THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19917, 2 May 1930, Page 6

THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. I'HUBSDAY. (Before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M.) "MEAN THEFTS." •William Lindsay Coota pleaded guilty to four charges of theft from Albert Cumberland in o£ 10s, 10s, XI, and £1 10s. Senior-Sergeant J. O'Grady said that accused was an employee of Andersons, Ltd. The man from whom ho had stolen waa a fellow employee. Mr \V J Hunter, for accused, eaid that he camo of a sjood family and had an excellent record both with his employer and with tho Technical College, where ho was attending classes in engineering. As a result of the charges, he had lost his job. Accused was a good singer, and frequently mixed witli people having more money than himself. This ' probably led to his sudden temptation. Mr Hunter asked for the suppression of accused's name Tho Magistrate remarked that it waa hard | te understand how some, young men fell into temptation. It was difficult to know how to keep temptation out of his way in tho future. The boy's father was a man of the highest integrity, but accused's thefts from his own mates were particularly mean. Suppression of his name could not be allowed. . Accused was placed on probation lor three years and ordered to refund £3, the balance of the amount stolen, within three months. STOLE GRAMOPHONE SOUND-BOX. Pleading guilty to a charge of stealing a gramophono sound-box, tho property of H. W Drury, John Benjamin Price was convicted and fined £2, in default seven days' imprisonment. Accused went to IJ. W. Drury's shop to purchaßo records, said Senior-Sergeant r. J. O'Hara. Left alone in the demonstrating room, accused pocketed the sound-box. Mr Drury noticed that the sound-box had been taken, and accused admitted having it in his pocket. Mr C. G. Penlingtoa, for accused, said that he gave as his excuse the fact that he was in tho habit of taking the soundbox off his own gramophono each evening to prevent his children from playing with it. Accused admitted having had liquor at the time. Mr Penlington asked for the suppression of his name since, were it published, lie would lose his position. The Magistrate eaid .he could not under any circumstances suppress the name of ft man of accused's a^e. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Thomas Bishop, a commission agent, aged 65 years, was charged that oa January 29th, at Christchurch, he obtained a motor-car valued at £BO from George William Tench by means of a valueless cheque for £BO, drawn on the Bank of New South Wales, Nelson; and that on November 4th, with intent to defraud, hs obtained from Alfred Sriscoll credit to the valuo of £2 9s 9d by falsely representing that a cheque for £o, drawn on the Bank of New South Wales, Nelson, was a good and valid order. George William Tench, partner in Tench and England. Ltd., motor engineers, • ot Christchurch, gave evidence of accused fl decision to purchase a second-hand car. When the cheque of the "Eureka-Maytag Company, Wellington, which accused said he represented, did not arrive, accused made payment for the car by a cheque of lira own on the Ba-nk of New South Wales, Nelson, which was valueless, he having no account with tho bank. Hugh Croniu, representing the company in Christchurch, .said that if authority had been given accused to purchase » car, it would have come through him from the directors in Wellington. Charles Robert Snodgrass, ledger-keeper, at the Bank of New South Wales, Christchurch, formerly stationed at Nelson, said that accused did not have an account at Nelson. , Detective Norman Waldemar Laugeecn, stationed at Christchurch, read a statement hv accused made to the Wellington police. Accused eet out that he had been given verbal authority to establish the company s branch in Christchurch, thereby involving the purchase of a car. On the understanding that rt was not to be presented, he had riven Tench the cheque to ehow the owner of the car as proof of sale. As far M accused understood, his wife had an account with the Bank of New South Wales at Nelson. Pleading not guilty to the first charge, accused waa committed to the Supreme Court for trial. The second charge was held over until May 18th. VALUELESS CHEQUE;

William Thomas, charged with obtaining from Stanley John Livingstone Hewitt goods to. -the value of 3a and £9 12s m money by means of a valueless cheque, was remanded until May Bth. Since other charges are pending, bail was refused. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Charged with using obscene language on Oxford terrace, William Clement Beckett Ford was remanded until May 6th for medical treatment. • A Leonard Eugene William Lorgelly (Mr A. C. Perry) pleaded guilty to charges of using obscene language on a tram-car, of failing to tender his fare, and of procuring liquor during the currency of a prohibition order. Mr Perry said that defendant had had some honey mead, which he did not know to be intoxicating. On the first of tho charges he was convicted and fined £B, in default 14 days imprisonment. On the other charges, he was convicted and discharged. ON LICENSED PREMISES.

Robert Edward Muir and John Bichard Muir were each fined 10s and costs for being on tho licensed premises of the Junction Hotel, Halswell, after hours William James Norman, the licensee of the hotel,,was fined £2 and costs for selling liquor after hours. Mr P. D. Sargent appeared for the three defendants.' ' On a charge of driving a lorry over the Clarence road railway crossing when the line was not clear, Prank Neal Menzies was convicted and fined £2 and cost*. Pox failing to register firearms which he purchased on behalf of the Burwood Rifle Club, Vincent William Major was convicted and ordered to pay cost*. CIVIL CASES. (Before Mr H. A. Young, S.M.) Judgment by default was given in the following cases:—Macdonald Lumber Co., Ltd., v. P. Dally, £2; Robert Franois, Ltd., v. R. Davis, 16s; J. W. Wood t. P. Kirby, £l6a; F. C. Raphael v. Harry Hills, £l3 10s; J..H. Wifeon and Co., Ltd., v. W. R. Cook, £1 9s 8d; Melodia Gramophone Co , v. Frederick Michael, £6 10s; R. McCormack v. B. L. Bird, £5; Chisnall and Stewart, Ltd., t. W. P. Fowler, £2 12s; Official Assignee in estate of W. H. Kerr v. R. P. Simpson, £l4 8s 2d; Para Rubber Co., Ltd., v. J. H. C. Thacker, £ll 4s 9d; P. and D. Dunoan, Ltd., v. L. Andrews (trading M L. Andrews and Co.), £1; the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of New Brighton v. Albert William Grant, £6 lis; flame v. Agnes Hay, £ll 3s 7d; flame v. George Ball, £3 12s 6d; same v. George Brunt, £4 12s 4d and £8 2s 9d; same v. Norman Stanley Pariyn, £3 16«; Albert Massey Lugden v A. Howard, £8 2s 3d; Maling and Co., Ltd., v. P. Wood, £3 17s Id; flame v. H. Williams, £2 oe6d; same v. J. Bterritt, lls4d; Frank A. Cook, Ltd., v. J. W., Cotnyns, £8 2s 9d; same v. E. Smart, £7 4s; Stockers Motors, Ltd., v. S. Graham, £2,loff; New Zealand Farmers' Co-op. Association of Canterbury, Ltd., v. E. Flaus, £5 7s 3d; Edwin Herbert Lindsay r. Charles Raymond Mitchell, £29 15s; Westport Coal Co. v. B. Spicer, £4 13s 9d. JUDGMENT SUMMONS. - M. Butterworth was ordered to pay, T. Dodd the sum of £3 7s 9d forthwith, in default four days' imprisonment. A. Greedy was ordered to pay 3. Ballantyne and - Co., Ltd., the. sum of £2 17e Id forthwith, in default three days' imprisonment.