LEVIN MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Shannon News, 19 September 1924, Page 2

LEVIN MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

. • At the Levin Magistrate’s Court yes_ ; leauuy oeiore Mr J.‘ L. btout, .b.M., m me tallowing cases, judgment went lor ueiendant by default: — ' Gabriel Assail y. Joseph Williams, £i -4s t>d, costs Us. , lu . James Watson v. J. Munro, £o L* 3 , costs £1 10s 6<i. , , , r Francis Henry Best and William Stewart Park v. Tiki Timiona and Kaka Perawiti, £lO ss, costs £5 16s t>u. JUDGMENT!, SUMMONS. In the case of Ernest Arthur Harold George y, L. Simpson, claim lor £5 i6s 6d an order was made ior the amount claimed With costs 15s 6d, in default seven days’ imprisonment. POSSESSION OF DWELLING. James Avery claimed the sum oi £l4 9s 3d rent nom James Watson, in deiauit possession of dwelling. An oriter was made for possession on. or before 3Qth September, with judgment ior tiie amount claimed. QUITTING A MOVING TRAIN. Thomas Brown and George Frederick Eeles, charged with quitting a train whilst it was in nation, were convicted and fined £1 and costs 7s. CLAIM FOR BOARD. Wiki Eanita claimed the sum of £SB in respect ol board and grazing for stock from Warahiki Hamta. a counter-claim of £124 6s 8d was preferred by defendant. Judgment 'by consent was entered for £35 with costs £7 Is 6d, the coun-ter-claim being withdrawn. DISOBEDIENCE OF MAINTENANCE ORDER. In the; case D. M. Donghi v. Albert Edward Donghi, in which disobedience of a maintenance order was alleged, the arrears being £l2 12s to September' 4, a sentence of three months’ imprisonment was imposed, to be. made non-operative should defendant pay up. CLAIM FOR INTEREST..

Frank Herbert Roaiens Gorringe, as executor in the estate of M. H. E. Gorringe, deceased, claimed from Ernest Upham and Martha Bell, as trustees in the estate of the late Charles Bell, the sum of £174 6s 6d, interest and balance of purchase money in respect of a farm.— Judgment by consent with costs £l2 14s. * GVSE OF MONEYS; ADVANCED. The remanded case of Mary Elisabeth Standen, in which she claimed £56 5s from Raphael AUano, for moneys lent and wages due was heard. At. the previous hearing, the defendant had denied liability on both claims, me case being remanded in older that he should produce receipts bearing on tiie case, and his s bank book, Mr K. E. Adams stated that the case was adjourned to enable a search to be made for some confirmation of the plaintiff’s evidence. Alter, -the- . nad; been adjourned plaintiff came to. him and stated fhat shortly after the money had been lent, defendant had expressed annoyance that he had paid tiie money into the wrong account, mis had given epunsei a clue which lead to the discovery that Alla,no had two bank books. On getting the second one made up it was found that on November 13th, which was about the time the. loan was stated to have been made, a sum of £35 in cash had been paid, into tilts account. Hc held that tnis was strong corroborative .evidence of the loan.

Judgment was given for £3O, the sum claimed to have been lent, with costs £6 3s, the claim for wages being disallowed. RESERVED JUDGMENT.

In the case Levin Furniture and Woodware Company v. F. Turguse, claim for £55 8s 6d, reserved judgment was 'given for defendant with costs £6 9s.