MAGISTRATES COURT

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26122, 26 May 1950, Page 10

MAGISTRATES COURT

THURSDAY (Before Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M.) REMANDED John Merritt Harpur, a salesman, aged 24 (Mr T. T. West), was charged witn breaking and entering the warehouse of | A. E. Gledhill and Company, Ltd., and i committing theft, and Ronald Thomas Richard Lisle, a labourer and cafe proprietor, aged 45 (Mr E. <B. E. Taylor), was charged with receiving from Harpur a quantity of suiting material valued at £l2uo, the property of A. E. Gledhill and Company, Ltd., knowing it to have been dishonestly obtained. Accused were remanded until June 12. bail being renewed in each case at self £250, with two sureties, each of £250. REMANDED FOR REPORT Charles Eric Holden Hamerten, a journalist, aged 46 (Mr B. G. Dingwall), I pleaded guilty to four charges of obtain- i ing money by false pretences, the sums involved being £3, £2 10s, £2 10s, and £3 3s. Detective-Sergeant G. W. Alty said that since last August accused had been travelling through the Wairarapa, Nelson, Blenheim, Canterbury', and South Canterbury districts, soliciting orders for advertisements for a souvenir valendar. He had admitted that since November he had received about £330 for advertisements and had spent it all except £1 14s sd, I which he had in his possession when arrested. Accused was the .subject of a prohibition order which he had ignored, and that might have been his trouble. No arrangements had been made for printing the calendar. He had quite a number of previous convictions. Mr Dingwall said accused had no connexion with the newspaper ■•Freedom.” which he had claimed to represent, but he had in the past produced calendars under the name “Freedom Souvenir." There were orders for about £5O worth of calendars, which would be enough to pay for printing them if accused could let a contract for the printing. Mr Dingwall said accused had asked for a medical examination. The Magistrate remanded accused for sentence lor one week, and asked for a report by the probation officer. "He is a man Who in the last two years, apart from his previous conviction', has been convicted nine charges of false pretences and has been given a term of imprisonment followed by reformative detention,” the Magistrate said. NAME SUPPRESSED A married woman whose name was ordered to be suppressed was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence il called on within 12 months on a charge of stealing an article of clothing valued at 12s 6d, the property of Millers, Ltd. LICENSING OFFENCES For being on the licensed premises of the Club Hotel alter hours, Daniel Joseph Nelson was fined 20s. For being on the licensed premises of the New City Hotel after hours. William Albert Gaines and Lindsay Goidon Busswell were each fined 20s. Charles Partington (Mr W. G. P. Cunmgham), a barman at the New City Hotel, was fined £2 for supplying liquor after hours. Hugh Bernard Granger (Mr Cuningham), licensee of the New City Hotel, was ■ fined 20s for selling liquor after hours. CASTING OFFENSIVE MATTER Patrick Frederick Keenan was fined £2 , for casting offensive matter in a public I place. On a similar charge. Paddy McHugh was convicted and ordered to pay costs.. UNREGISTERED FIREARM Michael Pomare, a chain hand, was charged with procuring possession on ' October 16. 1946, of a .32 revolver with, out a permit. Senior-Sergeant J. J. Kearns said the revolver had recently been found in the possession of a 15-year-old boy. ♦ * a ” swer to a question by" the Magistrate, Pomare said the revolver was damaged and he had thought he would keep it as a curio. A fine of 20s was imposed. CHARGES DISMISSED A. charge against Desmond Arundel of being on the licensed premises of Storeys' T a ? e J u fter and a char §e against .James Reginald Bonner (Mr W. F Brown) the licensee of the hotel, of exposing hquor for sale after hours, were dismissed. * INFORMATION DISMISSED James Samuel Montecino was charged \vith assisting in the commission of an offence, m keeping premises open for business on a Sunday for conducting a marathon piano playing contest. Sergeant O. D. Wilkes said tickets had been sold earlier for use at anytime on the Sunday. On the Sunday admission had been by donation. Tickets had been issued for each donation as a check for Montecino. Senior-Sergeant J. J. Kearns said there was no evidence other than that Montecino was playing in the hall and that money was being taken at the door. The Magistrate: There may be some connexion between the two. and there

may not be—defendant denies that there The information was dismissed. FINE IMPOSED Arthur Bertram Thorpe (Mr H. W. Hunter) was fined 20s for purchasing second-hand goods from a person under 16 years old. LIQUOR NEAR DANCE HALL James Miller was fined £3 for being in possession of liquor near a dance hall. CASE ADJOURNED A charge against Desmond William Sward, of owning an Alsatian dog which attacked Edith Esther Lange in Godley avenue, was adjourned until June 1. Senior-Sergeant Kearns said the woin.vi was returning to her home when the (fog attacked her and bit her on a shoulder. She ran inside her gate and the dog followed her. Sward said he had had the dog destroyed, but had burnt the receipt. The Magistrate said there was no evidence that the dog had been destroyed. (Before Mr F. F. Reid. S.M.) ADMITTED TO PROBATION Lester Mervyn Ramage, a cook, aged 19, was charged with converting to hi* own use at Annat a motor-car valued at £l6O, the property of Maurice O’Connell He was also charged with the theft ->f £2. the property of Maurice Jordon, £2. the property of Russell Ferguson Lav - rence, and £1 Is, the property of Leo David Rolston. He pleaded guilty to all the charges. After considering the Probation Oncer’s report, the Magistrate said accu c 1 was approaching the time when he could be termed a drifter. He would give him a chance because of his youth. Accused was admitted to probation for two years, a condition being that he tak< work in the country and not leave it without the permission of the Probation Officer. CIVIL CASES (Before Mr R. M. Grant. S.M.) POSSESSION ORDER REFUSED A claim by William Millner (Mr G P Purnell) for’the possession of a house at Sockburn occupied by John H. Holbrotun (Mr L. H. Armstrong, of the Department of Labour) was refused. Millner said e required the house for an employee living in Christchurch who had to start work in the early hours of the morning His job was to pick up meat from tne ; Islington Freezing Works and distribute lit to the butchers throughout the tov. • .- The distance the employee had to travel to start work was about five miles. He contended there was a hardship on the employee. Holbrough said he was employed at the Islington Freezing Works. Sometime*, especially during seasonal work, he was called on to work long hours. If he had to shift to the town to live he would have to travel eight miles each day to work. As well, two of his daughters, both under the age of 21. were workinc at the works No alternative accommodation had been offered. The Magistrate refused to make an order for possession. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES Donald Alfred Harper was ordered to pay Stanley Bloomfield £l7 15s in default 17 days’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended as long as he pay® £1 a week L. W Walker was ordered to pay Norman Charles Stevenson £ll 6s. in dj-' fault 11 days’ imprisonment .the warram to be suspended as long as he pays 3 C/li. Halligan was ordered to pay Savings. Ltd.. £42. in default 21 prisonment, the warrant to be sustpaao*' 3 as long as he pays 15s a week. •