MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23848, 18 January 1943, Page 6

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

SATURDAY (Before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M.) £25 FINE IMPOSED

Alfred George Arthur Talt, a seaman, was charged with failing to declare articles in his possession, and with smuggling. The Collector of Customs (Mr C. O. Eyre), who prosecuted, said that Tait had declared for one bottle of wine and ilb of tobacco. Other goods, however, including gloves, camera films, combs, measuring tapes, and h'alr nets, had been found in Ms cabin and had not been declared. Accused said that he had intended to make one long measuring tape from the smaller ones, and that he had bought the six pairs of gloves while he could get them, for use in his work as a ship's greaser. "What about the hair nets?” asked the Magistrate. “Do you use them for your work?” Talt replied that he thought they were too trivial to consider. On the first charge, that of falling to declare goods In his possession, Talt was fined £25. The charge against him for smuggling was withdrawn. BAIL ALLOWED Charged with stealing 10s in money, a labourer, aged 22 years, whose name was suppressed, was remanded. Bail was allowed on a cash deposit of £IOO. FULL RESTITUTION MADE Cyril Clifton Banks, aged 35 years, a gardener, pleaded guilty to four charges of Intention to defraud by false pretence. He had charged goods by false representation at three city firms to the accounts of Leonard Banks, to whom the accused was unknown. The charges were that of obtaining one felt hat valued at £1 12s 9d, and cigarettes to the value of 7s 6d by false pretence from J. Ballantyne and Company, Ltd,, by obtaining with Intent to defraud, one cigarette lighter valued at 5s 6d, from Ashby, Bergh and Company, Ltd., and by obtaining goods to the value of 13s 9d from Kincaids, Ltd., by false pretence. Detectlve-Sergeaht A. A. Herron said that the accused had been quite candid when questioned, and had made full restitution. /He had been rejected by the Air Force find the Army, and had been drinking when he committed the offences. On the first charge he was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within 12 mpnths, and on the other three charges he was convicted and discharged.