MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25970, 25 November 1949, Page 10

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

(Before Mr ™™o?d re ™® r ' S M ’ > FALSE M D. J. HewJames to five charges itt) aged 18, pleaded pairy falling to ot false Pretences gJ McCabo pay railway fares. On > xon £6 by received from Matth cbe que for that falsely representing tha a c « order; O n amount was a good D . Hlc hNovember 7, £9 is £|g p s. N The Magistrate: But the Navy wouldn't h U F h £h ol . ciSVic”d ol dishonesty twice previously railway fares he was convicted and dis charged. TH gp T O F CYCLES Cardigan John Charles Petterson pleaded guilty to charges of stealing valued at £8 and £lO, the property of James O’Brien Cusack and Matthew Winder, on October 17, and a at £l7 10s, the property of John Clinora Flanagan, on October 21. Senior-Sergeant J. J. Kemj said accused had stolen Cusack’s bicycle and had sold it to a dealer for «2. On the same day he had attempted to sell Winder s bicycle to the same dealer but no-busi-ness was done. A few days ’ater he again visited the dealer in an attempt to sell Flanagan's bicycle. The dealer became suspicious and informed the police. Petterson was at present serving a term r of imprisonment. a Petterson was sentenced to two months , imprisonment on each charge, the sen- ' tences to be cumulative and cumulative on the term\ being served. , REMANDED „ Harold Robert Paul Saint Merat (Mr E. M. Hay) and a youth whose name was ordered not to be published, who was represented by Mr D. W. Russell, were remanded until 2 p.m. to-day on a charge of converting to their own use a motorcar valued at £3OO. w a Bail was allowed each accused In tne sum of £lOO and one surety of £IM. Stanley Arnold Nicholson (Mr E. M. Hay), charged with intent to obtain from the Calder Mackay Company. Ltd., a radio set valued at £l9 18s od and £5 Is 6d in money by falsely representing that a cheque for £25 signed by J. Wilkinson was a good and valid order, was remanded until December 1. Bail was allowed in the sum of £ 100 and two sureties of £5O. Frederick Bowles, aged 74, w’as remanded to December 1 oh a charge of indecently assaulting a male on October 23. Bail was allowed in the sum of £lOO, and two sureties of £5O. FINE IMPOSED For casting offensive matter in a public place Arthur George Henry Sunnex was fined 20s. LICENSING BREACHES For being found on the licensed premises of Tattersall’s Hotel after hours, Owen Guthrie, William Tlobert Hamess and John Francis O’Shea were each fined 20s. Bruce Huon Palmer and James Shankland iun., were each fined 20s for.being unlawfully on the licensed premises of tne Excelsior Hotel. BREACH OF PROHIBITION ORDER George Moera Crawford (Mr C. V. Lester), aged 22, was fined £2 for procuring liquor during the currency of a prohibition order. CIVIL CASES (Before Mr F. F. Reid. S.M.) JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF Horton» Bidwell and Company, Ltd., was given judgment against F. C. Platt for £6 for damages done to plaintiff firm s car by a truck driven by an employee of the defendant. The firm claimed £lO 0s 6d. holding that the damage was caused by the negligence of the defendant’s employee. JUDGMENT SUMMONS On a judgment summons, Rita Hamburger was ordered to pay William CairnsBell £8 12s forthwith, in default seven days’ imprisonment; the warrant to be suspended so long as defendant pays 10s a week. (Before Mr Rex C. Abernethy, S.M.) TENANCY CASE ADJOURNED William Henry Benson, a farmer (Mr D. W. Russell), claimed possession of a house at 430 Harewood road, Papanui, from Thomas W. • Crosaen, a caretaker (Mr E. B. E. Taylor). After hearing evidence by both parties the Magistrate adjourned the case until January 17, 1950