MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24546, 20 April 1945, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

THURSDAY (Before Mrß. C,LevyOy, SM:)* ASSAULT Joseph Robinson,' Aged. $3, a’jfettfloner, was ordered to come up tofjfctence if called bn ; within two years aiw' to take out a prohibition order on a>|Charge ofassaulting Merle Daphne Kpnkpic. Detective-Sergeant A. A.>£HKroA said Robinson was friendly .with Wt- wortan, representing himself as a singlipwian; On March 24 he went to herhoffl6,affd had tea. He was under • the inflame of liquor. At 11 o'clock she aakfafchlm to leave, >but be refused. Shfi&ttEUggled free of him, taking up. a- cutthg - knife to protect herself, she said.fvßoblnsen received a wound two inches :U»ng In his shoulder. He was taken to hospital, Where he was a patient for four days. Interviewed by the police, he. sald' he had been stabbed by a man whed. he; < was on his way to a telephone boxi but later he admitted to Detective-,W. R. Stewart the facts. He suffered considerably from nerves. The Magistrate said the Court did not take a lenient view of assaults oh women. RAILWAY CUPS IN POSSESSION - "This is something that might. happen to any of us," said Mr R. Twyneham when a woman was charged , with being in possession of railway property—two pups. He said they had been left at her home by another person. Detective-Sergeant Herron said the woman was apparently unaware' thit she was liable to a fine of £SO. The charge was dismissed on payment of costs, and .publication of the name of the woman was prohibited. ESCAPE PROM GAOL / ,' Eric Alfred Wahrllck was sentenced to six months’ Imprisonment, to comnjence at the end of his ■ present term, oh a charge of being an incorrigible rogue. In that he escaped from Paparua prison. He was recaptured next day. Mr Twyneham said Wahrlickls reason lor his action was that he bad an Important message to give to- a person -with whom, he pad been staying.; He was; aware that the police had been notified of his . whereabouts and offered to give himself up. - LIQUOR NEAR DANCE HALL Angus Sayer was Shed £1 • for having liquor near a dance hall. On-a similar charge John Hussey Sparks,' Who hgd Just-returned from overseas service, wasordered to pay costs only. , . rrapwn a© nnAT) Silas Gordon McAlister, aged.-19, was remanded for sentence on a Charge .of the theft of four bags of coal. Detec-tive-Sergeant A. A. Herron said McAlister had been employed by . a coal merchant, and on his way to the yard IWith doal from the railway station had toold tour bags to a woman for 18s. Ball whs allowed in his own recognisance of £29.. THEFT OF WRBNQH ’ Aubrey Manawa POhlo, aged 19, pleaded guilty to the theft of a wrench valued at 30s. He was ordered to conie Up for sentence if called on within two years, and to make restitution. ON LICENSE!) PREMISES Dennis Alfred Hogan and John Peterson were fined £1 each for being on licensed premises after hours, DIFFERENT TRAFFIC RULES William Jephson Doopan was ordered to pay costs only oh charges of a, breach of the right-hand rule, riding a motorcycle without a- 'warrant of fitness, , and having ho driver’s licence. Answering, thff Magistrate, he said.hehad recently returned from overseas service. He-had been driving tor the last tour years In vEgypt, Italy, and Syria, where the rule was different. CONVERSION OF CARS „ . Patrick Joseph Ward and Alfred Timothy Hunt were admitted to probation for two years on a charge of converting a car. Ward was also charged with, converting, with another young man, another* car. The first car was damaged to" the extent of £3O, and the second to the extent of £lO. Ward was directed to' make £2O restitution and Hunt, £ls. The Magistrate said conversion of cars was a persistent offence which was normally punished, but on other charges, these two young men bad been admitted to probation in the Supreme Court that morning. . ’ CONVICTED AND Kenneth Edward Austin, who is serving a sentence for housebreaking and escaping from custody, was convicted and, discharged tor the theft of a suitcase other articles, to a total value of £ll, at Blenheim. , .... . • Robert Wark Johnston, who had been sentenced in the Supreme Court- to. 18 months’ reformative detention other charges, was convicted and dischargee on a charge of stealing a raincoat. REMAND George Cecil . Horry, charged with housebreaking and theft, appeared on remand and was remanded again to April 28. ■ _ (Before Mr G. G. Chisholm, SJM.) SALE OF WINE „ ' Charles Watkins Stafford was fined £SO for selling at the Southern Cross. Hotel, through his agent, a bottle of at an unreasonably high price. similar charge against Herbert Stafford w® s withdrawn by leave of the_Court. Mr J. D. Hutchison, for the Prlce Tribunal, saying that it was quite fortuitous that tyro men should own the hotel and that two fines were not sought. CIVIL CASES . , , Judgment tor plaintiff by default was given in the following cases:—W. F. Tracy v. L. G. Archbold, £3 to; Booth. Macdonald and Company, Ltd., v. L. was given lor D’John louk, plaintiff, against Evelyn Agnes Heffler, in a claim for possession of a

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