MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24366, 19 September 1944, Page 6

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

~ .. . MONDAY ■ ||| ' (Before Mr Raymond Ferner, v 'S|j| ESCAPED PRISONERS #M Alfred Hicks Howell, aged 27;; jj|ffl ourer, and Thomas Hedley 22, a mechanic, were charged withf| ing escaped from legal custody at Pijflf prison on August 28, and were reqjil ttf "the next sitting of ; the, Suris| Court at Christchurch for'senteneeii Howell was «also'committed fc*||J tence'on otHer-lndlctjible ttffeneesiil pleaded guilty to having brokenfl entered the shop of the New ZeiSi Farmers' Co-operative Associations! Canterbury, Ltd., at Hawarden, onsjffl ust 30, to the-same offence at the SB lipstown School on September 1, anO to having broken and entered,the: col lng-hbuse of the -New Zealand Raffijjl Department's Road Services' Hanmer Springs on August 31. }fjj Bom men pleaded guilty to five m mary-charges of unlawful conversion!! addition, Stocker pleaded guilty til !of theft and to another of receiving sti property. Howell pleaded guilty- to'm charges of unlawful conversion, anal all, eight charges of theft. -, : cm Detective-Sergeant A. A. Herron -.ptg cuted for the police. - ... ■•■m At the time of his escape, HoweUM i serving a sentence of three years-;*:! I nine months for various G ■ ' ET-;' Spittal,'; superintendent >- tmt I parua prison. Stocker, he said, sentence of two and a half yeiraffi I serve. "Oh examining the door of :*HB 'ell's -cell, said the witness, ,he-/s*| I the lock damaged, but the lock -{xiM I door of Stacker's cell was secure. -m , prisoners - were returned to Paparua| I September 6. The police then prbdiicfj key which,, he said, opened the grffl| | the eastern wing of the prison, alsofi other which opened the door ta Stains , cell. Both were skeleton keys.. h$M > and obviously hand-made. ; ; I The police produced.a statement; w§j Iby Howell in which He admitted n$H both keys, though he declined where they, had come from. NeJthWi the prisoners, he said, was armeipi they had no intention of using .>v|(>p lri ; connexion with their escape. i Stocker, in a statement, saldiaff Howell had unlocked the dobr-.-oittjjiifi and he had entered that of the#p I When he attempted to return to oik® cell, he said, he could not unlock again; and,: knowing that heVwouJ§| punished for entering Howell's ceUgp had agreed to escape with. He did not know how the keys into .the; possession of:.HowelU,•.;;;j|S| ' Neither of the prisoners had;*«y|B} to say when; they; were. ; comnusM|| sentence tathe :SupremevCourt.^|^ -, sMOTOR-CARS . CONVERTjaS^ Allan" Aubrer Kenhtagtonr «f*pl panelrbeater,, appeared . pn~ thiee^gSli of'havirig cbnverted motor-cars tc^n^ ", S The , aty£2(»Aw&Wm perty of William McNlven Gbnuggl theoffeftce was stated to have takenSH at Christchurch btt i. September*» pleaded guilty. '■".-' '...(■ •,•;- V"imS& f The secondtoffence: was commitpMg Septemberl3/ arid at ?£2pf>, the property of ■' ' .-.-V'' """ f i.,'i. ] The -third motor-car. wWch wassKffl at i £l3oiiwas.; theiproperty* dfc Walker,Thackw,ell.,.. *<■ z "; ■■?:- : %*&iffl } He ipleaded guilty J to; all; 'ChargggH - Kennington was / also -..-,. charg«lM| havingiiwilfully idarnagecfc ued atv£ 1/ the; property pf kins.<yandi<eomntftlirig r cartel s oh-September 13..andKWlt«H| ing 20 rounds of rifle ammurdtiOTJ|il| at la 9dv<the; property of Georg* -mm Thackwell). ■ - : rThftaccwsedfha^d^thto^tpja^^ ' >■>■•& military, dfflcißl'statetf-fhat:3Braffl tori-was in ari : oyerssjafin the-Army>he would be kept in : ,«M^| todyXluntil f eqitired. jTr^J^i^afflH He was convicted on all .chargSHa ordered *to come up: tot ; ,s*ritericfe||» ttro- i yew\l*;:^^«J*»:;;i:.^:t^^| driver/ was chargedvwlth; the; A JhOTa .Dttriedln : towel, a blanket, and -two; ! cIoCKS.i^WB ■itK £sNs■> :the Scurr.- ■'>. On- the application of the remanded iuntiliSepternber2s f^iX^| il ' : AS:-:-b'- =;^; :: : John Arthur.- Crawfbrdi:>a 53. appeared on, a* (Aarge of Christchurch on; Septenfter; IK .tomM cigarettes arid iillb of tobacco. £l2 17s, the property ■y&' : T-liMjßm and Company, Ltd. ''.'"'".^HH : He was remanded to appeargoraH tember' 25. :.^.- : ,.«•'•'• •-■ - . ~:' "■:'.■"■ Janarde Louis Bradne, aged 4HireF»iwa£ charged-fWith . Christchurch on, September; l6 t trin.torch valued at 7s 6d, the-CTMB of some unknown He "WfflH mandedto appear- on September ssm *T- n: l K It was alleged - against < : fflß Wyber, aged iff, a iabburer. that'afcjjgg church on September from of tobacco aridlari I £J5' -Ifs .-and- the;; property. :• Greeri arid Company. : knowing;the -same to•, honestly;'obtairied»v.;s,•■■;- ; . ; ; i He pleaded guilty and -was rejoaw uritll Septetriber 25 for Sentence. |^>?;^

.raced, is a half-sister' to *Mna,tlotf|jlll|y youngster cost Mr A. N. Smith. °*~?fflsSfljf| din. 320gns as a yearling. ..ii^HH Victory Flight.—Bay colt by MaafeHß from Francolin, dam of manj'.j.sSglM winners, including Dark F|te ht -",2BSKH Flight; Royal Flight, and Wtaning BljglM the last-named winning the race UkMJmb He will race for his breeder, Mr PJHB Tweedie, of Riverton. J^B Deep Harmony.—Black 6 ela Phaleron Bay from Sweet Music, P-foiHgjgl ger Minstrel from Kilmiss, by -JCTgMB Sweet Music, who was a gooa'wnftsm herself, is the-dam'also of P lccolo 439gK is by InflaUon. Deep Harmony chased as a yearling by Mr C.-Wmsa ford, of Lvttelton, for 180gns, Md >iJSfH§H M. J. Wadley's stable. c v^SH TROTTING NOin| Nominations Close ~ ?Sil^| Nominations for all events at th<ngfl§| Brighton Trotting Club's held at Addington on October 7 win-e«B|g at 5 p.m. on Thursday next, nSllsil Methven Nominations '^lissl A stake of £450 should have b*™§f|£|i enough to draw more than 11 M 'sg!J§j§ tions for the Methven Cup, and the hSISh ral view must be that while t h er J e any number of maiden and slow : ;ggSj| trotters available for racing, owne«jjSEj| the better class horses are not preattjgag to support a club that has than most clubs in the interests ,-WMSfi trotting sport. No fewer than have been entered for the Westward *Bg|g Handicap. 4min 3sec class for 4 and five furlongs, and all but these. Jack's Son. and yards, and Plunder Bar on v 24 yards, &£m on the limit. Of the 26 horses nontfnattasi for the Drayton Trot Handicap, ?* Sgsip on the limit and in most of the l-°™!s|| events the majority are horses witlMW|g form. The Methven Club, howevers3»2| playing its part for trotting in <**?*2*fJ for maiden pacers and trotters. « 4 B s*"S||r that half the programme might well J*Pr been devoted to maidens. .JSt^ The Methven Cup The trotter, Royal Worthy, owned '»]gL, trained at Methven, has been a«ofl»g a nomination, in the"Methven Cup,>*|Bi|f only 60 yards behind in a 4ndt\*9P&jr. class, he must be conceded a he' trots correctly from barrier,TOEffffi whether he will compete with succep« among the pacers is a question. , r Improving with Ace £!*% Traverse, who won two races ** -~rJr Ashburton meeting on Satuiday fa WKfe vincing styles has taken a long time Bpf produce this form, for he is now »■* years old and commenced racing at JJJwSs*; years. In his first year on the race * n he started twice and each time was JJ»!§|* placed. In 1942-43 he started four tBgJjK; for a third, and last year his re<»™,?2rs, three starts, two seconds, and a thirn. * With age Traverse has 'developed '"•"Jo racehorse, and though he has se»eFP| r classes to go through before meeting good horses on even terms, he has S"9JS ? steady improvement, and may yet be tn» worthy successor to Haughty and Haw Oak, from the same stable. Traverse Fr bred the . way of a champion, for, *7 Jack Potts, his dam is Regal Voyage,J™?')when driven by D. Withers, took a re *~£l j of 4m in 19 4-ssec for two miles *2J- : verse is a half-brother to Haughty, *J"^, has twice won the New Zealand CWJ Regal Voyage is by Happy Voyage f™£T Logan Princess from a Prince In^Pj*]-* 1 mare, and on breeding, has everything recommend. „ ■ Methven Club «. #m v A meeting of the committee «--[2 Methven Trotting Club was presided 5JEby Mr T. S. Harrison (president). .Jg t Harrison sooke of the untimely deatftJ» Mr F.- S. McDonald and his wßfe*,". able services to the club, and a of deepest sympathy was carried, allJ"3> sent standing in silence. The r«P*%S* the meeting with Mr McDougall « **J " course was read and suggested sKt^2.' v to give increased totalisator tton were approved. The Department^ _ Internal Affairs had forwarded thev»g* cessary permit fcr the meeting on *g*' tember 30. Mr S. M. Jackman's tenders* ihe lease of the racecourse was «pcep»"S| J Mr L. L Richards was appointed to »* £ * a vacancy on the judicial committee. New President Elected J*gM Mr E. McDonnell, an owner of n° a £<§ and for many years an the affairs of the Greymouth Trtn»s*|3t Club, has been elected president of jsJk|| body. He succeeds Mr P. C. Heaphr. has retired because of ill-health. • M