MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25802, 13 May 1949, Page 4

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

THURSDAY (Before Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M.) REMANDED Ronald Charles O’Conner (Mr J. K. Moloney), aged 20, a labourer, appeared on remand,- on a charge of breaking and entering the shop of May Ada Webb, 2 Normans road, on April 30, and committing theft. He was also charged with being a rogue and a vagabond. He was further remanded until May 23. Bail was renewed on condition that accused report daily to the police. John Conrad Norman, aged 27, a driver, was also charged with breaking and entering the shop of May Ada Wefcb, 2 Normans road, on April 30, and committing theft. He was remanded to appear on May 23. John Albert Arthur (Mr E. M. Hay), aged 30, a painter, was charged with breaking and entering the house of Stewart Maxwell Duff, 99 Francis Avenue, on February 12, and committing theft. He was remanded to appear on May 19. Detective-Sergeant R. S. Smith opposed an application for bail, stating that the accused was at present on remand concerning other charges. The Magistrate said he would allow bail, but it would be substantial. Bail was allowed at £2OO, with one surety of £2OO, or two sureties of £lOO each. It was stipulated that the sureties must be other than those in the former bail. Clarence Burnaby, aged 43, » labourer, of no fixed abode, was remanded until May 16 on a charge of failing to •- comply with the terms of a maintenance order. FIREARM OFFENCES Norman Eric Odering and Bruce Conway Odering were each convicted and ordered to pay costs on charges of delivering possession of a firearm without a permit, and convicted and discharged on chaiges of procuring a firearm without a permit. George Henry Stanbridge was convicted and ordered to pay costs for delivering possession of a firearm without a permit. Mr W. K. L. Dougall appeared for the three defendants. DISORDERLY -CONDUCT “People like you, who make disorder at public dances, are an unmitigated pest and nuisance,** said the Magistrate imposing a fine of £3 on Rennell Ernest Ballinger, a storeman, aged 31 (Mr D. J. Hewitt), who pleaded not guilty to a charge of behaving in a disorderly manner at a dance held in the Addington Workshops Hall in March. “I have no hesitation in believing the witnesses for the prosecution, and I did not like your demeanour in the witness box,” said the Magistrate to accused. ‘‘lf you go to dances in the future I would advise you to behave yourself, for if you appear before me again on a charge like this, I shall have no hesitation in sending you to Paparua for two months,” said the Magistrate. , HOTEL LICENSEE FINED Noel Vivian, licensee of His Lordship’s Hotel (Mr W. F. Tracy), pleaded guilty to a charge of supplying liquor after hours, and of supplying liquor to a person under 21 years. A Dunedin sports team had been staying at the hotel and the usual hangerson were present, said Mr Tracy. The barman at the hotel thought that one of the men was a* member of the team and supplied him with liquor, as he would be a guest staying at the hotel. The person under 21 was an acquaintance of the licensee, who, from a conversation with him, thought he must be more than 21 when he was told that he received £9 a week. The man, in fact, was 19, said Mr Tracy. Mr Tracy also appeared for David Percival Edmonds, the barman concerned. It was not a case of after-hours trading, said Mr Tracy. Sub-Inspector G. H. L. Holt, who prosecuted. agreed. “This is not an aggravated offence of its kind, but I am bound to bear in mind that the penalty for .this offence has been increased,” said the Magistrate. Vivian was fined £7 for selling liquor after horn-s and £3 for supplying liquor to a juvenile. The barman, Edmonds, who had served the liquor, was fined £l. ON LICENSED PREMISES AFTER HOURS Douglas John Robertson and Noel George Green were each fined £1 for being on licensed premises at His Lordship’s Hotel after hours. CIVIL CASES (Before Mr F. F. Reid, S.M.) Judgment for the plaintiff by default was given in the following civil cases:— Maling and Company, Ltd., v. A. W. Blackwell, £l7 7s 9d. Possession of premises at 45 Tilford street, Woodston, was granted C. H. Newton from C. Prince and A. Prince.