MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22388, 29 April 1938, Page 17

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

THURSDAY (Before M* E. C. Levvey, S.M.) INTOXICATED MOTORISTS

Hugh George Smith Glass, a boardinghouse proprietor, of Hanmer Springs, aged 59 (Mr I. Walton), pleaded guilty to a charge of having been in a state of intoxication while in charge of a motor-car at Christchurch on April 27. Sub-Inspector W. E. Packer said that accused was found asleep behind the wheel of his car, which was standing in a street. When spoken to by a traffic inspector, - Glass was in a drunken state, and the inspector had to hold him up. Mr Walton said that Glass had no intention of driving the car, but had got into it to have a sleep, thinking that he was entitled to do so. Glass was fined £ls and ordered to pay costs. His driving licence was endorsed, and suspended, and he was prohibited from holding a licence for 12 months.

A plea of not guilty was entered by Leopold Lewis Clarence Kelly, a traveller, aged 38 (Mr R. A. Young) to a charge of having been in a state of intoxication while in charge of a motor-car at Christchurch on April 21. Sub-Inspector Packer said Kelly was seen driving uncertainly. His car mounted the footpath on the wrong sjde of the road and crashed into a pole. Mr Young submitted that, although Kelly had had two rums, he was not intoxicated, Kelly was dazzled by the lights of an approaching car, and this was the cause of the accident. His condition was due, counsel said, to his being dazed after another minor accident before his car struck the pole. The Magistrate said that these cases were not diminishing, and the Court was gradually coming to the point •where it would give no option at all. Ip this case he would take into consideration the fact that Kelly had a wife and four young children. A fine of £ls, with an order for costs, was imposed, in default 30 days’ imprisonment with hard labour. Kelly’s licence was cancelled and endorsed, and. he was prohibited from obtaining another for six months. FURTHER REMANDS GRANTED Six men appeared on remand on theft charges, and one on a charge of having received stolen goods. On the application of Detective-Sergeant F. Sinclair, each was again remanded until May 12, bail being renewed. "There arc still. some more inquiries to be made,” said the detective-ser-geant, “but we hope to be able to proceed with the cases in a fortnight.” The theft charges were as follows: — Herbert Arthur Currie, a salesman, aged 38 (Dr, A. L. Haslam). three lamp shades, valued at £4 10s, the property of the Drapery and General Importing Company, Ltd.; Harold Herbert Stackhouse,, a motor-driver, aged 31 (Mr R. A. Young). two bales of binder twine valued at £3 18s 9d, the property of Maddren Bros., Ltd.; John Searle, a Id’rry-driver, aged 38 (Mr F. D. Sargent), a 400-gallon tank, valued at £8 10s, the property of John Burns and Co.; Tom Hazard, a salesman, aged 44 (Mr D. W. Russell), sheets, pillowcases, and two damage cloths, valued at' £lO, the property of the D.1.C.; Rawei Arthur Wilkinson, a storeman, aged 32 (Mr A. B. Hobbs), and Herbert Francis Hempenstail, a lorrydriver, aged 44 (Mr R. A. Young), four drums of petrol valued at £25 Bs, the property of the Vacuum Oil Company, Ltd. Hugh Lowther, a coal merchant, aged 53' (Mr W. R. Lascelles) was charged with having received a tank from John Searle, knowing it to heve been dishonestly obtained. The ball m this case is £ 1000 with two sureties of £IOOO each, Lowther being ordered to report daily to the police.

HANDBAG AND MONEY STOLEN A young married woman, whose name was ordered to be suppressed, pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen a handbag, valued at ss. and £2O in money, the property of Marietta Bemardette Patchett.- • Detective-Sergeant F. Sinclair said the bag had been left in a restaurant, where it was picked up by the young woman. The money had been recovered tflth the exception of £o. Mr U J. H. Hensley, for the accused, said that she had kept thfe money for about a week before spending some of it to pay *»nia. The husband would reimburse the owner. , The Magistrate ordered the accused to come up for sentence if called upon within six months, and also to make restitution of the £6. THEFT OF BICYCLE LAMP

A line of £5. in default 30 days’ imprisonment, was imposed on Dudney Fowke, a oamter. aged 39. who pleaded guilty to the theft of a bicyele lamo valued at 8s 6d, the property of William Raymond Sysum. Sergeant Sinclair said the lamp was taken from the bicycle a street.Mr D. J. Hewitt, who appeared lor Fowke. said accused’s trouble was dnnlo FALSE REPRESENTATION - Faithful GhaHea Meikie charged with havine obtained £4 us za i r ~f u the Employment Pro^3 t t i °hi s FU income falsely representing that his income was nil, was ordered td come up for sentence if called upon within two von-ro and to repay the amount men fioned Detective-Sergeant Sinclair said that Melkle who pleaded guilty. SM& a “hf’»s So. V closed. „ ON LICENSED PREMISES A fine of 20s. with an order for is mar *nd Bertram Ball (Shades Hotel). CHARGE OF THEFT Leslie Lewis Stalker, aged 38. a^la£SSf- St SSS ,£ a charge of having stolen a rug, a ram gfpwA "of 3 * Wilfred " Athdstane bloi ™io“rt. d d ‘tolS, ho M them so- A complamt wa. ma sa.ft.7. %sfB were lßte iccated m the h b D appeared for Mr D. J. Hewm. ho oeless cases'ln’ mesenT state. Drink was their trouble, he added. BREACH OF PROBATION OBDER Vnr having failed to comply with thl terms of his release on probation, wfnlf^ nS Jack Waddell, a salesman. Sal' (Mr J. Kennedy), was fined £3 and ordered to pay costs, in default 30 days’ P &S°W.dd C eu r w™ reLSd April M Neither had he taken out the prohibition order which was a condition of his release. IDLE AND DISORDERLY “This man has been travelling beNew Zealand and Australia for SSflSat five years without paying his fare ’ ? said Sub-Inspector Packer, when CMil Cooper Cralk. a labourer, aged to ttS.“ had a e , s; l toTd e ii:i.c^s p |s; SSSftom e whtoffK^" rt a ed ; When asked for an expiration, accused said he could not get work. He was remanded for a week, so that an , effort could be made to find him work.

CATTLE ON HIGHWAY

Howard Walter James, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of haying allowed cattle to wander on a highway, was fined £2 and ordered to pay costs. BREACH OF PROHIBITION ORDER For the breach of a prohibition order Nathaniel Herron was fined 20s and ordered to pay costs. CIVIL COURT (Before Mr F. F. Reid, S.M.) JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT Judgment by default, with costs, was given in each of • the following undefended civil cases: —S. R- Johns v, Michael Harris Angland. 10s; same v. Arthur Hughes, £1 6s; R. and E. Tingey and Co., Ltd., v. H. Murch £l3 5s 4d; Dalgety and Company Ltd., v. A. T T Dunbar, costs only; Vacuum Oil Company. Ltd., v. J. Donaldson, £l2 13s- Eileen Beckett v. Percy East, £l6 10s; New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association of Canterbury, Ltd., v. W R. Parker, £9 ss; W. Erasmuson, trading as Eras and Company, v. R. Barlow, £1; Ecroyd’s Garage and Transport Company. Ltd., v. G. Graham £6 7s 2d; Gordon and Gotch, Ltd.’ v. V. O’Gallaghan, £3; E. A. Jordan and Company v. M. Cannon, trading as Shalimar Toilet Rooms, 11s 6d; same v. D. S. Thompson, 17s_6d; Woofl and Salvesen, Ltd., v. J. Carter, £1 4s 6d. JUDGMENT SUMMONS

On a judgment summons, R. M. Watson was ordered to pay the Automobile Association (Canterbury) £4 14s 6d forthwith, in default four days’ imprisonment, the issue of the warrant to be suspended so long as 10s a week is paid.