MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24741, 5 December 1945, Page 5

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

TUESDAY • ' (Before Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M.) ■ REMANDED FOR SENTENCE William George Davifeon, a motor mediamc, aged 18, and Allan Chisholm Swmton, a labourer, aged 17. pleaded guilty, and were remanded to the Supreme Court for sentence, on a charge of breaking and entering the shop of Robert Robinson Harper. Sumner. . Harper gave evidence that doors at the s,c ' e of his shop had been forced, and goods valued at about £8 5s . stolen. Davison and Swinton also pleaded guilty, and were remanded to appear for sentence in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday, on 13 joint charges of theft, a charge of creating mischief, a charge of causing wilful damage, and charges of converting, at Otatara, Christchurch, and Tinwald. motor-cars valued at £420, £4OO and £550. Davison was further charged with escaping from the Borstal institution, Invercargill, on October 18. and with theft at Collins Valley, Nelson, and at Collingwood.

REMANDED John Gordon Lorimer. a building contractor, aged 39. for whom Mr D W. Russell appeared, was remanded to appear on December 10 on a charge of wilful and obscene exposure in the Christchurch Municipal Baths.

Bail was allowed at £SO with one surety of. £SO.

TRAFFIC OFFENCES Offenders against the traffic regulations were dealt with as follows:—no warrant of fitness; Maxwell Stewart Thacker,' 10s (no motor-cycle licence). £2); William Rex Collins. 5s (unlicensed trailer, 10sft George Mugford, 5s (unlicensed trailer, “V;.. mcßective silencer for motor-cycle: William Gibson Marshall, 20s. Exceeding 40 miles an hour: Charles George Truscott, convicted and discharged. No rear light; Cyril Desmond Smith. 10s (no driver s licence. 10s). Exceeding 30 miles an hour: Trevor John Redmond, 20s. m a / k o g -.L-? Ver . time , limlt: Barney „Blake 10s. Parking too. close lo corner: Bruce Chapman 10s. Cycling without light Charles Murphy, 20s. Incorrect parking: William Pickup, costs only.

CIVIL CASES * (Before Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M.) Judgment for plaintiff by default was & lv , en t t le Allowing civil cases:— Calder Mackay. and Company, Ltd., v G. Campbell, £l2 9s 2d; Daniel William Concannon v. Lily Constance Kench. commonly known as Lily Constance Concannon, £205 15s; Rewi Clarkson Idiens v. Prank J Smith, £2l los; Bishop and Company Ltd., v. W. S. Wilson, £3 18s: S’ t S l,v . < ? ter Vl Maude Oakley, 15s: H. J. North v. J, Alexander, £l6. 10s. and order for Possession. On a judgment summons John Johnston was ordered to pay-Lydia May JOhnston £8 17s forthwith, in default 10 days’ imprisonment, warrant to be suspended so long as 10s a week Is paid.