MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23315, 29 April 1941, Page 12

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

MONDAY ‘nSl (Before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M.) ■■haSl CHARGE DISMISSED , ' A charge against Maxwell Frederietjjiisl Carthy, a company manager, agedSl!r?l (Mr C. S. Thomas), of being intoxi.-E? cated In charge of a motor-car Cashel street on April 12, was dia-'j I '. missed , Dr. L. B. Stringer said he had cerJfe tified Carthy unfit to drive. Mr ThomnStf asked “Would it be true to say your opinion was based on three fnrfgqp —that his breath smelt of liquor, he had had an accident, and that h* admitted having had some Witness said: “Yes, I suppose that>£? would be so.” Vf| • Sergeant A. Mclntyre and two con.'' ‘ stables gave evidence on the tests done 2‘- : by Carthy at the police station, thr*® sergeant saying that Carthy put finger to his nose, and picked up pin “quite well.” Mr Thomas said he had many people on this charge and never seen a weaker medical report. went over the symptoms and said ihilfWi the report was not sufficient to shmri'V that Carthy was intoxicated at time of the accident which led to JitfMS'’ arrest. He had had five medium bemwf* equal to two handles, through morning, had lunch, and then into town. In turning, he brokdjj l #*' show-case beside a Robert Renton Bell, a dentist, aid he had extracted all Carthy’s top t©*;;,-, - about five weeks before the accident . Dr. W. H. Bremner said he had e*; -i - ■ amined Carthy some days after hi|Vt arrest and f<?und him in a general nervous condition. •' Sandyman Chambers Harris. GorddaaC 4 Graham Cameron, and Russell Ewing"?! • Hastie each said that when they spotoV" to Carthy, between the accident wiitm the time of his arrest, he was “d^lli 1 nitely sober.” ■ iajL The Magistrate said that there Wallll a doubt, and Carthy must have the®r, benefit of it. -0 THEFT IN VIEW OF CONSTABLE Ernest Dewe, a labourer, aged 37, was charged that on April 26 he apples to the value of one shilling,' Senior-Sergeant J. Bickerdike Mid*"that the accused, while walking past,- >' a shop in Sydenham, was seen to n*» move a quantity of apples from a cast>}|s outside the door. A constable ing a few yards away brought Dm#; back to the shop to be questioned, buttff' he ran away and had to be arrested. ; wA Mr V. G, Sojller, for the accused, said'. that Dewe had been drinking and had 1 ■ ■ committed the offence under the eyes of a constable. Mr Spiller applied the dismissal of the charge as trivial fi ! Dewe was fined £2 and costs. $£ DRUNKENNESS .1$

James Robertson, a labourer, aged' 63, for being found drunk on ApfilHiSn and having been once previously victed in the last six months, fined 20s, in default 48 hours’ imprint sonmont. ‘ Jr*. ' REMANDED William Davey, a labourer, aged was remanded for a week on the} : charge that he stole 10s 6d worth of. onions, owned by Rogal Bros. Priest. ■ ESCAPADE AFTER Morgan Roy Davies, a fitter, aged;l|^ r was fined £5 for giving a false alarm and .ordered to pay damages far,’-., breaking a window costing Aulsebrook’s factory. Senior-Sergeant Bickerdike saldthtt at 5.15 p.m. on Saturday Davies MS-. walking along St. Asaph street uiuWf,-'' the influence of liquor. He ■ broke t,’. - window in the factory, and later brokj>|« . the fire alarm and called the brigade;;.;-'' He had told the police he was to by two girls. %' Mr R. A. Young said that Davies be*’ came enthusiastic at the processional, and had some drinks. He. had no -attempt to conceal his actions. ■ Vffj “These fictitious alanrts are a men- ; Wa ace,” the Magistrate said, in imposing i the penalties. , ‘ YOUNG WOMEN CHARGED-

Thelma Mabel Mcßae, aged 20, and-.’. Hilda Rfith Clark, aged 20, bqthjjv Dunedin, were remanded for one ws» on charges of being idle and disord* erly, having “insufficient legal mewin of support.” - Detective-Sergeant J. McClung j Miwf:; that the two girls arrived from Dunfrv din and were asked to leave one hoteL'i;;; They went to another, and the hcenseeßr. complained to the police. ■ been frequenting Chinese living in prostitution, and the Chinese' •were receiving commission. The remand was made so that the probation officer can'prepare a report. •'it F 0 r | COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE

Phillip George Karaitiana, a labourer, aged 23, was committed to me Supreme Court for sentence _ on charge of breaking and entering, on April 25, a shop owned by Thoma* Sheehan, on the grounds of the norm Canterbury Freezing Works, and committing theft. Cecil Jacksom Pearce, an employee of Sheehan, said, in evidence, that . April 24 the shop was securely locked, but when he returned on April 26 me shop had been entered, and £6,™ missing from a drawer. Constable *■ W. Round, of Kaiapoi, gave evidence of examining the shop, and gid tnai the lock had been forced. He wter interviewed Karaitiana, who was iranxabout the whole affair. Accused, who is at present on pro--bation, pleaded guilty. Bail wa? Wf lowed in his own recognisance « • £2OO, with one surety of £2UU. order was made for the return of me money.

MAINTENANCE COURT (Before Mr H. A. Young,, S.M.) DEFAULTERS DEALT WITH _ The following prison sentences imposed for defaults m the payiMpof maintenance:— . ; John McMurdo (arrears £ls). ; weeks. Peter Ronald Reddmgton J rears £ls 15s), six weeks; G. K. W'J, (arrears £5 ss), 3 weeks. These tn , • , did not appear in Court. '4 “ . George James Eyton t 12s 6d), two months, the warrant w . be suspended while he pays 12s ■ week off arrears, as well as ™' ■ current order. NEW ORDER . ’ An order for 15s a week maintoance for each of two children made against George WilliamWrtfci He was also ordered to pay £9 P* 81 maintenance.