MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 11 March 1914, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

At last week's sitting of the Magistrate's court in Helensville a lengthy list comprising about 70 cases, came before Mr E. Page, S.M. Following are the particulars of tne decisions recorded.

DEBT CASES. Judgment by default was given for

plaintiffs in the following debt cases : W.

V. Worth v Konhi £2 14s Id, costs 14s ; jp. S. Masters v W. Paeksa £5 17s 9d, "" costs £2 8s 6d ; Stewart Bros, v Jack Rapana £9 14s 4d , costs £1 19s 6d ; Nicholas Pavich v John Fenton £2 10s| costs £2- 16s 4d ; Stewart Bros, v Nicholas Pavich £3 3s, costs 13s ; Stewart Bros, v J. J. Mason £5 5s 9d costs LI 3s 6d ; Stewart Bros, v Tahi Raihi £3 6s sd, costs 17s ; E. Bauman v Karl Belini £1 ss, costs 10s; James Stewart v Dawson Garland £4 7s 6d, costs £1 4s ; same v Lemon Manuka £4 15s 2d, costs £2 3s; same v. Henare Wiri £4 7s 4d, cost £2; Stewart Bros. Ltd. v. Matthew Panapa £3 3s Bd. costs 255; same v. Wai Pihema £5 16s 9d, costs £2 18s 6d; Stewart Bros. v. Wireti M*ihi £16 Us, costs £2 6d; Stewart Bros. Ltd. Heath 12s Bd, cost ss; same v. t«n*ef?araone £4 11s 3d, costs £1 Ss; Fra^k Deacon v. F. F. Clark £10 17s 6d. costs L 2 7s 8d; same v. John Fenton L 6 Id, costs LI 16f 6d; James Hand v. Thos. Trengrove L 5 2s 3d, costs LI 3s 6d; John Durham Foster v. R. Wickham L 5 11s lid, costs LI 13s 6d; Stewart Bros. v. Wiri Henare L 3 12 9d, costs L 2: Stewart Bros. Ltd. v. Panmi Tuhi LlB Is 7d, costs L 3 3s 6d; some v. Kipo Toko L 5 11s 3d, costs L 2 Is 6d; same v. J. Best, L 2 17s lOd, coses LI 4s; same v. Redmond Edwards and John Hetaraka L 2 13s, costs L 3 15s; same v. D. McCormack L 22 9s Bd, costs L 3 6s ; same v. William Pearson L 6 5s 7d, costs LI 3s 6d. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. Orders were made on the following judgment summonses ; Stewart Bros. v. Robert Henry Lee, claim L 67 17s Bd, in default 30 days' imprisonment, warrant suspended if L 6 a month be paid from March 4th ; same v. Nathan Manakau, L 4 19s Id, default 5 days in gaol, warrant suspended on payment of LI monthly ; same v. Panui Pirata, for L2B 9s od, de- j fault 28 days retirement, order suspended on payment of L 5 a month ; J. Stewart v. Hemana Brown, LlO 12s, in default 11 days in gaol, warrent suspended on payment of L 5 per monfli from April 4th ; Bert Hamilton v. Geo. Mann, L 9 14s 7d, alternative of ten days, order suspended on payment of LI per month ; W. V. Worth v. R. Porter, L 5 9s ;in default 6 days, warrant suspended on payment of LI per month ; Stewart Bros. Ltd. v. W. Milner L 9 17s Bd, in default 10 days, suspended on payment, of 10s per month ; Samuel Donnell v. R. Wickham L 2 18s 7d, alternative of 3 days, warrant suspended for one month. BREACH OF FISHERIES ACT. A charge of breaking the Regulation under The Fisheries Act by " stalling " was preferred against George Constable, the alleged offence being committed in the Kaipara harbour near Port Albert. The defendant pleaded that he had been off work for a fortnight prior to the incident with a poisoned hand, and that he slept in and allowed the nets to get dry. A fine of L 3 and 7s costs was imposed. An offence against the Fisheries Act also carries a penalty of forfeiture of n ets and boats used when the offence was committed. In this instance the Department has fixed the redemption fee at L2O. BUSH FIRE CLAIM. In a case in which T. Carroll sued the Rodney County Council for L2OO damages alleged as the result of a bnsh fire on complainant's farm, which was caused by the Council's workmen, judgment was given for plaintiff, after a lengthy hearing, for L 57 10s, with costs (reserved).