MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22705, 9 May 1939, Page 14

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

MONDAY (Before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M.) REMANDED Edward Henry Ulett Greenfield, a labourer, aged 21. was remanded to appear in Auckland on charges of converting a car valued at £2OO at Hamilton, and of converting a car valued at £BS at Huntly. INTOXICATED IN CHARGE Patrick Milton Jackson, a salesman, aged 23 (Mr C. S. Thomas), was charged with being intoxicated in charge of a car in Cathedral square. Senior-Sergeant P. C. Felton said that Jackson's car collided with a telegraph pole in the Square at 5.55 on Saturday evening. When he left the car he was seen to stagger, and fall over the gutter when walking round to the front of the car. Dr. F. L. Scott and Dr. L. Bruce Stringer examined him and found him intoxiC3 Mr’ Thomas said that Jackson was more or less a stranger to Christchurch and in the darkness and drizzle hit a pole at the north end of the Square. The pole was very badly placed and was in a direct line from Colombo street. It was not lighted at the time, and accused, a stranger, did not know it was there, or that it was necessary to swing away from a straight course to avoid it. Accused hit his head against the windscreen and also hurt his legs. He admitted having some drinks in the afternoon, but stated that he felt perfectly all right until after the smash. It was significant that his companion, who was taken to hospital, was regarded as being shocked and not intoxicated. It was difficult to distinguish between the degree of intoxication and the degree of shock. The medical reports showed that the case was not a bad one. It was a case, said Mr Thomas, where the Court might decide to be lenient, as the loss of the licence would be serious for accused. The Magistrate: We have . laid it down as .an invariable rule that in these cases the licence must go. Jackson was fined £3O, and his licence was cancelled for six months and endorsed. OBSTRUCTED CONSTABLE Thomas Anthony Breen, a wood merchant, aged 23 (Mr F. D. Sargent), was convicted and fined £3 for obstructing a police constable. "This was simply' a case of a young man talking out of his turn,” said Mr Sargent. "You, and others, must realise that the Court will always uphold the police in these matters,” said the Magistrate in imposing the fine. Robert Brunton, a storeman, aged 24 (Mr F. D. Sargent), was fined £l3 and his licence was cancelled for 18 months on a charge of being intoxicated in charge of a car. RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS A married woman, whose name was ordered to be suppressed, was charged with receiving stolen goods valued at £24 11s 7d. She was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within two years. The goods, which were recovered, were ordered to be returned. MAINTENANCE CASES (Before Mr F. F. Reid, S.M.) Wallace Reginald Johnston was convicted and sentenced to one month’s imprisonment on a charge of being in arrears under a maintenance order, the warrant to be suspended on payment of 2s 6d a week in addition to the current order. Ernest Robins Palmer was convicted on a charge of a breach of a maintenance order and sentenced to one month's imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended on payment of 20s a week in addition to the current order. Vivian Bernard Hector Manson was ordered to pay £2 a week for the maintenance of his three children.