Magistrates Court YOUTHS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, OBSTRUCTION

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28362, 22 August 1957, Page 11

Magistrates Court YOUTHS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, OBSTRUCTION

Neville David Bowie, aged 18, a workman, was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with assaulting Leo John Wilson, a traffic officer, and with assaulting W. H. McCallum, a police constable, on August 20. Arthur Murray Taylor, aged 18, a workman, was charged with obstructing Constable McCallum on August 20. Both accused were remanded to August 29 on the application of Inspector J. J. Halcrow who said inquiries had not yet been completed. Mr P. G. S. Penlington appeared for the two accused. Bail was allowed by Mr L. N. Ritchie, S.M., in the sum of £2OO and one surety of £2OO, or two of £lOO. ILLEGAL LOTTERY TICKET Leslie John White, aged 36, • a carpenter, was fined £2 for being found in possession of an illegal lottery ticket BANKRUPTCY ACT BREACH Clarence Ralph Winston Davey, a labourer (Mr P. G. S. Penlington) was charged with committing a breach of the Bankruptcy Act by failing to attend a meeting of his creditors on December 21, 1956, thereby committing contempt of Court. For the Official Assignee, Mr P. T. Mahon said that Davey was adjudged bankrupt on December 17, 1956 and submitted a statement of his affairs to the Official Assignee. Davey, who had no assets, had debts to unsecured creditors amounting to £l4l 6s lid.

„ Mr Penlington submitted that the offence was a technical breach only. Davey, who owed' £6O income tax, had a judgment summons issued against him and when the amount was not paid a warrant of committal was made. When he informed a bailiff that he could not pay the whole of the debt it was suggested that he fill in bankruptcy. Davey was working at a freezing works to earn money to pay his debts when he contracted dysentery.

Remanding Davey for a week for a Probation Officer’s report, the Magistrate said that the offence was serious in that the defendant had committed contempt of Court. Bail of £lOO in his own recognisance was allowed. RUBBISH ON PUBLIC ROADS Charged under a Waimairi County Council by-law with placing rubbish on a public road on June 16, Samuel Gerhard Timmers Verhoeven, was convicted and fine £2. ! HORSE AT LARGE

A fine of £2 was imposed on Leslie Heaton Brown, a farmer, for allowing a horse to stray at large at Lincoln on June 6. Mr P. G. Penlington, for the Paparua County Council, said that a man on a motor-cycle had collided with a horse owned by Brown. Under a county by-law it was an offence for stock to be found at large without proper guidance. The offence was, a dangerous one on country roads. The motor-cyclist escaped serious injury although the horse was killed. Brown claimed that the horse must have jumped out of the paddock. OPENED SHOP ON SUNDAY For failing to close a shop on a Sunday, George Wallace (Mr R. J. de Goldi) was convicted and fined £2. A factory inspector said that the defendant had exposed non-exempted goods for sale in his shop. NO RETURNS OF INCOME Fines totalling £3O were imposed on Ronald Stanley Hurdley, r labourer, on three charges of failing to furnish returns of income. He pleaded guilty and admitted that he had used fictitious names when obtaining employment in various parts of New Zealand. Mr P. T. Mahon appeared for the Commissioner of Inland Revenue. For failing to supply returns of income other offenders were fined as follows: Maurice Edward Victor Barnden (two charges), £5 and £5; Elmer Noel Brocket, £4; Charles Reginald Capes, £8; Carpet and Textiles, Ltd., £7; Robert Vernon Chapman, (two charges), £4 and £5; George Gordon Clark (five charges), £2 on each charge; Roland Patrick Dalton, £3; Leslie James Day, £3; James Kyle Dickson, £5; Thomas Ennis, £4; Ronald Stanley Hurdley (three charges), £lO on each charge; Roger Gibson Oliver, £5; John Albert Reynolds (two charges), £4 and £5; Waata Momo Taituha (two charges), £lO and £lO. (Before Mr Rex C. Abernethy, S.M.) FRIGHTENING DUCKS William Smyth and Albert John Withell (Mr B. McLaughlin) pleaded not guilty to hunting game at Brookside during the close season. The charge was brought by the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society (Mr B. McClelland).

Mr McClelland, outlining the

charge for the prosecution, said that about 5.45 p.m. on April 17 an inspector, V. Henderson, had heard shots fired and saw a duck brought down and Withell searching for it Withell had told the ranger that the duck had been on his paddock of peas and “the easiest way to frighten ducks was to kill them.” In evidence the society’s ranger said he had seen thousands of ducks feeding on peas on Withell’s property. Mr McLaughlin said some attempt should have been made to warn Withell of his responsibilities. He had merely fired the gun to frighten the birds. He had lost all his peas valued at £l2O. His client had no intention of shooting ducks that evening. Hiis sole aim was to protect his own property. The Magistrate- said he had a good deal of sympathy with defendant, who had suffered severe loss by the depredations of the ducks. However, there was a law which must be observed, but defendant could have obtained permission to do legally what he had already done. Defendants were ordered to pay costs. CHARGE DISMISSED Trevor Rowland Ernest Witte (Mr K. A. Gough) pleaded not guilty to a charge, brought under the Wild Life Act, of killing game in &n enclosed area. The charge was dismissed. Mr B. McClelland, for the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, said that Witte had killed a flapper paradise duck at Lake Sumner on February 2, after chasing it in a motor-boat. Mr Gough submitted that the defence was that the killing was unintentional and that the party was engaged in a boating and fishing trip on the lake when the ducks dived under the boat and one of them became fouled in the propeller.