MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25269, 22 August 1947, Page 5

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

THURSDAY (Before Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M.) RAILWAY FARE NOT PAID Christopher L. Hampton was fined £2 for travelling by rail between Christchurch and Timaru without paying his fare.

Senior-Sergeant G. H. L. Holt said it was the third time Hampton had been before the Cburt for a similar offence. 'remanded

Charged with obtaining £32 Ils from Horace Eyer on August 15 at Christchurch, by falsely representing that a cheque for £6O drawn on the Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, and signed A. Brown, was a good and valid order, Alan Edwin Brown, a jockey and butcher, of Auckland, aged 33 (Mr D. W. Russell), was remanded until August 28. Bail was granted on the accused’s recognisance of £lOO. and one other surety of £lOO. THEFT Doris Irene Isobel .Martin, on a charge of stealing a diamond engagement ring valued at £42, the property of Joan Elsie Taylor, was admitted to probation for three years. Mr E. C. Champion, who represented the accused, said the offence was almost identical with another committed last January.- There was no explanation for the offences, and the family had no monetary difficulties.

IMPRISONMENT Gordon Alexander Milne, a labourer, aged 30. pleaded guilty to stealing an electric clock valued at £lO, the property of Oscar Redmond Butterfield. Detective-Sergeant A. A. Herron said that the accused stole the clock from a room in a boarding house and afterwards sold it for £l. ' Milne was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour. ASSAULT For assaulting John Thomas Harpur on July 25, Desmond Felix McEvedy was fined £2. Police evidence was that McEvedy had started a fight with the doorkeeper of a dance hall. OBSCENE LANGUAGE Frank Joseph Grantley was fined £2 for using obscene language in North Hagley Park. For riding a motor-cycle on a footpath in the park he was fined £l. Mr J. K. Moloney, who represented Grantley, said it had always been a local custom that people could take cars and motor-cycles into a corner of the park when football matches were on. Senior-Sergeant Holt said Grantley had been riding in a dangerous manner, and when spoken to had used the obscene language. LICENSING OFFENCES Horace Lawton Dyer, licensee of Storey’s Hotel (Mr W. R. Lascelles) was fined £3 for selling liquor after hours on July 24. Winston Sidney Hill, barman at Storey’s Hotel, was fined £1 for supplying liquor after hours. For being on licensed premises after hours, Leslie E. G. Philpott was fined 30s. Fines of £3 were imposed on Alan Allfrey and Ralph Reginald Power on charges of having liquor near a dance ip the R.S.A. Hall at Sumner. CHIMNEY FIRES Anne Kilpatrick and Robert W. McKechnie were each fined 10s for permitting chimneys to catch fire. FINE IMPOSED For casting offensive matter in a public place, Peter Sloan was fined £2. INSULTING LANGUAGE For using insulting language in Philpotts road on July 18, Charles Rountree was convicted and discharged. COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE Paul Raymond, aged 46, on a charge of indecently assaulting a boy aged 13, was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. 'CIVIL COURT (Before Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M.) ORDERS FOR POSSESSION Matthew Smith was ordered to give possession of a house at 17£ Mackenzie avenue to Alfred Seabourne Moore on the expiry of one month. W. Foster was ordered to give possession of a house at 2 Grafton street to the New Zealand Railways Department within one month.

Eva Rouse was ordered to give possession of a tenement at 109 Poulsen street to Matthew Will Crampton and Tui Lily Crampton within one month. DEFAULT JUDGMENTS Judgment for plaintiffs by default was given in the following claims:—A. E. Higgins v. F. R. McWatt, £3 17s 6d: E. B. Payton v. G. H. Gardner, £9 4s; Cash Order Purchases, Ltd., trading as G. S. Morse Cash Orders* v. T. Manifold, £8 U

lid; the Perpetual Trustees Estate and Agency Company of New Zealand, Ltdexecutor and trustee of the will of Robert Duncan Benjamin, v. D. Perrin, £lB 15s 3d; Adamson Dudley Advertising, Ltd., v. M. Davis, £8 Ils lOd; India Services. Ltd., v. M. G. Elliott, £24 19s 9d; Andrews and Beaven, Ltd., v. M. A. Rasmusen, £7 19s 6d; Mary Dodd v. I. Tiling, costs only.

* CLAIM SETTLED A. E. Bussell (Mr E. A. Lee) claimed £3O 15s 6d from Frederick Albert Henry Sharman, trading as J. Sharman and Sons (Mr R. A. Young). For the plaintiff, Mi* Lee said that Bussell claimed the amount for pigs sold and delivered to defendant in June and July. 1941, but the defendant denied that there was any amount owing. The Magistrate adjourned the Court in order that both parties might come to an agreement, after which Mr Young announced that a settlement had been reached. (Before Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M.) JUDGMENT SUMMONS In a judgment summons, A. T. Richards was ordered to pay Archibald’s Garage, Ltd., £9 3s 6d forthwith, in default 10 days’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended as long as the defendant pays 10s a weelc