MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21400, 16 February 1935, Page 5

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

# ; FRIDAY (Before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M.) INTOXICATED IN CHARGE Raymond Murray Watson (Mr- D. W. Russell), salesman, aged .44 was charged' with being intoxicated in charge of a motor-car .in High sticex, on February 7. Sub-Inspector D. A. Mac Lean said the case was not a bad one. The magistrate remarked tnat the doctor's certificate contained com ment; the facts only should be pre . sented, and it was for the court w comment. Watson was fined £lO ana ordered to pay costs. His license was endorsed, and he was ordered to pay £1 is medical expenses. Watson was allowed 48 hours in which to pay. REMANDED Walter Campbell White salesman aged 33. was charged with obtaining £4 from John Reginald Woodley. on February 9, by false pretences. Wnw was remanded until February 21, bau being allowed, self in £25 and one surety of £25. * , Henry Frank Seymour, a torn a bourer, aged 25, was charged with wilfully breaking a plate-glass window valued at £ 15, the property of Walter Edward KMdy, thereby committing -mischief. Seymour, who, was n™i charged with behaving in a disoideuy manner while drunk in Durham street, was until February 22. FRAUD Edward Andrews Morgan, salesman, aged 30, was charged with fraudulently omitting to account to Christchurcn Vacuum Sales, Ltd., for various sums, amounting to £46 4s, received at Hokitika. He was further charged with issuing a valueless cheque for £ \2> i« 8d at Kokatahi. Morgan was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on the first charge, and four months imprisonment on the second charge, the sentences to be cumulative. , TRAFFIC CASES .Offences against the traffic regulations were dealt with as under (costs were ordered to be paid in each instance):— ~ , Voluntary appearances: Cycling ai night without a light: Alfred Chnstensen, Francis James Garland, 15s; Arthur Robert Neilson, ss; Moira Christensen, Douglas Coburn Wilson, ordered to pay costs. Failing to observe constable's signal: Frederick Campbell Drury, ordered to pay costs. Cycling on footpath: Alan Herman Campbell, Herbert Hirst, and George Townshend, 10s. No driver's license: Cecil Roy Davenport, 10s. No reflector or bell: Knut Carl Ernest Banks, convicted and discharged. Cycling on footpath: Edward Charles Coombes, 10s. Cycling at night without a light: George Henry Bailey and Bert Tavendale, 15s; Knut Carl Ernest Banks, 10s; Harold Wood, ss. \ Driving at a dangerous speed: Thomas Alexander de la Rue (Mr G. G. Lockwood), £2O. De la Rue's license was cancelled and he was prohibited from obtaining one until June 1, 1936. Rita Elizabeth Alice Dobson (Mr G. G. Lockwod), £3. Driving a motor-truck at night with insufficient light: Harry Mason, ss. Failing to give way: William Charles Dingey North. 2ps.