MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21384, 29 January 1935, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

MONDAY 'Before Mr E. D. Moslcy, S.M.) REMANDED A man. whose name was ordered to be- suppressed. was remanded until February 5 on a charge of stealing 2s. Bail of £SO was allowed, with one surety of £SO. William B'-ooklnri'.l wax remanded ! -.*it;l January 20 nn a charge of steal-::.-S a pack of playing cards valued .'ij Gd, She property of Woolworths, L'd. Robert William Leeming, of White Rock, a labourer, aged 33, and Alcx•'•ider Hamilton William Day, of Mount Hutt. a labourer, aged 24 iMr F. D. Sargrnii, were charged with on November 5 at Whiteeliffs i n<? ci'ir-J;. :>fl *;i"!inophon<; records, one jvnr of j=vr mm*:-, two bottles of wine, 10 !r,v.p.>or;.\ six tins of fruit, and P«r! of h bottlr. of whisky, of a total 'nlue of i:; lo?. the property of £rn< :-t Alfred Johnson. Accusr'i were remanded until February .">. Ball of £IOO was allowed man. with one surety of £IOO, on v:-i;tio:i ill,'it thev report daily to the P'>! >p. DRUNKENNESS Aiiihor:;. Shannon, a labourer, aged • r,i . of no fixed abode, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for drunkenness, having been four times J'ievjously convicted within the last >--y. months. On a charge of breaking •'< prohibition order he was convicted snd discharged. ROGUE AND VAGABOND Thomas Thompson was charged with being a rogue and a vagabond, in that : -e* had insufficient lawful visible of support. He was convicted r, nd sentenced to nine months' iniln?r>nme::i, having previously served ,f rms of Mirr-c ;jud six months for the efTcnec. CHARGE DISMISSED :> Arthur Orr, a bus propriety, of Oamaru 'Mr R. A. Young), l/.radtd net guilty to a charge of i'i:-,.;:'';itefi while in charge of '*■ 1 "•!' ."Manchester street on SaturC S-ih-ti, .;.rcior P. A. Maclean said 1 Ore had been found sitting in ■ ' un ; c!e the People's Palace m -"'•i.iiiC:.c-ler . ;reel. He was vomiting ' t.'.e- :f*c of the car, and when ' .ran ;hc poiice station was con- * '■!<:. cd i, ( 1, . intoxicated. l\r 1j: deifhee it was slated that Ci i ; t!\owner of a car which ' i'd bf-c.s driven by himself and ccm--'•aiiion. inn: Oamaru. Orr had leU 1 'i'.'.f-jj v.iiile in a tea room with his < ornrjunio:::.:, and had gone outside to ia the car. He was taken ill and 'as in that state when he was tf (i. At the time he had not. even 1 ' keys with which to unlock the < . '-her rnsgisltate said he had no doubt Or;- was in a state of intoxication v; -'h!e in the car, but it was quite evident that the whole object of the section under which Orr was charged '■'. as to prevent people becoming a to the public; the section rc- " rrcd to the person in charge of the part of the car. He had ; 0" S:.; •-•!<• ; i with the evidence on i'„f * j j.. ;:cc'.i.~ed, that he was not 1 * '•b.'irg'- i..f iji v . mce'hanieal part of 1 • n ;!»« charge would be disri. .-i fit• Jif■ r tin flll - s'i> pression et r( j He was Cl 'irrrfi !«, p;,y doctors' expenses.

TRAFFIC CASES Traffic offenders were lined as follows (and ordered to pay costs unless otherwise stated): — Cycling at night without light: Frank Tuict Cowpcr, 15s; William Bearman, 15s; Joseph Kiddcy, 15s. Dangerous speed: Charles E. Fcathcrstonc, £2; David L. Meadows, iOi. No heavy traffic license: Porters Motors, costs only; Leslie Cox, 10s on each o£ two charges. Noisy exhaust: David 1.. Meadows, 20.-; Norman F. Orchard, 20s. Overloaded motor lorry: Canterbury | Co-operative Poultry Producers, 20s. | Failing to give way to traffic on right: Angus Davie, 20s. Parking longer than time limit: I Gilbert F. Ellisdon, ss; Lucy E. Harris, 10s: Lindsay D. Lang, 10s. | Parking in prohibited area: Jack D. j O!liver, ss. Proceeding against automatic sigI nals: John L. Woodflcld, 10s. | MAINTENANCE COURT I t Before Mr H. P. La wry, S.M.) i Albert Isaac Bunt, for disobedience of a maintenance order, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, warrant, to be suspended so long as lie pays oiT arrears at the rale of £lO a month. John Herbert Inglis, for disobedience of a maintenance order, was sentenced lo three menlhs' imprisonment, issue of warrant to be .suspended so long as he pays ofT arrears at the rate of 2s Gd a week, in addition to the current, payment. For disobedience of a maintenance order, John McLean was convicted ana ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within six months. Edward George Gardiner was ordered to pay 10s a week towards the maintenance of a child. For disobedience of a maintenance order, Ernest Lo Compte was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within six months.