MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9030, 17 January 1908, Page 6

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

A civil sitting of the Masterton Magistrate's Court was held yesterday morning before Mr W. P. James, S.'M. ! Judgment for plaintiff by default was given in each of the following debt cases:- J. D. Cruickshank and Co., Ltd., v. J. Lane, claim £4 lis lid, costs 10s; Garrick and Co. v. E. Walworth, claim £2 7s 6d, costs 10s; same v. J. Mul'.is, claim £5 ss, costs £1 3a 6d; E. Reynolds and Co. v. J. A. Wise, claim £l4 10s, costs £1 10s 6d; L. J. Hooper v. Wm. Russell Dixon, claim £7, costs 10s; H. E. Duckett v. J. S. Orchard, claim £6 12s, costs £1 3s 6d; W. Charman v. P. C. Buckthought, claim £4B 14s, costs £3 7s. Judgment summons cases were dealt with as follow:—H. J. Remington v. Thos. McKenzie, claim £3 Bs, no appearance of defendant, who was ordered to pay forthwith in default seven days' imprisonment, order suspended for 14 days; Alex. B. Charters v. Wm. Evans, claim £3. 3s, no appearance of defendant, who was ordered to pay forthwith, in default seven days' imprisonment, order suspended for 14 days; J. C. Ewington v. W. Evans, claim £6 6s, no appearance of defendant, who was ordered to pay £2 6s forthwith, in default seven days' imprisonment, order suspended for 14 days; Wellington and Wairarapa Motor Company v. H. Drake, claim £3 17s, defendant ordered to pay 2s 6d per week, first payment to be on January 23rd; Garrick and Co.* v. A. Noonan, claim £6 5s 6d, no appearance of defendant, who was ordered to pay forthwith, in default seven days' imprisonment, order suspended for 14 days; Neils Winter Albrechtsen v. J. Henry, claim £3 0s Id, no appearance of defendant, who was ordered to pay forthwith, in default seven days' imprisonment, order suspended for 14 days; Jas. Whittaker v. Thos. Maloney, c'aim £lO 19s, defendant ordered topay by instalments at the rate of 20s per week, first payment to be made on January 23rd. In the case of Thos. Ridgway v F. and T. Richards, a claim for £1 15s Id, judgment was entered for plaintiff with costs 9s, The hearing of a claim made by Abraham and Williams against J. McKenzie for £37 0s 7d, and a counter claim lodged by the defendant for £25, was continued. The claim of the plaintiffs, which was for 15 ram lambs sold to defendant in March 1907, had been admitted when the case had been previously before the Court. The counter-claim, which was disputed, was for 100 lambs, the property of the defendant, sold by plaintiff on May 30th, 1906. for 10s per head, whereas defendant had only been credited with 5s per head. The Magistrate gave judgment for plaintiff on the claim, and non-suited defendant on the counter-claim with costs £lO Bs.