MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23188, 27 November 1940, Page 14

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

TUESDAY v (Before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.Mj ■ JEHOVAH'S WITNESS CONVICTED Brian Beresford Oliver, one of. two Jehovah’s Witnesses whose case was heard recently, was convicted and dered to come up for sentence if called on within five years. The charge-M" been adjourned to see that Oliver returned to Australia, and Detective, Sergeant McClung said that he h a a been seen off. The charge was the usual one of participating in the activi. ties of a subversive organisation. GAOL FOR THEFT John Roy Alfred Chote was chafe with stealing a hat worth £2, them, perty of Thomas Reid, and fiveaSa, glasses, worth 3s 9d, the properMS Catherine Brooks. Detective-Sergeant J. McClung (fey that Chote was 21 and married, tried on several hats at the Hitz dfe hall and chose one. The owner in the street and followed Chote hofce. The beer glasses, found in ChffteV flat, had been taken from the MaiM Hotel. It was a mean kind of that Chote had committed in the dance hall, said Mr McClung. Accused on probation at present for an oflegfc connected with sly-grog selling; on occasion he had received money.® diverted it to his own use. WMr H. W. Hunter said that Chote’lwj' drunk when he took the glasses. ■'But he was prohibited," said-flit Magistrate. . . . , > “Nevertheless, I am instructed-.-mi that was the position,” said Mr ter The accused had domestic trouble and a fine would meet the case,„-jjS submitted. , ~ „ ~ , . “This dance hall theft business common that it must be stopped," igaid the Magistrate, in sentencing Chofefo JO days’ imprisonment. For the -that of the beer glasses he was convitttf and discharged. REMANDED '■k' Ernest Charles John Storer, i&V labourer, aged 26, pleaded guiltyfto two charges of failing to sums of money that should have befe paid to his employer. Detectiy*. Sergeant McClung said that there a total of £SB 7s 8d involved; tbf which '£B 7s 8d was the propeiMi{ Florence Brothers, and £SO belong'd to Augustus Florence. Storer had worked well for to ms months, but when his employer.Jjjl ill he was put in charge and he begin to live beyond his means. He had,!*!, lected the money on a milk round tfad from coal purchasers. J} Mr J. K. Moloney said that Stmer had had an unfortunate life. •■■Uij father died and his mother went mental home, and he became a wardef the State. He was a good tradesman and could be well used in the force, Mr Moloney submitted. Storer, ,Was remanded to December 3 for sentence to enable the Probation Officer .to make a report. ■; 1’ GIRL PUT ON PROBATION A girl of 18, whose name was -ordered not to be published, was -,admitted to probation for three -yefers, when convicted of theft. She willjJremain in the charge of the Salvattoif Army for that time. Mr J. K. Molptofy said that it was a sad case. TRAFFIC CASES ,{J, Speeding: Frank Dykes, £2; Charles A- Hart, £2; John R. Keown,;#£2; Isaiah Lee, £2; Mabel Ann Fermiftfler Boag, £1; Frederick Pearce, £1;. Allen Beresford Sowden, £5. Exceeding.-35 miles an hour, with trailer; Derrick William Joseph Gould, costs otfivl-Eo warrant of fitness: Charles D. Birchfield, ss; Leslie Victor Crothers.rss: Allan Edgar Marston, costs Morgan 10s (no driver’s licence,Sydney’ McConnell, 20s; Johrtl.VL, Walker 20s; Arthur Leslie Balmy, costs only (no driver’s licence Thomas W. Hughes. 20s; Dowlas A. Robinson, 10s. Failing to rjdip lights; Catherine Desmond, -#£2. Proceeding against red light; Arthur Bussell, 20s, Refusing to preface licence: Frank Curgenven, cbn« and discharged. Parking in promblted area: Frank Dumergue, 10s; Sugden. 20s. Wrong classification plates; Ellesmere Transport Company, costs only. Failing to give way: William I, Murray, £2; John Needham, £3. Unlighted bicycle: James Harrison Weir, 10s. Passing stationary tram: Charles Owen Coman, 10s. Cycling without hands on bars: Mervyn Betts, costs only. i CIVIL, COURT (Before Mr F. F. Reid, S.M.) ’ CIVIL CLAIMS Judgments for plaintiff by default was given in each of the following civil claims: —L. B. Scott, Ltd.- (in liquidation), v. L. Young, 15s; Roy® s Bros, and Kirk, Ltd., v. Edward JAbell. £26 Os 6d; Calder Mackay Co, Ltd., v. R. G. Dunn, £5 17s 6d; Smith and Smith, Ltd., v. A. G. Bennett, £1; E. S. V. Velvin and G. T. H. Henderson (trading as Velvin and Henderson) v. O. Turner, £l2: Bishop and Co., Ltd., v. Percy W. White. £3 6s 3d; Trade Auxiliary Co. of N.Z., Ltd., v. A. Trefflbarth, £3 2s 9d; same v. A. H. Strong, 18s 6d: same v. S. S. Street, £2 UsJd; Gordon Hubert Wicks v. Ivan Meachem. £2 12s 6d; Glassons, Ltd., v. M. Conza, £2 2s; Cash Order Purchases, Ltd., v. E. M. Clements, £4 0s 9d; same v. H. Hastie. £1 19s; J. Mercer and Sons. Ltd., v. C. Beaumont, £4 l"s; same v. H. Yaxley, £1 15s: Andrew Lees, Ltd., v. L. England. £l9 6s 6d; E. E. Dowd v. A, S. Smith, £3 15s; Dominion Motors, Ltd., v, R. A. Wilkins, 10s 9d; Bishop and Co., Ltd., v. T. Scott, £3 3s 9d. JUDGMENT SUMMONS A. Robertson was ordered to pay JA. Innes £9 Is 6d. in default 10 dap imprisonment, warrant to be suspended if 10s a week is paid. , ORDER FOR POSSESSION An order for possession of a tenement was made against Leonard Henry George England in favour of the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand, warrant to be suspended if arrears are paid at 5s a week in addition to current rent, weekly.