MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25083, 15 January 1947, Page 5

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

TUESDAY (Before Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M.) ADMITTED TO PROBATION Gwendoline Grace Smith, aged 22 years, pleaded guilty to charges ot siealing a wristlet watch valued at £2 10s, the property of Janet Elizabeth Grigg; a pair of silk stockings- valued at 14s 9d. the property of Isobel Kennard; a pair of slacks valued at £6, and a handbag valued at £1 10s, the property of Thyra Taivase Bethell; and a smock valued at £1 4s, the property of Mary Katherine Shea. Senior-Detective F. J. Brady said from about the end of June accused had been employed by Mrs Bethell at Culverden. and while there had stolen a watch, the property of one of the guests, and other articles. She had been found by the police at Timaru when In possession of stolen property. All the stolen articlea had been recovered. Accused was released on probation for a period of two years, and was ordered to make restitution of the sum of 14s 9d. REMANDED George Edgar Pengelly, aged 62 years, was remanded to Friday next on a charge of stealing an electric iron valued at £2 10s, the property of the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association. Ltd. INTOXICATED IN CHARGE John Harold Aubrey Moore (Mr T. A. Gresson), aged 47 years, pleaded guilty to a charge of being found in a state of intoxication when in charge of a motorcar on January 13. Moore was fined £lO, his driver’s licence was suspended, and he was prohibited from holding one for 12 months. TRAFFIC BREACHES For breaches of traffic regulations, offenders were dealt with as follows: Exceeding speed limit: Wilfred Leonard Brown, fined £3 10s; Ernest John Brown. £2 10s; Hamish Heathcote McCrostie. £3 10s; Norman C. Williams, £2. No warrant of fitness: George Nelson Topp, fined 20s; Edward Moreton Wildey. 15s; Andersons, Ltd., Errol Torrence, Percy C. Vinter, Herman Wagner. Maxwell Wallis, 10s, and Geoffrey R. Vincent ss. Robert Maxwell Turnpenny was ordered to pay costs. Parking in prohibited area: William H. Smith, William Abbot Walker, and Gladstone Ward, each fined 10s. Incorrect parking: Victor James Stevens. Percy C. Vinter, Richard HickmanWebb. Edward Moreton Wildey. Alexander George Peter Woff. each fined 10s. Parking over time limit: James Oliver Speers Wallace, fined 20s; Henry James Brixton, 10s: Neville Vincent and Walter Vernon Wiseman, 10s.

Cycling without hands on handlebars: Lloyd Baker, Roland Woodley, and Arthur Yerrington, each fined 10s. William Tunnage was fined 20s. and Harry Percival Vette. Herman Wagher, and Maxwell Wallis each 10s for filling to keep to the left;. Harry G. A. Towner, 10s. for overtaking on an intersection; John R- Waters, 10s, for driving in a manner dangerous to the public; Frank Harold Wise, 255, for failing to dip lights; and William H. Smith. 20s. for not having a driver’s licence. Richard Hickman Webb was convicted and discharged for obstructing an entrance. Allan Walker was fined 15s for not having a brake attached to his cycle, and for cycling as one of three abreast. William Francis Walker was fined ISs. CIVIL COURT (Before Mr F. F. Reid. S.M.) POSSESSION OF HOUSE Laurence Baldwin Mclntyre (Mr H. W. Hunter) sought possession of a dwellinghouse in Wainoni road from Clarence Francis Wilkins (Mr W. F. Tracy). The case was adjourned Sfne die, to be brought on at seven days* notice. JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT Judgment by default was given In the following civil claims:—Kevin A spell v. Douglas Newman. £7O: Booth, Macdonald and Company. Ltd., v. Len Gower. £3 12s Id; Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., v. John Charles Lucas. £l9 16s; Pyne. Gould. Guinness Ltd., v. W. A. Jarden, £l4 10s; Ballins Breweries (N.Z.). Ltd., v. W. J. O’Callaghan. £2 5s 3d; M. D. Morrison v. F. C. Hamlin (formerly trading as Stafford Yates), £2l; M. P. Freeman v. L. Long, £8 5s 8d; Mary Elizabeth Clemett v. William McLean. £2l ISs: Ashby. Bergh and Company. Ltd., v. H. A. Cooper, £1 17a 7d; Maling and Company, Ltd., v. H. Sparks, £2 Us Id. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES Judgment summonses were dealt with as follows:—J. McDonald was ordered to pay Turnbull and Jones. Ltd., £6 6s 7d forthwith, in default seven days’ imprisonment: R. T. Lisle was ordered to pay Market Gardeners. Ltd., £4 10s forthwith, in default four days’ imprisonment.