MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27426, 12 August 1954, Page 13

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

WEDNESDAY (Before Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M.) BREACH OF HEALTH ACT For failing to comply with a- notice to Report to the Christchurch Public Hospital for a medical examination under the Tuberculosis Act, 1949 Albert J/ Fowlds, a truck driver, who pleaded not guilty, was convicted and fined £2. Mr P. T. Mahon said that the Medical Officer of Health, for whom he prosecuted, had reason to suspect that defendant was an active tubercular case and had caused a notice to be served on him to report to the Christchurch Chest Clinic within 30 days of the notice being served on June 3. Defendant attended on July 14, but the Department of Health laid the information against him on July 19, two days before it received notification of his attendance. Under the act the department was still entitled to prosecute.

“Since January the department has been doing its utmost to see how Fowlds was getting on because it wanted to see if he was still active,” said Mr Mahon. A constant succession of letters, visits by a public health nurse, and requests 'ey the Probation Officer had come to nothing, he said. Evidence was given by the deputymedical officer of health, Dr, H. T. Knights. “You are making a big mistake if you think you can play fast and loose in a matter of this kind,” said the Magistrate, convicting defendant. “Everyone is desirous of seeing this affliction stamped out, and it is the Court’s duty to help the authorities.” INCOME TAX BREACHES George David Main was convicted and fined £5 on each of two charges of failing to furnish returns of income for the years ended March 31, 1952 and 1953.

Mr P. T. Mahon, who prosecuted for thp Commissioner of Inland Revenue, said that defendant was a bottle dealer who had never furnished a return of income. Default assessments had been issued between 1939 and 1953. Defendant had been fined for failing to make returrtßin 1950 and 1951. Thomas Patrick Lawler, a sawmill worker, of Selwyn. was convicted and fined £2 on a charge of failing to furnish a return of income for the year ended March 31, 1953.

Mr P. T. Mahon appeared for the Commissioner of Inland Revenue. • REMANDED Harold Ernest Scott, a salesman, aged 33, was charged that on July 15 at Te Puia Springs, with intent to defraud he obtained from Alexander William Dever, a motor-car valued at £525 by falsely representing that a cheque drawn on the National Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, and signed H. E. Scott was a good and valid order. On the application* of Detective-Sergeant G. W. Alty he was remanded to August Mr B. McClelland, who represented accused, asked for bail.

“This man will be facing very many more charges, and he has quite a lenathy list of convictions,” said De-tective-Sergeant Alty opposing the application. Bail was refused.

Sydney Ramsay Connor, a depot manager, aged 37, was remanded to August 19 on a charge of driving a car in St. Asaph street on August 10 while under the influence of drink. Connor, 'who was represented by Mr A. Hern, was allowed bail which was renewed in the sum of £25. Sub-Inspector J. C. Fletcher appeared for the police. ADJOURNED A woman whose name was ordered not to be published was charged with obtaining a sum of money from the Post and Telegraph Department by false pretences. The case was adjourned to August 49. Mr B. McClelland represented the woman. The department was represented by Mr p. T. Mahon. Beath and Company, Ltd., drapers and importers, was charged with unlawfully importing into New Zealand knitted woollen-piece goods, the importation of which was prohibited, on September 14, 1953, and on April 15, 1954, and with producing to a customs officer a manufacturers’ invoice for a shipment of knitted woollen piece goods from Smartknit Fabrics, Ltd., of England, as genuine when it

was not genuine in that It had been altered with intention to deceive as to the amount of the goods enumerated in the invoice. The defendant company was represented by Mr A. Hern. Mr P. T. Mahon appeared for the Collector of Customs. case was adjourned to August (Before Mr L. N.'Ritohie, S.M.) PROBATION George Maurice Bernard Hayes, aged 17, a labourer, of no fixed abode, appeared for sentence on a charge that on July 24 he broke and entered by night Reilly’s Grocery Store at the corner of Wairakei and Aorangi roads and committed theft. He was admitted to probation for a period of two years and ordered to make restitution in the sum of £1 7s 4d. CIVIL CASES (Before Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M.) SHOPPING HOURS EXEMPTIONS Max Mills, Ltd. applied for part exemption from the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, ii) order to open its refrigerating engineers’ shop at the corner of Oram avenue and Beresford street. New Brighton, for the sale of commercial and domestic refrigeration and home appliances from 9 a.m.-to 9 p.m. on Saturday, and to close its shop on Friday evenings and Wednesdays. The applicant was represented by Mr A. C. Brassington. The Retail Shop Assistants 1 Union, for whom Mr B. A. Barren appeared, objected to the application. Mr W. Mealings attended the hearing on behalf of the Labour, Department. The application was granted. A similar application by McKfflojge Sports Supplies, Ltd., of Seaview road, New Brighton (Mr D. L McLean) was also granted.