MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23300, 9 April 1941, Page 12

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

TUESDAY ' ;.\m | (Before Mr E. C. Levvey, saqirj THEFT OF BICYCLE y-~ | Percival John Marshall, aged « | farm labourer, of Belfast, guilty to the theft of a bicycle valuM at £9. ■ • vl Senior-Sergeant J. Bickerdike ati® the accused had bought the bicytfcl under a hire-purchase agreement**; £•l3 in April, 1940. He had KeptSl his 1 , payments till the end of the yeat! and then sold the bicycle for ss. iffi sum: of £9 was still owing on theihffi chine, . | The Magistrate committed die ael cused to a Borstal instituticg*for yCarS ’ THEFT OF BHgJP | ? George Henry Johnson (Mr D. £ Hewitt) pleaded guilty to the theft d a brief bag and contents, valued i 18s 6d, the property of William For the police, Detective-Sergeant McClung said accused had entered'thfi office of New Zealand Newspaper Ltd., to insert an advertisement, ais| while there took the bag. which hs| been left on the floor of the office-bit another customer. After he had hew interviewed by the police, accused hat returned to the newspaper office ajj! had abused an employee who had'*.i fiisted the police in their inquirieiTS , The Magistrate said the attempt ft . suborn a witness was a serious nutS ter. The Court would not, such conduct, and if accused had.beatil charged on that count he would htoel had no hesitation in dealing with him. A fine of £5, in den®.; 10 days’ imprisonment, was imposed,. J TRAFFIC OFFENCES ' : || Fines, with costs additional in eai|'| case, unless otherwise stated, were i£§ posed in the following traffic offence»4l Failing to give way to the right; Keittp J. Brown, 20s; Frank Carr, 20s. p«.i ing stationary tram-car: Frederick' Elderton, 20s. No warrant of fitnejk,: Donald Lamberton, ss; John Hansen J Warring, costs only; Charles Atkin- ‘ son, 20s (failure to produce drivings licence, 20s); Alister Duncan,: 5s (no? driver’s licence, ss). Exceeding speed * limit: Vernon C. Pockson, 20s; William j Park Smith, 20s; Dennis Patrick Kyne,; £2.- Overloading heavy traffic: Henry T. Stephens, 20s. Towing cyclist: Warren Hart, 10s. Driving in a dangerous’ manner: Richard Trevor Pither, 10s, ;| Driving without reasonable consider- ) ation: Margaret Lucy Rhodes, £5. No ? proper number-plates: Benjamin How-1 ard Rumble, £2 (no warrant of fitness, i ss* failure to notify registrar ; of dls-, posal of vehicle, costs only). • ’ FALSE INFORMATION \ , Terence r Edward Hornby pleaded? guilty to a charge of giving false in-: formation regarding his name and address when applying for hire of •; rental car. • • Inspector A. B. Archer, for the Transport Department, said there was; another charge also, of having interfered with the speedometer of a rental car while it was in his possession. The first schedule with Rtetal, Vehicles Regulations, 1939, contained a specimen agreement for the.hiring of rental cars and interference with the speedometer was mentioned’* in this agreement, though not .in the regulations themselves. , . . . - , i The Magistrate held that he. had no jurisdiction to hear the charger which was withdrawn at the direction of the Court. 1 . T • ■ On the other charge, Inspector Archer said defendant had supplied the driving licence held by his brother. In imposing a fine of £3 and costs on this charge the Magistrate wafned defendant that he was lucky not te find himslef facing a criminal charge in respect to the other allegations. OVERLOADING. RENTAL^A^ Rex Dasler was fined 10s 'andfjor- : dered to pay costs for operating-1 ; rental car with more psasengera jnan i the number stipulated in the wanantl of fitness of the vehicle,* The Magistrate said type seemed to be increasing MTS suggested that some method shouM Br adopted of indicating mbre the hirers of rental vehicles the pn-a ber of passengers that could be carried in the vehicles. §; CIVIL CASES ||V I (Before Mr H. A. Young, | JUDGMENTS BY DEFAULTS ,-, £ Judgment by default was giyeft plaintiff with costs, unless otherwises, stated, in the following civil Thomas Brown v. William JonnStoßCS Anderson, £ 641 Is 10d| Beadle W#ldin<|. affd Engineering Company, Ltd.,iV. T.|, A. Mills. £1 3s 6d; T. C. Held Doreen Henderson, £lO 4s 6d; T. C;®. Reid v. W. Tate, £9 5s 6d; Boothi Mac-| donald and Company, Ltd., v. J. C. Mcr| Ewan, £3 4s 3d; Pannell and Com-g pany, Ltd., v. N. A. Brown, J. C. Deer and W. Willesl.tiadßiqMg Sydenham Service Station y. £4 8s; Cyclone Fence and Gate pany, Ltd., v. R. L. King, £2 9s_6§S Ernest William Christiansen, man Cpgfts, 15s: E. ,W._Chrj^, tiansen v. Mrs B. D. Bordot), Ashby Bergh and L. Stewart, 145.. ■■ vf ORDER FOR POSSESSION J| An order for possession was grant«d| * to Christina B. E. Bates against;,&hA’t thur George Benjamin, on* or before April 29. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES : H. W. , Lawrence was ordered thfiay Edward William Mason Cole, £jr;6s" : 0d forthwith, in default eight; day* v imprisonment. , , v r 'i£> James Mahalm was ordered tp pay A. Hansen. £l2 13s 6d default 14 days’ imprisonment ttne: warrant to be suspended as long ai. he pays 10s a week in fortnightly-yl*, stalments beginning on April 10. . CLAIM UNDER CONTRACT: A. Seyb (Mr C. V. Lester) claimed £25 from Amanda Long, executrix ox the estate of the late F. Long A. Barrer). alleging the amount w. the balance due under a contract-W which plaintiff was to be paid £SO“* attending to vineries owned, by ;me defendant. ■ ivSat'' - Evidence was given by plaintiff he entered into a contract in OcW>c>’ ! 1939, to disbud and thin the defeiWh ant’s vines. He carried out the until February when he left the crw. in excellent condition to be cut. WJ packed by the defendant. .He m been paid £25 for his services birt defendant had refused to pay maining £25. I For the defendant? Mr Barter J the contract provided for disbudding* . thinning, and general managementthe vineries. He contended that included cutting and packing the tWand that the plaintiff therefore.hafl not completed his part of the eonJW, . The Magistrate held that in FCWw ary. when plaintiff left the vmes.j* should have seen that f v fTythmg j e , going on all right and that the „ ■ fendant was able to carry on. thought plaintiff was entitled 40 paid a certain additional his services, but not the whole art)® Cl Judgment for £ls. with costs; was given in favour of plaintiff, ■