MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25606, 22 September 1948, Page 3

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

TUESDAY (Before Mr Rex C. Abernethy, S.M.) T REMANDED Lauriston Scott Neilson, a seaman, aged 21 (Mr E. M. Hay), was remanded until September 28, on a charge of failing to report while released on probation. Bail was allowed at £5O in accused’s own recognisance and one surety of £lOO, conditional on his reporting to the police daily. SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT David Jamieson, a labourer, aged 29, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to a charge of being an idle and disorderly person with insufficient means of support. Detective-Sergeant G. W. Alty, who prosecuted, said that Jamieson had worked in coal mines on the West Coast, but seemed to spend most of his time following racemeetings. Accused had borrowed money and had attempted to leave an hotel by a fire-escape without repaying his debts. "I rather think that probation would be wasted on you,” said the Magistrate, imposing a sentence of one month’s imprisonment with hard labour. TRAFFIC CASES Offenders against the traffic regulations were dealt with as follows, all except two of the cases being brought by the traffic department of the Christchurch City Council:—

Parking breaches: John Henry Beale, 15s; Leonard Boyce, £2 (obscured registration plate, 10s); George Edward Brassell, 10s; Robert Burns, 10s; Maxwell Neil Duff, 20s; Mynyddog William Evans, 10s; Wilfred James Ford, 30s; Hugh S. Hobbs, 10s; Metal Globe Company, Ltd., 10s; Alexander McDonald, 30s; Henry Irving McGrath, convicted and discharged; Georgina Newberry, 20s; Zita Adeline Mairi Rimmer, ss; George Pyne Roberts, costs only; Alan Charles Compton Robilliard, 10s; Peter Finn Sivertson, 10s (no warrant of fitness, 10s); Edna Mary Swanston, 20s; Isobel Sucknell, convicted and discharged: William Taylor, 30s; Roland Neil Walker, 30s; Alfred Winder, 10s.

Exceeding 30 miles an hour: William George Blackler, £3: Colin James Bowden, £2 10s (no warrant of fitness, costs; no driver’s licence, 20s); Clarence John Campbell, 30s (no driver’s licence, 20s; no warrant of fitness, 10s): John Neville Dawson, £2 10s; Thomas Macfarlane Fee, £2 10s; David Peter Fowler, £2 (no warrant of fitness, 30s); Robert Desmond Miller, £4; Lionel Geoffrey Myers, £4; John Longhurst Neal, £3 10s; Cyril Sydney John Poulton, £3 10s; William Steyens Storey, £3; Herbert Robert Leslie Whittle. £2. No driver’s licence: Clarence Walter Haines, 30s: Trevor George Davie, 10s; William Desmond Frame, 30s (no warrant of fitness,. 10s; unlicensed vehicle, 10s); 'Albert Maxwell Hegarty, 30s (driving in dangerous manner, £5; unsound vehicle, £2; no warrant of fitness, 10s); Jack Osbert Muschamp, 10s (no warrant of fitness, ss). „ » . * uFailing to yield to school patrol: Archibald Dodds Mclvor, 30s. Overloading heavy traffic: Albert Carl Hamburger. £3; Paynter and Hamilton, No warrant-of fitness: Vincent John Kay, 20s; lan William Munro, 10s; Rewinds. Ltd., 10s. Unlicensed heavy traffic: Douglas F. Dailey. £2 10s; Thomas Cyril Voyce, £2 Licence label not displayed: Gilbert Hawkins Fowler, 10s (no warrant of fitness, 10s). Failing to dip lights: William Henry Brown. £2 10s; William Henry Merritt, £2 10s; Whitu Pitama. £2 10s. Failing to produce licence: John Wilson, ss. , . Cycling on footpath: Fred Armstrong, 10s (no bell and no white mudguard, convicted and discharged). Cycling no hands: Boyd Buzan. 10s; John Cedric Cole, 10s (no bell and no rear red reflector, costs only). Cycling without light: Albert Crichton, 20s (no bell, costs only); Francis Joseph Duffy, 20s (no bell. 10s; no brake and no rear red reflector, costs only); Leonard George Kimber, 20s; William Poad 20s. Cycling negligently: Dems John Salmons, £2 10s. ’ . No rear red reflector: Gordon Meredith. 10s. Driving without due care: Marie Cara Morgan. 20s. - . CIVIL COURT (Before Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M.)

JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF Bert Arthur Allen, of Christchurch, fruiterer, was awarded £4l ss, against Harold Counsell, of Wellington, car dealer, the amount representing damage done to plaintiff’s motor-car in a collision on November 14, 1947, at Christchurch.

JUDGMENTS BY DEFAULT Judgment for the plaintiffs by default was given in the following cases :—‘The Drapery and General Importing Company, of New Zealand, Ltd., v. M. Lawson, £lO 18s; Maling and Company, Ltd., v. D. J. Headlam, £2 19s 2d; Maling and Company, Ltd., v. S. Giles, £2 19s 2d; F. A. Brown, Ltd., v. D. B. Alexander, £1 4s; Gordon and Gotch (Australasia). Ltd., v. R. Butterfield, £l2 15s; Direct Supply Company, Ltd., v. Ronald B. Moher, £3 10s; Lalor Omar Shiel v. R. V. Dickey, £5 2s 6d; Mali-ig and Company, Ltd., v. W. Gunn, £2 3s; same v. A. Mackie, £2 6s lOd: same v. B. A. Taylor, £2 19s 2d.

JUDGMENT SUMMONS M. Eathorne was ordered to pay Gordon and Gotch (Australasia),. Ltd., the sum of £l7 18s forthwith, in default 19 days’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended as long as defendant pays £2 a month, first payment on October 21.