Magistrate’s Court YOUTH FINED £10 FOR OBSTRUCTING FOOTPATH

Press, Volume C, Issue 29480, 5 April 1961, Page 11

Magistrate’s Court YOUTH FINED £10 FOR OBSTRUCTING FOOTPATH

Told by two constables to ' move along the footpath in " Cathedral square at 8.5 p.m. 1 on April 3, Graham Law--1 rence Meier, aged 18. a seaman, replied ‘‘Get off -my ? shoe laces and I will move," ' said Sergeant E. S. Tuck in • the Magistrate’s Court yesr terday. Meier still refused to move, was arrested and spent the ? evening in custody, said Serj geant Tuck. , Meier, who pleaded guilty to a charge of obstructing a ' footpath in Cathedral square, " was convicted and fined £lO j by Mr E. A. Lee, S.M. r ‘‘Meier was among a group t of other young people who , had been moved on earlier,” j said Sergeant Tuck. r OBSCENE LANGUAGE After being refused entry to the private bar of the Em-

> bassy Hotel at 5.25 p.m. on i April 3, John Henry Restall . Coffey, aged 55, a workman, - misbehaved and used obscene ■ language, said Sergeant Tuck. ’ Coffey, who pleaded guilty ' to a charge of using obscene i language in Manchester ■ street on April 3, was flned £lO, in default six days’ im- , prisonment. He was given ! seven days to pay. THEFT CHARGE , Winston James Fletcher, , aged 21, a workman, was remanded in custody to April j 10 on a charge of theft of £lO from Colleen Lorraine , Scott on April 2. > DRUNKENNESS William Patrick Kennedy, aged 40, a workman, Was fined £T 10s, In default two r days' imprisonment, when he • pleaded guilty to a charge of

1 ... ■ being found drunk in Manchester street on April 3. He ’ had a previous conviction j for drunkenness within the . last six months. William Sullivan, aged 44, a scrub cutter, was fined £3 for being. found, drunk dn Manchester street On April , 3. He had two previous cons victions for drunkenness, in > Christchurch On February. 13 s and in Lower Hutt on Februt ary 15. .