MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25902, 7 September 1949, Page 3

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

TUESDAY (Before Mr F. F. Reid, S.M.) IMPRISONMENT FOR THEFT Hubert John Taylor, aged 20, a cook, pleaded guilty to charges that on August 21 he stole a motor-car tyre, tube, and wheel, valued at £7 10s, the property of George Patrick Anderson, and that on August 12 he stole a car tyre, tube, and wheel, valued at £l2, the property of Patrick Paul Daly. Detective-Sergeant G. W. Alty said that Taylor had been operating as a car salesman. He had borrowed cars for demonstration purposes, used them for a few days, and then returned them. In the two cases in which he was charged he had borrowed money and given the spare wheels as security, returning the cars without the spare wheels. The accused had previous convictions. The wheels and tyres had been recovered. Mr H. W. Hunter, counsel for the accused. said that Taylor had behaved himself since January, 1947. It was no myth about his selling cars for he had sold four In the last four months. The Magistrate said it was obvious that Taylor thought he could live «by his wits and prey on the community. Taylor was sentenced to two months’ Imprisonment with hard labour on each charge, the sentences to be concurrent. PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT Joe Rudolph Slowik, alias Roy Cosmic, aged 25, a seaman, pleaded guilty to a charge that on August 9 he deserted the overseas ship. Highland Prince, at Lyttelton. He also pleaded guilty to a charge that, being a prohibited immigrant, he entered New Zealand without a permit. Mr R. W. Edgeley, for the Shaw Savill and Albion Company. Ltd., said that Slowik was very determined to desert his ship. The Highland Prince was in several ports before coming to Lyttelton, and at each of them Slowik demanded medical attention. On each occasion he was found to be quite fit. At Lyttelton he was examined by a number of doctors, including a psychiatrist, and again was found tn be quite fit. He was put on board the ship, but walked off five minutes later. Mr E. J. Bridgman, for the Customs Department. said that Slowik was a French subject. He was not on board when the ship sailed. He was a prohibited immigrant and did not have a permit, to stay in New Zealand. Mr Bridgman asked for a deportation order and also an order for Slowik’s detention until he could be put or board a ship within six months. Slowik said he was not a French citizen. The Magistrate said he might not be. but he certainly was not a New Zealand citizen. On the charge of ship desertion. Slowik was sentenced to one month’s imprisonmen with hard labour. On the charge of entering New Zealand without a permit, he was ordered to be detained in custody for a period not exceeding six months, and an order was made for his deportation uithin that period. ONE YEAR’S IMPRISONMENT Alan Francis de Lury, aged 27. a painter, pleaded guilty to a charge of wilful and obscene exposure in Macauly street on July 8. Mr J. K. Moloney, for the accused, said that de Lury served in Italy as a stretcherbearer and won the Military Medal. He was captured and escaped three times, being recaptured each time. From what could be gleaned from his medical history, it might call for a report. The Magistrate said this was a type of offence from which the public were entitled to be protected. De Lury had offended against all sense of public decency. He should be sent where he would get proper treatment. The accused was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment. REMANDED William James Hoyes, aged 25, a sawyer, Eric Solomon, aged 25. a labourer, and Henry Charles Martin, aged 35, a labourer, all represented by Mr J. K. Molonfiy. were remanded to September 12 on a charge that, on September 3. they broke and entered the premises of the State Coal Depot in Moorhouse avenue with intent to commit theft. Each accused was allowed bail in his own recognisance of £lOO and one surety of £lOO. conditional upon his reporting daily to the police. TRAFFIC OFFENCES . Penalties were imposed as stated for Oreaches of the ’raffic regulations in the following cases brought by the traffic department of the Christchurch City Council:— Not displaying licence label. —Duncan Alexander Allen, ’os (no driver’s .icence, *Bs; no warrant of fitness, 10s); Harold Hendrie Cowley, costs only; Noel Adam Crombie, convicted and discharged; Artur Selwyn Havill. costs only: Joyce Phnston. 10s; Odie Kerr, 10s; Ronald Eric Milnes, costs only (incorrect parking, 10s): Heese Frederick Smith, costs only; Joyce Lorraine Stevens, osts only (no driver’s licence, 10s); Stanley Frederick Stevens, costs only; Clifton Raymond Tovey, costs °nly; Peter Wynn-Williams, costs only. .Parking offences.—Margaret Ruth Bar*cr, 10s; Edward Goldthorp Beckett, 20s; Andre Bruck. £2; Denys Oliver Chapman, Ws: James Henry Cook, 30s: Douglas James Elliot, costs only; Leslie Gordon

£ew, 15s; Leonard Edgar Goold, 15s; Hilda Maude Holmes, 20s; Frederick Cairns Lee £3; Colin James Lyon, 10s; William Millar, 10s; Gilbert George Mitchell, 20s (no driver’s licence, costs only) “. r ,ia n Anderson Murray, 15s; Herbert William Mclntyre, 10: (driving unlicensed vehicle, 10s; no driver’s licence, 10s); Clif£°rd .Maxwell O’Connor, 10s; Felix Ellis O Sullivan, 15S; Ralph Alexander Rodgers, 15s; Roy Hamilton Scott. 20s; Cyril H Stonyer, 20s. Riding unlighted cycle at night.—Leslie Thomas Ball, 20s. No warrant of fitness.—Leslie Ward Clinton, 10s; Rita Gwendoline Earl, 10s (no driver’s licence, 10s); xionald Thomas Richard Lisle, costs only; David Montrose Milne, 10s (no driver’s licence. 10s); Peter John Pierce, costs only. Failing to produce driver’s licence.— Arthur Harrison McLeod. 10s (failing to produce warrant of fitness, 10s). Failing to take precautions when alighting from vehicle.—Doris Carnival Davis, 20s. Permitting use of unlicensed vehicle.— Thomas Henry Hawley. 10s (no driver’s licence, 10s). Failing to give way on .ight.—Donald Stuart Alexander Helson. £2; Rupert Terence Waring. £2. No driver’s .icence.—Colin Aubrey Priest, 10s; Wong Loo Sak, 10s. Exceeding speed limit.—Ernest Arthur Kennard. £3; Walter Perfect, £2. In prosecutions brought by the Transport Department, Allan George Whitnail was fined 10s for having no warrant of fitness and Donald Munroe McKay was fined 30s for driving in a manner which might have been dangerous to other users of the road. CIVIL CASE (Before Mr E. A. Lee. S.M.) MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIM Both parties nad been negligent, said the Magistrate in giving his decision on a claim and counter-claim irising out of a collision between two motor-cars near the intersection of Cambridge terrace and Fitzgerald avenue about 1.30 a.m. on July 18 The major contributory factor, however. was defendant's attempt to cross in front of plaintiff, he said, in laving down, for purooses of damages, that Reginald Marshall, a grocer, of 1025 Colombo street, was two-thirds to blame and Jack a tailor, of 44 York street. Opawa. onethird responsible. Brown, who was reoresented by Mr D W. Russell, claimed £26 8s 8d for damage to his car -ind £lO general damages on account of 'oss sustained in selling the car after the accident. Marshall (Mr R Twyneham) counter-claimed for £l6 10s soecial damages and £lO general damages. The Magistrate found that defendant had failed to keep as close as possible to the left and had driven on the incorrect side of the roadww. but had not beer driving at an excessive spe**d and had not failed to see nlaintiff. P’aintiff had failed to Veep a urooer look-out. said the Ma gi st rate. ,