MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21985, 8 January 1937, Page 14

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

THURSDAY (Before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M.) CHARGES OF DRUNKENNESS Maxwell Steele Ramsay pleaded guilty to a third offence of drunkenness within six months. Senior-Ser-geant D. L. Calwell said that Ramsay was a habitual drunkard, and had been drinking methylated spirits. The magistrate said that if Ramsay appeared again he would get three months’ imprisonment. He was fined 20s and ordered to pay costs, iri default 14 days’ imprisonment. Henry Joseph Huggard pleaded guilty to a third offence of drunkenness, and was allowed until Monday to leave the city and find work in the country. REMANDS GRANTED Archibald Stewart and Alexander Hughes Moore were each charged witn being rogues and vagabonds m that they had no lawful visible means ot support, having previously been convicted of being idle and disorderly. Chief-Detective W. H. Dunlop asked for a remand until January 14. He said that they had been arrested the previous night, and it was suggested that they might be implicated . in breaking into a place. CREDIT BY FRAUD Harold George Benjamin Galbraith (Mr P. P. J. Amodeo) made a voluntary appearance and pleaded guilty to obtaining from the Employment Division of the Labour Department, £9 18s by a false declaration of income. Chief-Detective W. H. Dunlop said that Galbraith had been on sustenance at £1 13s a week. He had been employed at a nursery garden at Styx lor some time and had received about £2l for his work there. He continued to draw sustenance, and had said that he was not earning any money. Mr Amodeo said that Galbraith had paid back the £9 18s to the police, and had made a frank statement. "The court will lose patience with offences of this sort very soon,” said the magistrate, "and these cases will soon be treated as I feel you should be treated—by a term of imprisonment.” Galbraith was ordered to come up for sentence within 12 months if called on. CONVERSION OF CAR Vivian Harvey Were, aged 22 years (Mr D. J. Hewitt) pleaded guilty to converting a car valued at £260, the property of Albert Leslie Large, to his own use. but not so as to be guilty of theft. Chief-Detective Dunlop said that Were had hired a rental car from a company one day and had undertaken to return it the following morning.. He had taken it over to the West Coast and returned to Canterbury. He had driven south and had been arrested at Oamaru. He did not have a driving license, but borrowed one from a relative. A year ago he had taken his father’s car. and had been dealt with in the juvenile court. Were was what might be called “somewhat irresponsible.” / Mr Hewitt said that Were had been 16 times in hospital in the last five years, and was still under the care of doctors. He had had to spend Christmas in gaol, and had received a sharp lesson. Were was ordered to come up for sentence if called on within 2 years, and was ordered to pay back the cost of the damage to the car and the other costs incurred, as directed by the Probation Officer. He was convicted and discharged for driving a car without a license.