MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24569, 18 May 1945, Page 7

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

THURSDAY (Before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M.) REMANDED Tse Yuen Ymg, aged 31. a fruiterer (Mr D.'J. Hewitt), was charged that on May 1, at Christchurch, with-intent to oetraud, he obtained from Radley Brothers, Ltd., £lO in money by falsely representing that a cheque for £lO signed "B. T. Young/’ was a good and 'valid order. Senior-Detective F. Sinclair, who prosecuted, said that further Inquiries were being made, and there might be several other charges pending. Accused was remanded to May 24, bail being allowed in accused’s own recognisance of £SOO, with two sureties of £SOO. NAME SUPPRESSED A man whose name was suppressed was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within six months, on a charge of stealing a quantity of timber valued at £5. the property of his next-door neighbour. FINED £25 Sydney Reginald Blackeby Forscutt (Mr W. R. Lascelles) was fined £23 for aiding the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association, Ltd., Christchurch. In the unauthorised sale of 500 gallons of motor-spirit. A charge of selling 500 gallons of motor-spirit without authority was withdrawn by the police. Senior-Detective F. Sinclair said the accused had been a bowser attendant for the Farmers’ Co-operative Association, and had fallen into the habit of giving customers extra petrol. He had signed a fictitious name to certain forms to balance the returns of petrol sent to the Oil Fuel Controller. The Magistrate said that at first he had felt the accused's breach of trust had been so gross that there was only one. form of punishment for him: but two factors had saved the accused from this penalty. Forscutt personally had made nothing out of the unauthorised sales, and he had an unblemished record. However, he (the Magistrate) would have to take the unusual course of figing an employee a greater amount than the employers had already been fined for the offence HARBOURING ESCAPEES Clarence Valentine Gilbert, aged 57, and Frederick Hadway, aged 64, for both of whom Mr D. W. Russell appeared, were each, fined £5 for harbouring escapees from a State institution at Christchurch on April 2. MEAT RATIONING BREACH For a breach of the meat rationing regulations. Joseph Higgs and Cyril Gordon Higgs, trading as J. Higgs and Son (Mr W R. Lascelles), were each fined £3. Senlor-Detpctlve F. Sinclair said there was no suggestion that the defendants had been engaged in black marketing. They had obtained 12,2651b of meat in excess of their authorised allocation. TWO YOUTHS CHARGED Two youths, for whom Mr W. R. Lascelles and Mr C. V. Lester appeared, and whose names were suppressed, were charged with the theft of a bicycle wheel, tyre, and tube, valued at £3 2s, and with the theft of a man’s bicycle valued at £lO. Accused were remanded to appear on May 24, bail being allowed, in each in accused’s own recognisance of £25. "WASHING-UP” CHARGE Arnold Alexander Turnbull, aged 24. a pastrycook, was charged with stealing £7 In money at Auckland on April S. Senior-Detective Sinclair said the accused was now serving a sentence of six months' imprisonment, and the present was really a "washing-up" charge. Accused was convicted and discharged. REMANDED FOR REPORT Phyllis Joyce Blackmore, aged 18, a machinist, pleaded guilty to the theft of a woman’s coat valued at £7, from a dance hall on March 21. Accused was remanded to May 21 for a report by the Probation Officer. Bail was allowed in accused’s own recognisance of £25. WILFUL DAMAGE A youth, aged 18, for whom Mr R. P. Thompson appeared, was charged that on March 10, at Sumner, he wilfully dam- , aged two lavatory pans, valued at £B, the property of the Sumner Borough Council, thereby committing mischief. Senior-Sergeant J. Abel said that the accused had been one of a party of four youths, two others of whom had appeared before the Children’s Court, and one of whom would be charged at Auckland. The party had procured explosives, which they had packed In cartridge shells and attached to fuses. The miniature bombs had then been dropped Into the pans of public lavatories at Sumner. The lavatories had been damaged when the bombs had exploded. Accused was ordered to come up for sentence if called on within six months.

Ha was ordered to make good the damage caused, end his name was ordered not to be published. INDECENT LANGUAGE For using indecent language in a public place. Edward Douglas Cavenagh was ordered to come up for sentence If called upon within two years. He was ordered to take out a prohibition order, and to pay the expenses of the prosecution. r OBSTRUCTING TRAMWAYMAN Lionel George Kaan. aged 17. was charged with obstructing a tramway employee in the performance of his duty at Sumner, on March 25. He was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within two years. LIQUOR NEAR DANCE For having liquor in his possession near a dance hall, while a dance was in progress, Francis William O’Neil was fined 10s. REMOVING SIGN-BOARD A man aged 23 years (Mr G. P. Purnell), was ordered to come up for sentience if called on within three months, for removing a signboard from the premises of the Sons of Temperance Lodge. FIGHTING For fighting in a public road at Brooklands, Roy Simon Charles Sullivan (Mr R. A. Young) was fined £2. On a similar charge. Frederick Sullivan (Mr K. J. McMenamin) was ordered to pay costa. ON LICENSED PREMISES For being found after trading hours on the licensed premises of the Southern Cross Hotel. Allan Reginald Sealey was ordered to pay costs. Pleading guilty to a charge of being found after trading hours on the premises of the White Star Hotel. Albert Gunn was fined 20s. When William Ernest Barker. Stanley Gieslcr, Francis Michael Daley, Phillip Marsh. Leslie Richard Shepherd, and Norman Hector Russell were charged with being found on the licensed premises of the White Swan Hotel, legal argument was submitted by Mr W. R. Lascelles. Counsel contended that the men had been found, not on the licensed premises of the hotel, but in a right-of-way to which the occupiers of the hotel had access In common with the occupiers of adjoining land. The Magistrate, announcing that he would accept Mr Lascelles's submissions, and that the charges would be dismissed, said a gate from the hotel premises to the right-of-way would have to be permanently blocked. He would take up the matter at the next meeting of the Licensing Committee. CIVIL COURT THURSDAY (Before Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M.) . JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT - Judgment by default for plaintiff for the amount indicated was entered In each of the following claims:—Booth, Macdonald and Company. Ltd., v. E. R. Smith, £36 19s; Massey, Harris Company, Ltd., v. C. Morris. £6 Is; W. D. Watson v. G. Campbell. £32 2s 2d; Albany Dairy, Ltd,, v. G. Hubbard, £1 3s 6d; Trade Auxiliary Company of New Zealand, Ltd., v. G. O. Larsen, £4 16s 9d; New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association of Canterbury, Ltd-, v. T. L. Dacre, £11; K’s Cash and Carry, Ltd., v. A. McDonnell, £4 2s 4d; Irish Linen Spinning and Weaving Company, Ltd., v. G. Gardener, £7 Os: A. T. Hurley, trading as Progress Stores,v. J. Fenton. £5 19s 2d: Christchurch Press Company, Ltd., v. N. McLeod, £1 17s 6d. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES On a judgment summons, William Henry A’Court was ordered to pay £O6 19s 6d forthwith to John Baptist oe Cleene and Patricia de Cleene, in default one month’s imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended so long as defendant pays 10s a fortnight. Also on a Judgment summons, S. Hands was ordered to pay the Drapery and General Importing Company of New Zealand, Ltd., £4 19s 8d forthwith, in default five days’ Imprisonment.