13. Clarkson, Ltd., v. Waiisbrough .uid Co.-, JEIS 155., costs .£1 35.; E. Reynolds and 1 Co. v. M. 10. Henderson nnd H. E. Martin. ,£3G 2s. 3d., costs £1 10s.; same v. ]\ N. Waiisbrough, 15s. 1(1., costs .£1 10s.; Ellon E. Murray v. J. Hone, JCI Us. Gtl.. costs 145.; Rut'h Eobertion v. 13crt W. Milium, JC2S, costs <£4 3tf. On a judgment summons G. S. llodglcinson was ordered to pay the City Printing Co. .£2 by December <1> in default 'forty-eight hours' imprisonment. TENEMENT CASE.' Frank Hunt was ordered-to give up possession of a duelling ail Karaka Bay to Beatrice Kathleen ' Walsh nnd Lola. Hoar Knyvett by December'l7, nnd to pay .£ll ißs. accrued rent, and costs. CLAIM AGAINST I'.P.A. Ernest A. Evans, of Wellington, late secretary'of (lie Protesihnt Political Association, . Chrislchurch (Mr'. H. F. O'Leary), proceeded against tlic association (Mr. C. H. Taylor) to recover the sum of -£23, being plaintiff's costs of moving his family and fnniitilve ftoni Wellington l<b Cliriatchurch in January, 1919, on being appointed secretary nnd organ-: iser for the. defendant association at Christcliurch'. ■ . ■ : • In. his evidence plaintiff •; stated - that I lie "was engaged as organiser of " the Christcliurch division, and went to Christcliurch in January, 1919. He resigned in October, 1919, because the association'wns unable to pay him; in fact, he knew three months before that the association wns in a bankrupt- condition. Hi! prepared, a statement, which wns sent to Wellington, and Mr. Bilby then went, down to Christcliurch. A canvass was made, and a certain sum wns collccted, but the bulk of it was forwarded to Wellington, the Christcliurch division being lcfilwith just sufficient to pay working expenses. Plaintiff stated that in a letter written by, Mr. Howard Elliott to the Christcliurch execu-' tivo there was a footnote recommending the. C'hristchurch division to pay his removal expenses. The defence was a denial that tliero was any contract to pay the removal expenses. Howard Elliott!, national organiser of the P.P.A., said tlwt negotiations with the plaintiff began through an advertisement inviting applications for an organiser. • The salary was ,£250 and Jravelling expenses. Witness made the arrangements, -which were afterwards confirmed l>y the executive. The question of removal expenses.wnsnoverraised and never discussed between thorn. It was incorrect to say flint he (witness) had promised lo pay i\lie removal expenses. It had never been done previously. Evans was anxious to secure the position as Christclnirch was his home town, nnd he thought he would bo able fo do good work amongst, the P-rotcshan-ts in the unions,-lie having been president of tho Tramway Union in Wellington. Witness could not recollect having written at t!ie foot of "his letter to the president o£ tho Christcliurch division recommending' that Evans should' he paid his . removal expenses. He thought it was most unlikely that ho had done bo. As this particular letter was considered valuable evidence, the case wns adjourned for a week .for the letter, to bo produced. BY-LAW~CASES

For allowing stock to wander Patrick -Cavaiing!i was fined 40s. mid costs, and A. E. Lambert; Ms. and costs. . For exceeding the speed limit in cit\>street, 1 :, Victor Mountier and F, G. Mountier were each fined 40s. and 7s. costs. George Boaglehole was similarly fined for a similar offence. For driving at an excessive speed, in Chews LaM Melville Wilkins was-fined 2fls. and costs 7s. For cutting round street comers in ■iflieir motor vehicles, .11. Bodon and Bernard G. Piper were each. 1 fined JOs. and 7s. costs. For riding a motor-cycle on the wrong side of Adelaide Road, William Burr was fined 10s. and costs 9s.