MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23324, 9 May 1941, Page 12

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

* — A* THURSDAY ( M (Before Mr E. C. Lewey, . .DISMISSED A charge of assault, brought sffiaiilß Colin William Shaw, was dismSßH Senior-Sergeant J. Bickerdike’.JsjKM that Shaw was assisting his who had the Antigua Boatv.SjSgiH Some small boys were playing vthwSffil and throwing acorns and; about. Shaw caught one of James King, and river. The Magistrate told t?fvPwh«PitHW was a very dangerous done, but he did not want have a conviction for assault him, so he would exercise his BmailM under the Offenders’ Probation nANP.F, HALL DISTURB A disturbance at a dance in '.'tSlH Halswell Hall led to the Wiwi Martin Brown, who was, £2 for assaulting Harry Suapwilßl Witnesses said that Brown was when he arrived. When SutSfl refused admission to Brown . on the committee’s instructions), was struck on the cheek. To Mr J. K. Moloney, who rental sented Brown,. Sunbeam denied teaM ing said, “We’ve got no time Maori wasters.” ~ 'ml The Magistrate said that Browiftl must have known that some of friends had been in trouble for ing disturbances at the same ■ he could not be let off. ■■-iJi.lHil IDLE AND DISORDERLY' Elaine Josephine Kingi, pleaded not guilty to being disorderly, and having legal means of support. ConstatjlfaaM Scott said he found Kingi on tbeCajjjl press train from Oamaru. travelled south and returned day, paying no fares. A stawb|OH taken from her said that she come out of Borstal, and was bation for the last month of h&'mfSl tence. An order was made for Ml accused to re-enter the Borstal tution. -vtiSMai FAILED TO REGISTER ‘>l Frederick John McClure was ■ victed of failing to apply for eiatf-l ment in the general reserve, and ord ; 9 ered to come up for sentence if called 9 on within 12 months. M Senior-Sergeant Bickerdike said'iffl that McClure’s education was not very ;M high, and he had not fully understood •» his obligations. As soon as he du* a| covered that he had to register, he had.H done so. . " PLAYING “CROWN AND ANCHOR*; For playing a gamejof chance,: “Crown and Anchor," Albert Norton,:; a labourer, aged 40, was< ordered tO; come up for sentence if called >upmj within two years, and the implementl,: ■of the game" were ordered to be con?;: fiscated. Detective-Sergeant J. •Clung said that oh _April 12_ DetecUgj N. Thompson paid. v jf lt + v,l°viS--“Scotsmen s , grandstand at the back of the Addington racecourse, who*; the accused was found playing Cmwii. and Anchor.” For Norton, Mr J. K. Moloney said that this was a game 01, which old soldiers were sometime* very fond, and “I believe the odds arejust as good as on the totahsator.. CASTING OFFENSIVE MATTES"; For casting offensive matter. Thomi* Ross was fined 20s and ordered to costs ‘’ licensee fined; .{•, For serving liquor after hours. Ref?; berf Leslie Stafford Smith; licensee of ■ the Grosvenor Hotel, was finediffapd POStS J * 71; REMANDED >, ; David Balfour Wilson, amative of Scotland, a clerk, aged 28, on that, from December 6, “Mft m January 31, 1941, he obtjdm||| Ashburton. £3 6s 6d from gyle and Bruce and others’-by representing that he Cooks Directories. N.Z., 'JM, and authorised to collect moneys on behalf, whb remanded to May Henry Joshua Edwards, a aged 53, was remanded to May ip.JHH a charge of breaking and entenpgJKMj home of Raymond Wheatley Blaksj|M Opawa road, and committing On a; charge that he" obtained, false pretence, 30s in goods, - money, by tm«M ■ cheque', for £5 - was valid, Edwin del Bosher, a salesman’ and gffIKMIKH aged 43, was remanded to May.gßM Bail,' at the accused’s own of , £IOO, with one surety of was allowed. • ‘ : A further remand was grantoljffi* three young men, Donald Edwfflgw Briice Richardson, Edwin JamC* iJmm vis, and William Keith Marshall, mMm joint charge of breaking and:-.ew<raß ing. Bail was allowed each accused his own recognisance of £3OO, vnjjaM one surety of £3OO. \ ‘fHH CIVIL COURT ' (Before Mr G. G. Chisholmj JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIggSIM Judgment by default for plafoMlß was given in each of the foUowMfM cases:—North Canterbury HoartttjlW Board v. J. A. Young. £52 Tripe v. F. Redden. £1 2s 6d; Younger v. R. M. Barlow, .£4 ■ ISwia Francis' Patrick Roach v. willwag Lancelot Aynsley, £6; A. J. Lamb fMM Son, Ltd., v. K. Hamilton, £61.; XJa.fi lOd; Mason. Struthers and CompsßJrM Ltd., v. J. Tapp, £1 3s.