MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25327, 29 October 1947, Page 3

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

(Before Mr F. F. Reid, S.M.) REMANDED Desmond Patrick Egan was remanded until November 3 on a charge of stealing a purse and £8 7s in money, the property of Dorothy Cecilia Penhalluriack on October 20. Bail was allowed in the sum of £5O and one surety of £5O, a condition being that accused report daily to the police. IDLE AND DISORDERLY Eileen Monica Ellis, aged 39 (Mr J. A Kennedy), was convicted and remanded for examination when she pleaded guilty ’to being idle and disorderly in that she had insufficient lawful visible means of support. TRAFFIC OFFENCES Offenders against the traffic regulations were fined as follows: Parking over time limit: Thyra Taivase Bethell, 10s; Leslie Norman Dyer, 15s; Thomas William Henry McClea, 20s; John Alexander Ptrera, 20s. No driver’s licence: Pamela Blaxall, ,10s (driving without lights, 10s); Douglas Reginald Collins, 10s (no warrant of fitness, 10s); Claude Raymond Dunford, 10s; William Edward Rush, 10s (no warrant of fitness, 10s); Alexander Alastair Hamilton, 10s; Harold John Welch, costs only (no warrant of fitness, costs only). No warrant of fitness: Leicester Clark, 15s (overloading heavy traffic vehicle, 20s); Hubert Free, iOs (failing to give way, 20s); George Sydney Gunns, costs only (parking in prohibited area, 10s); Robert William O’Connor, 10s; Alfred Tucker, 10s (unlicensed heavy traffic vehicle. 20s). Exceeding 30 miles an hour: Peter McDonald, 30s; Michael Douglas, 30s; Hector John McLean, £2;- Raymond Henderson, 30s (failing to produce warrant of fitness, costs only). No footrests on motor-cycle: Desmond Walter Fletcher, costs only; James Newell, 20s. Parking in prohibited area: William Cockram, 10s; Alice Evelyn May Davis, 10s; Edw.ird William James Gardener, 15s; Eileen Elsie Lawson, costs only; Arnold Martin Sheppard. 10s (incorrect parking, 10s); Gladys Melva Stowe, 10s. Incorrect parking: John / Gordon Fletcher, 10s (licence label not offered, costs only); David Morris Owen Griffiths, 15s. Obstructing fire-plug: Marie Gertrude Tutton, 20s (incorrect parking, costs only, no warrant of fitness, costs only). No number-plate on trailer: Allan Bullivanti convicted and discharged (licence label rot affixed to trailer, convicted and discharged; no warrant of fitness, convicted and discharged). No number-plate on van: Harvey Craven May, 10s. Failing to dip lights: Bernard Joseph McCracken, 20s. Cycling without light: Herbert John Simpson, 20s (no red reflector, 20s). No licence sticker attached to vehicle: Charles Leary Pope, 20s. CIVIL CASES CLAIM FOR DAMAGES (Before Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M.) Selena Truscott (Mr J. D. Hutchison) claimed £36 14s 3d from the Christchurch City Council (Mr W. R. Lascelles). The claim arose through an accident on April 11, 1947, between the plaintiff's car and a vehicle driven by an employee of the defendant corporation. The statement of claim alleged that an employee of the defendant corporation had negligently driven a vehicle, the property of the Municipal Electricity Department, on the Stimner road and .had collided with the plaintiff’s car. Defendant had failed to keep a proper look-out and failed to give warning of his intention to turn. After hearing evidence, the Magistrate said' he was satisfied that the driver of the vehicle had kept a proper look-out and that he did give warning of his intention to turn. The cause of the accident was that the plaintiff did not keep as close as practicable to the left and that she had approached the other vehicle too quickly. Judgment was given for the defendant. JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF (Before Mr H. P. La wry, S.M.) Hugh Herbert Whitford, a shift foreman (Mr D. W. Russell) claimed £29 10s from J. McNeill, trading as the Motor Tool and Tyre Company. The claim was for money received by defendant as a deposit on a motor-cycle. Judgment was given for the plaintiff. ORDERS FOR POSSESSION Walter Charles Colenso was ordered to give possession of a five-acre property at Halswell to E. F._Bearman and V. M. Bearman (Mr E. a. Lee) before November 11. Judgment was given the plaintiffs for £l2 mesne profits. T. M. Smith (Mr J. K. Moloney) sought an order for possession of premises at 170 Montreal street, from Thomas Pascoe (Mr H. Armstrong) and claimed £2B 17s 6d owing by defendant. The claim was made on the grounds of hardship. An order for the possession of the Ipremises before November 28 was made. Judgment was given the plaintiff for the amount owing by defendant. (Before Mr Raymond Ferner, p.M.) Hugh Patterson Armour, a dental surgeon (Mr J. D. Hutchison) claimed possession of a room in the Dominion Buildings, Cathedral square, from Eileen Nelson, a chiropodist (Mr W- R. Lascelles). Judgment was given for defendant. JUDGMENTS BY DEFAULT Judgment was given for the plaintiffs by default in the following cases:—Chas. Begg and Compnay v. M. McDougall, £l2 4s; Canterbury Finance Corporation, Ltd., v. Frederick Charles Richards, £6; V. W. Johnston v. F. Agnew, £6 8s 3d; F. A. Brown, Ltd., v. V. C. Levy, £l9 15s; R Redpath v. C. C. Wilkie, costs only; Simpson and Williams, Ltd., v. G. Elliott, £J ss; State Advances Corporation of Nev. Zealand v. Raymond Standish Field, £lf 5s 9d; Charles S. Thomas and Thompsor v. W. A. Evans, £1 Is; T. H. Davies anc Company, Ltd.,' v. Florence May Thomas £9 15s sd. JUDGMENT SUMMONS On a judgment summons, W. M. Sall was ordered to pay the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury, Ltd., £8 15s sd, in default nine days’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended as long as defendant pays £1 c week. j G. V. Thomas was ordered to pay A and T. Burt, Ltd., £35 14s Id, in default one month’s imprisonment. RESERVED DECISION Judgment for A. E. Husband (M r J. B Corbett) in a claim for possession of pari of a section at the corner of Forbes anc Beaumont streets, against V. Tolchard (Mi EBE. Taylor) was given by Mr F. F Reid, S.M., in a reserved decision. The warrant is to lie in the Court until January 17, 1948.