MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23941, 7 May 1943, Page 7

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

THURSDAY (Before Mr E. d. Levvey, S.M.) NAMES SUPPRESSED

A youth, whose name was ordered not to be published, was convicted of the theft of £3 14s 103 and ordered to come up for sentence if called on Within 12 months.

A young woman appeared for seritfehed on a charge of stealing £lO. Shd Was convicted and ordered to c6hi6 up fdr sentence if called on within three ydMs. The Magistrate ordered her danie not to be published. FINES IMPOSED ' For casting offensive matter in a public place, lan David Walker and Owfiri Gam* eron Smart were each fined £2. FAILURE TO NOTIFY Ernest Claude Rawnsley, who did riot appear, was fined 10s. The charge against him was that, being the owner 6f a firearm, he failed to notify a change of abode. FAILURE TO ENROL Louis Arnold West pleaded gUilty to k charge of failing to make application for enrolment in the Reserve as required under the Defence Regulations. West said his present position arose over a misunderstanding with the Defence authorities. He was ordered to pay costs. LICENSING ACT Robert Victor Geddes pleaded guilty to a charge of selling liquor after hours, and George Blackaby to consuming liquor after hours. Mr F. D. Sargent appeared for the defendants. Senior-Sergeant J. Blckerdlke said two police officers had visited the Excelsior Hotel and had found Blackaby in the bar, with a glass of whisky in front of him. He said he was a boarder, and When asked for the number of his room he had given several numbers—information which did not satisfy the politic. Mr Sargent said that Blackaby,- who lived at New Brighton, was visiting friends in Christchurch ahd intended to book in at the Excelsior Hotel. He contended it was a borderline .case. Each accused was fined £2,

James Cyril Harding (Mr F. D. Sargent) pleaded not guilty to charges of opening the Black Horse Hotel for the sale of liquor, for selling liquor, and for exposing liquor for sale. The Magistrate said there was not sufficient evidence on which to enter a conviction. The case was dismissed. William Meade (Mr F. D. Sargent) pleaded guilty to a charge of supplying liquor after hours. He was fined £lO and ordered to pay costs. For purchasing liquor after hours, Joseph Henry Gundry was fined £2.

CHARGE UNDER ALIENS ACT Albert Geissler (Mr C. S. Thomas) pleaded guilty to two charges that being an alien ho travelled beyond the distance from his abode allowed without a permit, Senior-Sergeant Bickerdike said accused was an alien, but not an enemy alien. The law said that a man in his position could not be absent from his home for more than 24 hours and could not travel more than 20 miles without a permit. Accused had travelled to Wellington. Mr Thomas said the case had* been hanging over for a long time, and he was the fourth counsel to appear, the previ* ous three having gone into camp. In 1941 accused (a Swiss) had been declared an alien, which he denied. He was sore, and had grounds to be sore. His gon was going into camp and he went to Wellington to make arrangements for his daugh-ter-in-law. He was away for three days. Possibly no action would have been taken had he not rung up the police to tel! them that he was going away. Accused considered himself 100 per cent. British and did not flout the law. He did not know that he had to have a written permit, and this was the reason for the offence. “It all happened two years aco,” said Mr Thomas. Geis-ler was ordered to pay costs. ORDERED TO PAY COSTS On two charges of selling stale milk,

Thomas Clifford Smith (Mr R. Twyneham) wds ordered to pay costs.

ASSAULT Clive Edward Lambert pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting Clifford Tlmau kamptoh. Senior-Sergeant Bickerdike said accused was charged with a cowardly assault 6n a boy who, as a result of the injuries received, had had to spend several days in hospital. When Lambert was talking to a girl the boy had thrown an apple at him. Lambert had chased him into a factory, and there had punched him. Lambert Was remanded till May ,13. so that a report from the Probation Officer could be received. Bail was allowed in a sum of £25 and one surety of £25. COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE Charles Saint-Merat (Dr. A. L. Haslam), a labourer, aged 37 years, pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and enter-* ing the warehouse of New Zealand Brew-* eries, Ltd., ahd stealing six bottles of beer valued at 12s. Accused was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Sydney James Qillan (Mr J. K. Moloney), a barman-porter, of Dunedin, was charged With carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of 16 years, Accused pleaded guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. ILLEGAL PHOTOGRAPHY Margaret Phyllis Pomeroy (Mr K. G. Archer) was fined 20s for unlawfully taking photographs of an aerodrome.