MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22802, 30 August 1939, Page 14

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

• TUESDAY (Before Mr E. C. Lewey, S.M.) TRAFFIC BREACHES The following penalties, with orders to pay costs unless where otherwise stated, were imposed for breaches of the traffic regulations in cases brought by the Christchurch City Council:— Speeding: Robert Henry Clifford, £3: Frederick W. White, £2; William J. Winter, £2.. „ __ No driving licence: Grame N. Dennison, ss; Joseph James Sweeney, 7s No warrant of fitness: Grame N. Dennison. ss; Daniel Robb, ss; Peter T. Bailey, costs only; William Botherway, ss; Terence A. Minson, ss; John Wilson, 10s. .... _ Carrying two parses on pillion seat: Grame N. Dennison, 20s. Parking over time-limit: Victor Rimdell Page, 10s; Leslie James Lohrey, 10s; William G. Oakley, 10s; Ida Olds, 20s; Percival M. Watson, 20s. Leaving taxi unattended: George F. W. Anson, ss; Ronald Burns. ss; Leon- ' ard J. Cattermole, ss; Clifford Goodwin, ss; Frederick D. Lucas, ss. No brake on bicycle: Roy Bailey, ss. Failing to give way to pedestrians on authorised crossing: Ronald Cook, 10s. , ~ . Driving at dangerous speed: Lloyd Craighead, £5: George Ettrick, £5. Obstructing bus stop: Wilbur Victor Dawson, 20s. Driving in dangerous manner: Robert Field. £3; William Williamson, 20s. Parking in prohibited area: Leonard E. Grimwood, costs only. Proceeding against automatic lights: Owen Ludlow, costs only; William 5s Failing ‘to signal right-hand turn: Rex Matheson, 10s. . , Failing to give way to right: Richard C. Muscbamp, £2. Driving without due care and attention: Henry S. Williams, 20s. The following cases were brought by the Transport Department:— Speeding: Robert Douglas Dick, 20s; Peter Ashwell, £2; Alfred Dixey. £2; Thomas Charles Foster, 20s; Ernest Richard Marsh, £2; Doris Ogilvie, £2; Vincent Rupert Peters, £2; Francis Patrick Ryan, £2; James Berkley Sloane. £2; Patrick Spratt, 20s; Kenneth Charles Boyce, £5; Leslie Harry Petrie, £2; Lester Wilson, 20s; Albert John Duder, £2; Ernest James Smith, 20s. No warrant of fitness:. Robert Douglas Dick, costs only; Joseph Thomas Biggs, costs only; Leslie Cox, ss; R. M. Gilchrist, costs only: Eric Samuel McGill, 10s; Ernest Robert Husband, 10s. Defective silencer: Peter Ashwell, costs, only. No driving licence: Joseph Thomas Biggs, costs only; (unlicensed vehicle 20s). Exceeding licensed load: Ernest Birch, £3. Exceeding heavy traffic licence: - Thomas Breen. £2; Farrier and Co., Ltd., £2 10s; Charles Humphris, 20s. No lights: Brenda Burgin, 20s. Defective lights: Malcolm Mcßae Burns, 10s; -R. M. Gilchrist. 20s. < No light on bicycle: Charles Hill, 10s. CIVIL CASES JUDGMENTS BY DEFAULT Judgment for plaintiff by ‘default’ was given in each of the following cases:—Christchurch Drainage Board v.- T. L. Tapp, £25 and order for possession; Drayton, . Jones, Ltd., v. A. E. Stevens. 7s; E. Reece, Ltd., v. Wilton and Towart, 11s (against G. Wilton, a partner in the finp of Wilton and Towart); W. A. Erasmuson (trading as Eras and Co.) v. J. Finnerty, £5 4s 6d; North Canterbury Hospital Board v. E. J. Garrick, £7 4s: Pannell and Co., Ltd., v. H. Halligan, £2 14s 3d; P. E. v S. Dale v. T. J. Dowler, £3 8s; Whittaker, Payton and Co., Ltd., ■v. W, Church, 10s; Cash Order Purchases. Ltd., v. Vera Edith Harris, £3 10s; Deanes. Ltd., v. E. J. Miller, £27 0s 4d; Bell Cycle and Motor Co.. Ltd., v. H. H; ’ Hallfgan, sen., 17s 6d; Booth, Macdonald and ’ -Co.. Ltd., v. Maclisters, Ltd., £ll 6s lOd; W. H. Tisdall, Ltd.; v. J. R. Hinds, £7 6s: M. S. H. Manning v. Athol Pester, £23. JUDGMENT SUMMONS B. Craig ;was'ordered to pay A. G. Herabrow £?. 18s M forthwith, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment, * warrant suspended as long as ‘ the defendant pays' 10s a month. W. Ward was ordered to pay S. R. Bryan £7 13s 9d forthwith, in default seven days’ imprisonment, the warrant suspended as' long as the defendant pays £1 a week. ORDER FOR POSSESSION An order for possession was. made against Ernest Andrew in favour of Edithi AnnieVAndrew and Alan Bowie Hobbs, with judgment for the - plaintiff ■for £26.. , , - ■ , ..