Magistrate’s Court THEFT OF SIGN AT PORT ADMITTED

Press, Volume C, Issue 29427, 1 February 1961, Page 19

Magistrate’s Court THEFT OF SIGN AT PORT ADMITTED

Stopped by police near No 4 wharf at Lyttelton early in the morning of January 31, after being observed carrying a sign on hi* back, Robert Barry Thurston, aged 24, a junior second engineer in the Port Pirie, admitted taking the sign from a shop, and said that he had taken it as a souvenir, said Sergeant V. F Townshend in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. At the police station a salt and a pepper shaker and a glass ashtray were found in Thur*ton's possession, he said. Thurston (Mr N. M. Buchanan > pleaded guilty before Mr A. P. Blair, S.M„ to a charge of theft of a bottled drink sign, valued at £1 18s, and theft of the shakers and ashtray, of a total value of 4s, on January 31. He was discharged without conviction, and was ordered to pay £5 towards the cost of prosecution.

‘These acts seem to be out of character, and he appeared to be genuinely sorry for the trouble he had caused," said Sergeant Townshend. Mr Buchanan said that there was a practice of taking souvenirs. “Thurston knows it was wrong. This was his first attempt at this practice, and he was caught,” he said. In discharging Thurston without conviction, the Magistrate said that he did not think there was any criminal intent. INDECENT ASSAULTS Pleading guilty to two charges of indecent assault on a girl aged 12 years and 10 months, at Lauriston on December 19 and 21. Sydney Keith Aldridge, aged 38, a railway surfaceman, was remanded to February 9 for a probation officer’s report and sentence. Aldridge, who was represented by Mr J. F. Burn, was granted a renewal of bail. REMANDED Hugh McFarlane, aged 50. was remanded to February 6 on a charge of indecent assault on a male between September 1 and 30, 1960. Bail was allowed in his own recognisance of £5O, with a similar surety. CHARGE DISMISSED Saying that no pedestrian cared to join issue with motorists on right of way when on a pedestrian crossing, but in this case he accepted the defendant’s evidence that the woman pedestrian had waived her rights by gesturing the car onwards, the Magistrate dismissed a charge against Frank Gordon Pickering. a traveller, of failing to yield right of way at a pedestrian crossing in Dichfield street on October 21.

Pickering, who was represented by Mr R. J. de Goldi, pleaded not guilty. The Magistrate said, however, that the rule that the pedestrian has the right of way on a pedestrian crossing must be strictly enforced.

OTHER TRAFFIC CASES On other traffic charges brought by the Christchurch City Council, offenders were dealt with as follows: Exceeding 30 miles an hour: Patrick James O’Brien, £4; William Charles Baker, £2; Harry Thomas Bishop. £2; Trevor Albert Blake Butler, £3; Maurice James Calder, £3; John Michael Churchill, £3; James McDonald Clarke, £♦; Neville David Connolly, £2; Jean Elizabeth Crosby, £2; Miriam Adelaide Greenberg, £2; James McEn Teer Harbridge. £3; George Allen Horwell, £3; Kenneth Francis Lumber. £2: David William McDonald. £1 (not wearing safety helmet. £1; no warrant of fitness, £1; registration plates not affixed properly, £l>; Pierre Nicolas Muller. £3; Frederick Ernest Osborne, £3; Ronald James Patten, £3; Daniel Ramsear. £2: James Frederick Reynolds, £3; John Kenneth James Roberts, £3; James Osbourne Stevens, £2: Garth lan Taylor. £2; Jos Van Hout, £3; Jan Willem Vam Vliet, £2; Harry Edward Walters, £3. Parking Offences; Arthur Raymond Daubney, £3; Kees Van Thienen. £3 (no warrant of fitness, £2). Failing to give way: Roma May Calder, £5; Roy Clive Metcalf, £5. CIVIL CASES (Before Mr Ravmond Ferner, S.M.) .JUDGMENT SUMMONSES The following orders were made on judgment summonses:— D. A. Cameron, housewife, to pay St. Asaph Car Sales. Ltd. £44 19s 6d, in default 47 days’ imprisonment, no warrant to be issued until three days after' service of order; R. T W Hadfield, soldier, to pay South Island Finance Corporation, Ltd.. £93 12s in default three months’ imprisonment; W. George, painter, to pay Bradlev Brothers, Ltd.. £46 13s lOd. in default 49 days’ imprisonment, no warrant to be issued until three days after service of order; E. Hargreaves, driver, to pay V. D. Sneesby £67 ss, in default 69 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £1 10s a week is paid; Gordon Franks, soldier, to pay F. Popkin, trading as Rolleston Service Station and Garage £lO 15s. in default 12 days’ imprisonment. warrant suspended while £1 10s a week is paid; K. McDonald, married woman, to pay Beath and Company. Ltd.. £l4 ss, in default 16 days' imprisonment, warrant suspended while £2 a week is paid; Albert William Henry Falla, motor dealer, to pay Commissioner of Inland Revenue £143 10s 4d, in default three months’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £2 a week is paid; Laurence H. Kemp, airman, to pay J. A. Crooks, carrying on business as Islington Motors. £26 18s Id, in default 28 days' impri-

sonment, warrant suspended while £2 a week is paid; J. T. Gamblin, married woman, to pay Warren Hastings £l2 6s 6d, in default 14 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while 5s a week is paid; Andrew Kelman, scrap metal dealer, to pay Reginald Mori £l7 14s. in default 19 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £5 a month is paid; Murray Johnson, labourer. to pay St. Albans Service Station, Ltd., £458 13s lOd, in default three months’ imprisonment; N. Adams, married woman, to pay Robinsoh and Adams. Ltd., £8 7s 6dfi in default nine days’ imprisonment; G. Hendrickson, a labourer, to pay Vale and Company, Ltd.. £8 5s lOd in default 10 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £4 a week is paid; E. B. Mollov. a married woman, to pay H. Simpson, Ltd., £5 Is 6d in default six days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £2 a week is paid; Peter Keith Harrison, a driver, to pay W. H. Smith (Builders) Ltd., £63 Is 8d in default 66 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £1 10s a week is paid; J. W. Wade .a clerk, to pay British Office Supplies (Ch.Ch), Ltd., £29 8s in default 31 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £4 a week is paid; A. Jamieson, a labourer, to pay New Zealand Farmers Co-operative Association of Canterbury, Ltd., £l9 15s 5d in default 21 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £3 a week is paid; E. Rosewarne. of Hornby, to pay Pyne Gould Guinness Ltd. £ll5 15s in default three months’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £2 a week is paid; O. J. Poulson, a labourer, to pay A. H. Currie £8 4s in default nine days’ imprisonment; M. C. Harris, a clerk, to pay A. E. and E. J. Gabites £32 19s 5d in default 35 days’ imprisonment; R. A. Lawler, a married woman, to pay R. Hannah and Company, Ltd., 6s 6d, in default one day’s imprisonment.