THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18147, 9 August 1924, Page 7

THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. FRIDAY. (Eefore Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M.) REMANDED. Go-rge McDonald, alias Samuel McDonald, alias Cox, 34 years of age, who i le-ded not guilty to a c_-r»"- of being aec rned an idle and d.sorder.y person m that he had insufficient ws-.bie lawful means « 8 "P~ p rt, was remanded to appear on £-iaa. bcxb. i "MAKE YOURSELF SCARCE.'' Ma-gsret Cecil a H nsbury, .1 middle-seed wo.nan, pie.d.d sruiltv to a charge <A m-v----ii? been found and to a ,' urt f" charge of having .-.rocured liquor during the currencv of a prohibition order. The Magistrate said it w-s bard to know h w to chcc-c the woman. He had once sent her to P katoa Island for two years but she had been released about three rmnths aTO a.'ter having Veen there a year. Her list" of previous convictions snowed that she had been guilty of obscer.e language and drunkenness on several occasions The accused rsxed h's Wo.ship to give her "just one more chance," and said tliat fih- had work to go to in St. A.bans. The MB.-V.rate s:-id f>at St. Albans was to> no-r the city :nd ho'c's: if the woman h-d work to ro (o in Ch v:ot cr >? *>~f p-flco up that way it would be different, because she would thon be 30 or 40 miles aw y. from nnv hotel. , Tho accused was net slow to take ad-va.nt-.ge o; a rause to expr.-sa her willingness to retreat to Cheviot for a time; she '•o that day. i Thc'M-."V-.Vo said he would convict her, but wou'd "vs'ro-e sentence untl to-day and, if bv then she h-d msd? herself hj« ff-nH convict without penaly. tfut, ho said to the accused, "if you still round the to "n I will sentence you.

MOTORCYCLISTS COLLIDE. Stewart Barwa'.d, a young man pleaded rot guilty to a charge of ba-vnig d-iven a mot r-eve eat an exce sive speed in P; P a ™ ; Tie c..de:ce cf the pilice showed that the Indian moUr-cyclo ri'den by the de endant had collided w th a Triumph motor-cycle at the c r-cr of Girer's road and . HarefWoo ror-d. Papain. The defendant hsd at an excessive speed and wilhiut lighted 1 mps r.ttached to the machine. Ge re Cuirns, the young man with y holrl tho defendant collided, said he could rem mber nothing of the accident, because he had been injured and lost his memory since 'that n_ht. The fi-st thing he cou d remember w s • W he crme to h s eenses ir hos i al. He cou'd fainUy r?menber h a work and he ihought he had switched on hi 3 electric lights The defendant's evidence was to the effect that on the evening ot ihe accident, which had occurred at about 5.35 o'clock, he was travelling at about 18 miles an hour; he couid not have Leen going faster than mat btcause he had anoUer man on the cycle with'him. He contended that he had a lighted lamp attached to Uie cyc.e, and that the accident was due to the man Cairns, who, he said, had not a lamp on his machine. He had suffered a lecture of the skull as a result of the mish..p, and had been put to considerable expense. The Magistrate said that in Els opinion both men were to blame. Cairns had lost his memory, and could not tell anything about the acc.dent, but the evidence of witnesses showed that he had no light on his cycle. He did not think that the defendant had a lamp either. The evidence led him to suppose that Barwald and Cairns had both driven in a dangerous manner, in that they had no lights. Barwald was convicted and fined 20s and costs. TRANSFERRED TICKETS. Charles Ashby and Arthur T. Blackwell (Mr R. Twyneham) pleaded guilty to transferring a railway ticket, against the railway regulation. Counsel said that Blackwoll, who purchased a ticket from Kaiapoi, gave it to Ashby because he got a motor ride to Chri9tchurch. It was certainly a technical breach of the regulation. Defendants were each convicted and fined 5s and costs. "A TEST CASE." Roy Twyneham, solicitor (Mr O. S. Thomas), pieiiCtca not guuoy to u, charge ot haviug ieii, his motoi-car without lighted lampo attached on Alahsucjd avenue. sergeant t. yuarieiiuum s*id me ciicuraetant.es ot the case were somewhat unusual, ai«ci the dtc-sion wou.d be of importance to tho Justice Department. The cur had been found standing in iront, or nearly in lront, of XwynetiaM's house, but when he had been appioa-.hed about the matter he said: "I mane u.o lurther statement about that." lhere was "thus an absence of evi r dence that 'iwyneham was the driver of tho car, or in charge ot it, hut there was no doubt that he was the owner of the car, for the registration number proved that. The car had been left outs.de the house in Mansfield avenue from 5 o'clock to 7 o'clock on the night of Juiy 12th. Mr Thomas submitted that there was no case to answer, because t«t evidence of the police had not shown that the defendant was, at the time in charge of the can, or that he had driven it. The Magistrate said that under the circumstances there was a case for the defendant to answer. The car had been found very near his place of residence, and he did not dispute the ownership. The registration card (produced by Mr B. i Macintosh, City Traffic Inspector) showed that the car had been the defendant's property for some years, and there was no reason to suppose that he did not still own it. However, it was practically a test case, svnd he would inflict only a nominal penalty. Defendant was convicted and fined 5s and SEQUEL TO COLLISION'. Norman L. Beid (Mr C. S. Thomas) pleaded not guilty to a charge of having driven a motor-car in a dangerous manner, and Benjamin Shillito (Mr K. Twyneham) pleaded not guilty to a charge of having driven a car in a negligent manner. The evidence showed that a collision had occurred between the cars driven by the defendants at the corner of Papamii road and Sawyer's Arms road, at about 3.30 o'clock on the afternoon of July 6th. jilUir hearing leugiuy eviueme tiie Magistrate said he couid not accept fcihiuiui's story. bhiJito appeared to be not so caxeful as he shouid have been under the circumstances. His duty was so to control hio car that if anything passed the end oi bawyers Arms road which he couid not pass he should be able to stop. The case against rteid was dismissed, but Shiiiito was convicted and fined 40s and costs. Edwin Arthur Emmett w«ro convicted and fined 10s and costs for having driven a Ford motor-truck without a certificate of ability. A further charge of having driven in a manner dangerous to the publio was dismissed. It was stated that defendant had collided with a tram-car when he came out of a 3ide street, but the Magistrate, after hearing the evidence, held that the accident was due to the rate at which, the tram-car. was travelling. UNREGISTERED DAIRY. Richard Roderic Mundy, who pleaded guilty to having exposed milk for sale in an unregistered dairy, was convicted and fined £3 and 19s costs.

TRUANCY. For failing to send their children to school Henry Pateman and Alice Toyne were each convicted and fined 5s and coats. BY-LAW BREACHES. For leaving a motor-car in Heeley Park, David St. Clair Gunn and McCrackeh were each convicted <md fined 5s For drving a motor-car without lights Thomas Hanrahan was convicted and fined Victor Brden Todd was convicted and fined 5s and costs for having ridden a bicycle on SVvkted and ***£•«* <***»■ JUVENILE COURT. (Before Mr H. *• Widdowson, SJL) AD 'sfi£r bo^. ba A Edwards, manager oj the Receivin? Ho£e,^SL the fath« had made some SfproVementa in thelicMa as a g comptonts The children were w""*"* well fed and dean but they were not "& Srffc «!«•-***-; to obtain a Kuse other than the one in which the children and he now lived .and he maintained that some be£? should be left with him. It bad been stated thlt the parent drank on an aveiag. three pinte of beer a day, and tngt w** correct, but the man *•-■??_ **£ to strip the eldest girl, who nn*Uy «ers hon£ but W*l submitted that Bh. probawPneeded it for the eUyed out UUi*i visited a pl*ee which he conXl unsuitable for her the sum of £5 per week, and he did not w*nt ha children thrown on the State, because "ne could »upport them. The father, in evidence, «ajd be loot a» -rife abeoi lour jeara ago, cad since then.

L v- bec £ s hh *** for the child<hat£d«tthat r^ yt in S wae a' l "'Bht, but nit V ■ c , h ' ld «2- Ho w.rked out in the pen an night and slept in the davtime. J on y had two nights a week to himself. y- admitted that he purchased three gallons >i beer a week, and dr?nk about three pints • lien he came home from his work. Ever since his eldest girl went away from home 'US e.dest boy, 17 years of age, did the -yoki-g; it was "pretty rough, but still "Tm "° go ln for the fanr 7 tack." What about their cl.the=?" asked the Magistrate. "Who mends them?" 'I do." naid the father. "I mend the clothes and Joe (the eldest boy) washes them—baths them—once a week." " D .°, l hey go to school?" asked the -Magistrate. ••They're the most regular school kid* in he distinct," was the reply. ' .'Weil, what do you F ay to this?" said us Worship, as he lo.ked al a certain apC j ii K he headmaster says here they Are dull always dirty, and have a, cowed ook at all times." '/m* f ?*her denied that such was the case, ihe Magistrate said that if proper arwere made to look after the children by an approved housekeeper the lather w<,uld be tiven a chance to brmg hem up They should not be allowid to *tay ln the under the present condiions as they were not under proper control. However, in the meantime one of lie boys must remain with relatives, and he other two must remain in the probation home, and enquiries' wou'.d be made as to the people who had chaige of the little girl. The case was adjourned till September 6th.