MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24369, 22 September 1944, Page 7

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

♦ THURSDAY (Before Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M.) REMANDED John Stuart Shute, aged 17, was remanded until to-day on charges of stealing a bicycle valued at £9, the property of Elsie Irene Wootton, stealing a suit coat and waistcoat valued at £4, the property of James Hampson, and 12s in money from Georgina O’Neill. A report from the Child Welfare Officer will,be'otf-; lained. A youth, whose name was ordered not to be published, was remanded until September 28, on a charge of breaking and entering a shop and committing theft. IMPRISONMENT FOR THEFT Albert Edward Ross was charged with stealing at Burnham Military Camp, 201b of bacon, 41b of tea, five packets of custard powder, and one bottle of lemon essence, of a total value of £1 19s Bd, the property of the New Zealand Army Department. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment with hard labour. : CHIMNEY FIRES

For allowing a chimney to catch fire, Edward Curry was fined ss. On a similar charge Lucy Louise Williamson was ordered to pay costs only. BREACH OF PROHIBITION ORDER

A fine of £2 was imposed on Leo Peter Kelly for procuring liquor during the currency of a prohibition order. SECOND-HAND DEALER CHARGED Christina Martini, a second-hand dealer, was charged with purchasing second-hand goods from a boy under 16 years of age, and with failing to record the purchase in a register. She was fined 20s on the first charge and 10s on the second charge. LIQUOR NEAR DANCE HAUL Allan Moncrief Streeter was fined 20s for having liquor near a dance ■ hall. CREAM SUPPLIED George White, trading as the Delicious Sponge Kitchen, was charged with supplying fresh cream to( a customer (without a permit) in the form of a. sponge filling,. The police said this was the first prosecution of its kind in Christchurch. Accused was fined £2, the Magistrate saying that restrictions would be accepted with much more goodwill if everyone observed them. PRISON SENTENCES

Thomas Hedley Stocker and Alfred Hicks Howell, after being dealt with In the Supreme Court on major charges, appeared for sentence on other charges. On five charges of unlawfully converting cars to their own use, each was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour on each charge. For theft, Stocker was sentenced to three months' Imprisonment with hard labour, and on a charge of receiving stolen goods he was convicted and discharged. Howell, oq the first of three charges of unlawful conversion, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour and convicted and discharged on the others. He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with .hard labour on the first of seven charges of theft, and convicted and discharged on the others. All the sentences on each accused will be concurrent with the sentences Imposed in the Supreme Court.