INTERESTING CASE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10638, 17 May 1912, Page 6

INTERESTING CASE

CONCERNING JEWELLERY. Twio interesting icascs in which the | •wnership of 'jewellery, etc., was iri- I volvedi, were- mentioned in the Magi'strate's Court at Masterton yesterday. Meri Flevs-, aboriginal 'native of Ma6tertei\, irauglhit ,tD re cover from Herbert WHikai Toenail, 'i'aiw der'k, of Masteaiton', cue five-diamond ring -and one four-pearl ivrng of the ralue of £SO a.ul £1 respectively. The- r'.'l:.;Em«ift of claim set out (1) lihati plaintiff .purchased f>:bm her daughter EttiV iLouis-e .Gaiieford one five-diamond ilng ai:U one four-pearl ring; (2) that I'jhe euiid' rings were deposited' v>.h -.1 e late CCian-ks Pownail ifor custody and tore" (now in possession \f? deforciant; (3) the defendant lias admitted having custody of the .rings ar.d refuses U> ■vcivAni. thorn to the said 'E. L. Gwisford or to 'hand them •to .plaintiff's solicitor' on the plaintiff's behaV.f. Thte pMrftiff .asks for judgment for deli-very -of the said rings -specifically. In. the other case, Herbert William Pownail, of Miuterton, executor iri &ho estate .of Charles Aylmer Pownail, late c'f Masterton, solicitor, deceased, claimed from ,E.ttie- Gb.feford, of Mastertbn, wife of 'RuEsell Giaisiford, of Master toi:*, ,sheepfarmer, certain' goods and chattel—viz., a kiwi V.a!b valued at £25, one emerald and diamond marquise ring valued, at £35, and one Gladstone 'frag valued z)j £3, which defendant wrongfully retains and refuses to (hand over to the plaintiff, or iff possession .cia.iin.at iba had, t l he .plaintiff claims t'o recover from defendant the •sum of £63, t<hc vd'.ue of the said goods. i Mr G. iH. Cu-Hen 1 , Who appeared ifor Gncs.ford, stated that 'a n:otkm had ibeen filed 'by liim on dike previous day, 'applying to have the action 'removed to the Eiupremei COurt, and he asked, for' an. r/jhttrnment cf ' the riaso. Mr Harold Cooper, who appeared for Herbert'WOtiara IiWr.WH, objected to the application' toil it-he ground thai I delay wasbJaig sougho in. view of pen- j ding divorce proceedings. Ma- Oufleci ©tated that -lie had onlly, received instructions on tihe previous ' day from Mr 'Dol-atf, who was acting in the divorce case. After bearing counsel on. the mat-. ter, Mir Reid gractod the application, aidjowrav'ng the cans till May '3oth. ■Mr ioc'ipsr asked ifor full irosto. Mr Reid decided to reserve the■quesitioii of costs &r the Supremo Court. t Mr Cooper then mafle ar.< •applieJai\yx to add Alice E. Pownail a,s a p'la.imtiff " t!he caise- of Tfiwn'all v. Gaisford, Mi- Eeid consenting.