MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Shannon News, 18 October 1927, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

LEVIN SITTING. A sitting of the Magistrate's Court at Levin was held before Messrs P. Goldsmith and T. Brown, J.'sP on Fridav, when a by-law ease, a numbei of cases against owners of wandering stock, and undefended civil cases were d ° alt CUTTING THE CORNER. Arthur James pleaded guilty to a charge that on September 27th, at Parker and Vincent's corner, when he was driving a dray he turned into Bath Street without driving parallel to the footpath on the left side. He was fined ss, with cost ""os. WANDERING STOCK.Charges laid by George Watson, Horowhenua County Ranger, were then heard, and most of the defendants were fined in their absence. W II Webb, who permitted torn horses to be at large on a by-road at Tokomaru, was fined- 10s, with costs 12s It was four years since his last conviction. The same penalty was imposed on R. Walden, charged with having a horse- at large on the Main County road, Tokomaru, on September 11th. The offence occurred at night, and the Ranger said there had been a complaint about this practice. The horse in this case was a black one, and therefore all the more difficult to see in the dark. Eor having allowed a horse to wander on the Main County Road, Tokomam, on September 21st, J. Dalzell, a first offender, was fined ss, with costs 12s The horse was believed to have escaped from the paddock, said the Ranger, but apparently the defendant took no trouble to recover it. W. 11. Miles who allowed a cow to be on the Main'County road, Tokomaru, on September 11th, was fined 15s, with costs 12s .The Ranger stated that the animal was abroad about midnight, and this was the owner's second offence, as he was before the Court last March. When a case against C. J. Ohvecrona was called, his son appeared and stated that the fence where three cows got out, at Ihakara, was covered with metal from the road.. The charge was that of allowing three cows to be at large on September 28th, on the Main Countv road. The Ranger stated that the part of the road where the cattle were wandering was one,that was dangerous for people driving cars down die hill. The stock were abroad in the day-time. Defendant was bef ore_ the Court about six months ago. Defendant's son stated that the family had been on the farm some 14 years and this was only the third offence. A fine of 15s, with costs 12s, was imposed.

Skipper Royal next appeared to explain how he came.to be charged with illowing three cows to Avander at Ohau ,)n September 27th. lie said that the cows belonged to his wife. His gate was one that was used every day by children going to school, as well as jther people, and it was frequently left >pen. Unless he were to put a padlock on it, he could not keep his cows n. The Ranger stated that this might >e correct, but the cows were grazing >n the road and the gate was closed. Royal had been cautioned before, but ;his was his first offence for a long ciiue. The Bench imposed a fine of 10s, with costs 12s. SHANNON BUROUGH CASES.

Several cases from Shannon were presented by J. A. Swindlehurst, Borjugh Banger. Roland Hayes was fined £l, with •josts 10s, for allowing two horses to jtray in Stafford Street on July 4th. The Banger described the defendant is an old offender, who had been warned on several occasions. He also stated that the offence took place at night; he explanation offered was that the horses broke away from the gravel pit ■.vhere Hayes was working t One cow wandering at midnight in Plimmer Terrace, Shannon, on July L2th, was responsible for the charge xgainst Robert Buckman. The Ranker stated that there had been several complaints about this cow. The reason submitted was that the cow worked its way out of a paddock and the defendant did not know it was at large, fie had been previously convicted, and on this occasion be was fined 12s 6d, with costs 10s.

On July 26th two cows were in Plimner Terrace, and on July 28th two were in Slicehan Street, all being the property of Mrs M. Davis. The Ranger rated that on the 20th the two cows lad been at large all night and had done damage to several people's garlens. These cows and also those found m the 28th he impounded. He had .varned the defendant on many occasons. She had no accommodation for he cows, and had been grazing them on ;he street. Defendant was a previous offender. The penalties on this occasion were 10s on the first charge and £1 on the second, with 10 costs in each instance.

Jas. Curran, sen., was charged that on July 6th, he allowed a horse to wander in Stafford Street. The Ranger stated that he had warned the defendant before. Defendant had not been guilty of putting the horse on the streets, but ho made no attempt to repair the fence throught which the animal got out. A fine of 15s was imposed, with costs 10s. / UNDEFENDED CIVIL CASES . Judgment was entered for the plaintiffs for the amounts named in the following undefended cases: — A. McNab v. J. Stewart, £5, costs £1 13s (id; Commissioner of Taxes v. Thomas Angus Wrigley, lis 2d, costs 8s; Isaac Henry Pentecost v. Dorothy Graham Collingwood, £2 8s 6d, costs 8s; P. H. Harris v. Marakopa Weremu Matakatea, £1 10s, costs 14s; same v. Tamati Hetariki, £2 3s 2d, costs £1 lis 6d; E. Allmans, Ltd., v. J. McCraken, £3 10s, costs £1 5s 6d; same v. H. Hudson, £4, costs £2 18s; Commissioner of Taxes v. Gotlieb Grumwald, *£7, costs 15s; W. J. lorns v. A. E. Elliott, £4 0s lid, costs £1 6s 6d; A. & E. Hyde v. E. Young, 17s, costs 8s; same v. It. Shaw, £2 3s 6d, costs £1 3s Gd; Levin Sawmilling Co., Ltd., v. J. W. Thompson, £2 13s, costs £1 3s 6d; M. Fraser v. B. Chisholm, 7s lid, costs

17s 6d; Thomas James v. William Davis, £2 4s 6d, costs £1; Colin Melntyre Sellors v. Thomas McGill, £ll 10s, costs £3 Is; Mary Adamson v. Phyllis Briinble, 12s Cd (part claim), costs 8s; Horowhenua Comity Council v. Gilbert Ernest Glover, £7 15s, costs 18s.