MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25446, 18 March 1948, Page 3

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

* WEDNESDAY (Before Mx F. F. Reid, S-M.) SUSPENDED SENTENCE A young man, aged 20, whose name was suppressed, was ordered to come up ( for sentence if called upon within 12 months when he pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of goods, valued at £l, from his employers. REMANDED Robert Samuel Richards, aged 38, a sound engineer,, who was represented by Mr K. J. McMenamin, was remanded to March 25 on a Charge of indecent assault on a male He was granted bail in his pwn recognisance of £5O, and one surety of £lOO, a condition being that he report daily to the police. ON LICENSED PREMISES George Lumsden was fined 20s for being on licensed premises, the Cave Rock Hotel, after hours. BREACHES OF PRICE ORDERS Charles Ralph Blackett was fined £2 for selling goods at a price not in conformity with a price order. Mr W. K. Dougall, for the Director of Price Control, said that the defendant sold 11b of raspberries for 2s lOd when the maximum price was 2s sd, under the price order. Lewis Thomas McEwen pleaded guilty to selling honey at a price not to conformity with the price order. He was fined £2.

Mr Dougall said that an inspector visited the defendant’s home and bought a 101 b tin of honey for 13s lOd. The correct price was 13s IJd. Regent Gowns. Ltd., was fined £2 for offering goods for sale at a price above that allowed by the price order. Mr Dougall, for the Director of Price Control, said that inspectors visited the shop where they saw a cotton frock priced at £5 2s 9d. They found that the defendant company had added a 50 per cent, mark up on cost, whereas it was allowed a 45 per cent, mark up. For selling a 51b tip of honey for 7s 6d when the correct price, under the order was 7s OJd, Lloyd Arthur Wigzell was fined £2. He was also fined 10s for fpiling to display a price order.

ILLEGALLY TAKING TROUT David Nihonio, Bob Pohio. and Mudu Hopkinson, of Tuahiwi, were fined £2 each for taking trout other than by rod and line.

Mr M> X Gresson, who appeared for the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, said the thr»e defendants were in one party. They had two spears among them but each said he o.id not spear the trout.

BUILDING CONTROL BREACHES J. Prisk, a lino layer, pleaded guilty to using cement when he did not have a permit. He was fined 30s. Mr T. K. Papprill appeared for the defendant. A. J. Drummond, who pleaded guilty to a charge of erecting a seaside dwelling at Charteris Bay without a permit, was fined £7. G. W. Hazeldine (Mr E. B. E. Taylor) was fined £5 for erecting a building (a shed) without a permit. Mr A. W. Brown appeared for the Building Controller in each oase. CHARGE DISMISSED Frederick Arthur Haywood Penfold, a farmer, of Leithfield, pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawfully supplying meat. He was represented by Mr K. J. McMenamin. Mr A W. Brown, for the Food Controller, said that inspectors saw Penfold’s van in the yard of the freezing works at Belfast. In it were three half lambs. The meat was unstamped and it was obvious the lambs had been killed and dressed away from an authorised slaughterhouse. Penfold told the inspectors the meat belonged to a young man, Miller, who worked for him and he was taking it to Miller’s parents He had given the lambs to Miller, who had given him (Penfold) a half lamb when they were killed. Mr McMenamin submitted that Penfold had committed no offence. He made a gift of the two live lambs tor the youth. Miller, because of his good work. Miller killed the lambs, sold the skins and asked Penfold to take the meat to Miller’s parents in Christchurch. The charge was dismissed.