Law and Order.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6, 7 January 1914, Page 5

Law and Order.

THE MAGISTRATE'S COURT

LAST QUARTER'S BUSINESS. Following arc details of the business clone in the Stratford Magistrate's Court during the concluding quarter of 1913: Sittings presided over l>y Magistrate 12, by Justices 24, eases heard liy .Magistrate 93, by Justices nil,

aggregate sum sued for £1645 Ms Id, recovered £1157 17s 3d, applications heard in Court or Chambers 2, ord-

ers made (other than on judgment summons) 2, plaints entered 176, distress warrants issued 15, judgment summonses issued 23, orders made on judgment summons 12, warrants of committal issued 6, writs of arrest issued nil, processes served within two miles 70, over two "miles 51, distress warrants executed within two miles !), over two miles' 1, warrants of committal executed 3, civil fees paid in stamps £ll9 2s, licensing fees paid in stamps £0 2s, criminal fees paid in stamps £l7 Is 6d, fines £lO2 10s persons'taken into custody, summoned or apprehended 130 males, 1 female, old-age pensions granted 10, refused 2, pending nil, juvenile offenders nil, arrests for criminal offences 17 males, summonses 83 males, 1 female, Maori cases 1. Chamber work: Applications to take evidence. 4 granted; attachment orders, 2 granted; applications for certificate of fitness under Licensing Act, 11 granted; miscellaneous, 20 aeard, 5 refused.

Revenue payable to local bodies: Stratford Borough Council. £4 15s, -even ofl'ences of driving without lights; Taranaki Education Board 15s, three charges against one person for failing to send children to school.