MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1932, Page 5

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

, BUSINESS AT : HOKITIKA. : ■ i BEFORE MR wTmELDRUM, S.M. : There was. a sitting of the Magis- . 'irate’s Court .at Hokitika this morn- : , itig; Mr NV. Meldruih, S:Mu being on W’SWadh. ' # . ;/_yiCivil OtIM. / Manning and Co, proceeded aftaihat R, Whiley (Mr Murdoch), claiming the sum of £29/14/10. When the ense was heard this morning there was no ap. pearance' oft 'plaintiff, /or counsel for plaintiff, and the Court allowed costs. for defendant. , t' 1 ■ A; J. Willmott was ordered to pay Addison’s Ltd. the sum of ;; £4/7/6 in , default 10 days’ imprisonment. ' . . f VfBroaches of By-Law. ‘'. j 1 A. Beban, for parking, his caf nj; wrong manner was fined 1 5/- and costs. Charged with permitting a horse to wander, John Lane pleaded not guilty. The Magistrate convicted “'and dis- . charged defendant. i . . / A. .Wallace was charged with/riding a motor cycle without a tail light,.and was fined 51- and costß. / • Maintenance. Order Breach. Hector Turnbull was charged with the disobedience of his maintenance order.! 1 , ' 1 Mr Murdoch for plaintiff stressed the trouble that defendant had caused the Court, and said, that the order, had been reduced from 12/6 to 5‘- a week, ' ‘ .. . . ,The Magistrate convicted and dered defendant to pay arrears/ in fault seven days’ imprisonment. Magistrate Dismisses Ca«e. Christian Cook (Mr Murdoch) was charged with failing, to ’keep to the , left; of the road. , / ’ A plea of hot guilty whs -entered. / /;, Constable Randall said that this case ,• was the outcome of an accident at the intersection of Sale and Stafford Sreets. The other car involved was on its ; correct side, but defendant’s car was not. Mr Murdoch: Did defendant not say ,that the approaching car was travelling so fast that he had turned to the right, in a state of emergency, in an endeavour to avoid a collision.— Yes, that was the substance of his statement at the time..,, v. ’ . • The Magistrate observed that a man was not culpable if it were proved that he had broken a by-law t 0... avert an accident. , . , Defendant, in the box, said[.that■ “«.«. had sweivcd sharply to avoid colliding. and said that he would do the same thing to-morrow if lie found himself in the same position. , The case was dismissed.