MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26856, 8 October 1952, Page 11

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

. TUESDAY (Before Mr r. f. neid. s.M > WiUi^S 5 teie- & t& te tober S, at Lyttelton, he stole £25 in money, the property ot Patrick Brian Fatter sop. He was admitted to probation for li months. Detective-Sergeant G. W. Alty said that Trick and Patterson were assisted immigrants, and were staying at the Tasman Hostel. Oil Sunday, Patterson found that the money had been taken Oom his wallet, and he reported his loss to the police. Detective T. Thompson and Constable Smith interviewed Trick, who admitted the theft and handed the money to the police. ' Mr Drake said that Trick arrived here ofi September 26. He did not need the money for he had £3O In the Post Office Savings Bank. Trick could not explain why he took the money.

IDLE AND DISORDERLY John Maxwell Morgan, aged 28, a metal worker, pleaded guilty to a charge that on October 6 he was deemed to be idle and disorderly in that he had insufficient lawful means of support. He wm remanded in the custody Of the Anglican City Mission to October 14. Detective-Sergeant G. W. Alty said that Morgan was employed at Roxburgh up to a month ago, but had hot worked since then. He was seen in Opawa road on Monday night anct when Questioned, said he had slept out for two nights and had not had a meal for 24 hours.

Laurel Dorothy Lilian Berryman, aged 38, a housemaid, pleaded guilty to a charge that on October 6 she was defemed to be idle and disorderly in that she had insufficient lawful means of support. She was remanded for a week, for the Probation Officer to see if anything could be done for her.

Senior-Sergeant J. C. Fletcher said it was a pathetic case. A constable arrested Berryman at 11.50 p.m. on Monday. She previously had been in trouble; “She says she was turned out, of a boarding-house and had nowhere to go. She has been pushed from pillar to post. She is nearing her confinement, and has no means. We don’t know what to do with her;” said Senior-Sergeant Fletcher. When asked if she had anything to say. Berryman said that if there were better housing conditions she would not b< in such a state, MAN FINED £9 Leslie Campbell, aged 26, a tractor operator, pleaded guilty to a charge that on September 29 he unlawfully converted to his own use a bicycle, valued at, £5, the property of William Douglas Collie. He was fined £2. Senior-Sergeant J. C. Fletcher said that Campbell oame from County Durham, England. He first emigrated to Australia, where he worked tn South Australia, then Queensland, and back to South Australia. He came to New Zealand and had worked in various parts of the country. “He seems to have been traipsing about text much, and it is time he became stabilised. He just took this bicycle from a stand and was riding it to his boardinghouse when he was stopped by a constable.” said Senior-Sergeant Fletcher. The Magistrate said that, in Christchurch, the Courts usually sent a person to prison for unlawfully converting a bicycle. Campbell would be better Io find a job and stick to it. REMANDED Mervyn Lester Ramage, aged 21, a labourer, was remanded to October 14 on a charge that on March 10, at Invercargill, he committed a breach Items of his probation by failing to report to the Probation Officer. TRAFFIC OFFENCES t The following offenders against the traffic regulations were prosecuted by the Transport Department, and penalties were imposed as stated:-*- , , . . Exceeding speed limit: Keith Stafford Styles, £4; Peter,Wynn Williams, £2 (no tail light on trailer, 10s): Robert Bruce Shand, £2; Winton James Ball, £2: Arthur Humphrey Gould, £2; Ronald David Shaw, costs only (exceeding 40 miles an hour with pillion passenger, costs only; driving while disqualified, costs only). ' No warrant of'fitness; Alan Milton Flood, 10s; Hugh Campbell Steel, 10sr(unlicensed motor vehicle, 10s). No certificate of fitness: Walter Crawford, £1 (excessive width of load, £1): William McKay Duncan, £l. « Exceeding heavy traffic licence: Robert John Bell, £3. No driver’s licence: Walter G. Bradshaw, 10s; John McDonough, convicted and discharged (unregistered motor vehicle, convicted and discharged). No licence sticker: John Edward Cunneen, 10s; Reginald Williams, 10s; Gersham Daniel White, costs only. Unlicensed motor vehicle: Peter Mcßae, 10s; John Gilbertson Weir, 10s. Failing to notify change of ownership: Geoffery William Kerr, convicted and discharged. Penalties were imposed as stated in the following cases brought by the traffic department of the Christchurch City Council :

Exceeding speed limit: John Cheetham, £3. Parking offences! James Algie, 10s: Arthur Stapley Anderson, 10s; lan William Anderson, 10s; Peter James Cadigan, 10s; Edward Tennyson Chirnside. £1; Brian Clement Crooke, 10s; Joel David George Dale, £2 10s (using unlicensed vehicle, £2); Harry Edward Gordan Debenham, 10s; Robert Patterson Duncan, £2 10s; John Leslie Dyer, 10s (no driver’s licence, 10s); Joachim Arthur Kunzli, 10s; Thomas George Low, 10s; Clifford McDonald, 10s; Eric Ramsay Steel, £1 (using unlicensed vehicle, 10s); Henry Tomlins, 10s; Robert Douglas Walker, 10s; Arthur Cuthbert Winter, 10s; Brian Crichton Wright, 10s; William Beath Beaver. 10s; Albert George Bryant, 10s; Florence Agnes Placida Kingscote, 15s; Keith Thomas Marriott, 10s; Stanley George McGrath, 10s: Alex Thomas Woodward, 10s; Robert Graham Perry, 10s; Clifford George Southen, 10s; James Alexander Wilson, 10s; William John Weir, 10s. Driving at a speed which might have been dangerous: David William Mander, £3; Peter Herbert Rolllnson, £3. Overtaking vehicle stopped at authorised pedestrian crossing: Malcolm George Newton, 30s. Cycling without a light: Charles Edward Fifield, £1; Reginald John Knight. £1 (no rear red reflector, 10s; no rear white mudguard, 10s); Charles Richard Mann, £1; Bruce Philp, £1; Leslie Sherwood, £1; Albert James Stevenson, £1; Mervyn Sidney James, £l. No driver’s licence: William Arthur King, los. Using unlicensed vehicle: Gregory James Piesse, £l. Failing to produce warrant of fitness: David Robert Angus, 10S. Failing to display current licence label: Arthur Edgar Brightling, 10s; Peter Francis George, 10s; waiter Edward Robinson, 10s (no driver’s licence, 10s); James Douglas Thomson, 10s; Gordon Franklin Wootton, 10s. Using motor vehicle without due care and attention: George Alexander Sneigrove, costs only. CIVIL CASES (Before Mr Rex C. Abernethy, S.M.) JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT Judgment by default was given for the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand against Thomas Duggan Scanlan for £23 10s, the balance owing under a hire purchase - agreement. RESERVED DECISION In a reserved decision, Mr F. F. Reid, S.M., gave judgment for Desmond William Wild, _a j motor trader, against Ace Taxis, Ltd., for £2O Gs sd, the amount claimed for repairs to a motor-car hired defendant company from the plainThe claim was heard on September 30, when Mr A. K. Archer appeared for Wild, and Mr B. A. Barter for the defendant company.