Magistrate’s Court Three Men Convicted On Liquor Charges

Press, Volume C, Issue 29673, 17 November 1961, Page 11

Magistrate’s Court Three Men Convicted On Liquor Charges

i As a result of a pyjama 1 party held at 8A Cumberland . street, Richmond, three men . were each fined £lO for sell--1 ing liquor without a licence, i £3 for establishing an illegal t lottery and ware ordered to t pay costs on a charge of keeping liquor for sale, by t Mr E. A. Lee, SM. in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. 1 They were Barry Gamble. - aged 22, a steward, Leonard i Alfred Edney, aged JB, a . factory supervisor, and Roger t Wicks, aged 21, a driver-aales- , man. They pleaded not guilty to all joint charges and were i represented by Mr D. H. ’ Stringer. Sergeant V. F. , Townshend prosecuted. . Evidence was given by . Sergeants S. W. Byers, K. J. I O'Driacoll, G. A. Agnew, J. I W. Sawers and Constable R. . D. Cummings that about 50 > persons, dressed in pyjamas, . attended . the party. Tickets, [ which were sold for 255, read . as follows: "The Three Poms t invite you to attend a pyjama , party at 6A Cumberland f street on Saturday, September 23, at 11 p.m. All grog supplied, champagne raffled. Admission strictly by ticket 1 only. Ticket admits one ■ couple.” i A constable and a woman ’ constable, dressed in plain I clothes, visited the party and i were let in to the house by ; “a burly chap, about 6ft tall. ■ who was a real bouncer,” . according to the police. They ■ stayed for about 20 minutes and were told that the party ; was due to finish on the Mon- ■ day morning. ' Some of those present were 1 in a minor state of intoxicai tion, according to the evi- • dence of Constable Cum- . mings. There were quite a i number of known criminals . present, he said. There were • about 30 females present and i they were all dressed in pyjamas except the woman j constable. i To Mr Stringer Constable , Cummings agreed they “stuck out like sore fingers as be- [ ing police officers.” No money . changed hands. Sergeant Agnew said the house was raided under a , warrant under the Licensing ! Act. A number of young per- ! sons of both sexes were pre- ! sent. There was a quantity of . liquor in a bar set up in the kitchenette, I Evidence would be given by the defendants that the party was held to mark Edney’s twenty-third birthday, said Mr Stringer. It was suggested by a friend that instead of everyone bringing their own liquor, tickets be sold. The defendianits had no idea that they were infringing the law and had acted in good faith. This was indicated by their reaction after the visit by the police in plain clothes. No profit had been made on the sale of tickets. All reported cases under section 195 of the Licensing Act dealt with clubs, associations, balls, or sports bodies which were running a social evening for profit, Mr Stringer said. The sergeants had said that they had never raided a private home. There was no doubt that the activities of the three defendants constituted offences under the Licensing and Gaming Acts, said the Magistrate. The sole purpose of selling the liquor was to defray the costs of the liquor. The liquor was confiscated and the Magistrate made an order that it be handed over to the North Canterbury Hospital Board. FINED £43 Fines totalling £43 were imposed on a man, aged 32. on charges of attempted carnal knowledge on January 14 and carnal knowledge on August 14. The man, whose name was supSressed, was fined £2O on the rst charge and £25 on the second one. He was appearing for sentence. Mr B. J. Drake appeared for the accused. 11 MONTHS’ GAOL A prison sentence of 11 months, to be followed by 12 months’ probation, was imposed on lan Basil Archer, aged 28. a truck driver, when he appeared for sentence on a charge of indecent assault on a male on October 25. He was convicted of the charge last week Mr W. F. Brown, who represented Archer, said that although the circumstances of the offence were deplorable it was a surprise that Archer should commit such an offence. "DRUNKEN SPREE" une offence arose out of a drunken spree while the accused was attending a party at a house which is well known to the Court,’’ said Mr D. H. stringer, who was appearing for Hopaha Hare, aged 23. a forestry worker. Hare was appearing for sentence on a charge of theft of a record player, valued at £l3. on June ». He was fined £2O. Mr Stringer said Hare had had too much to drink when he committed the offence. FINED £2O , Alfred Clarence Inwood Taylor aged tt. a carpenter (Mr J. A. was fined £2O when he appeared for sentence on a charge of t lurking near a house on September 26. , "PANTIE-GIRDIJE” THEFT Myrtle Fraser, aged i 20 B ’ 7,' Drake), was re- 1 manded until November 23 for 1 a probation officer’s report and , sentence on a charge of theft 3 of clothing valued at £3. on 1 or about October 20. .. s L er . g K a . nt Townshend ' said that on October 26 a com- 1 plaint was received by the police from the manager of a 1 corsetry shop in Cathedra) ’ square that a pantie-girdle had J been stolen from the shop. Inquiries were made and wheni< spoken to the defendant ad- d mitted taking the article "bn the spur of the moment." Ser- s geant Townshend said. r TWO YEARS’ PROBATION c ’The probation officer says \ you are In need of institutional training and you have come . very close to going to Borstal.” „ said the Magistrate when admit- 0 ting James Gregory Logan, i aged 19, to two years* probation on a charge of having an offen- _ tiye weapon—a spring-loaded ? knife—in a public place. He was ordered to live and work ■s directed by the probation officer. Logan was also fined £6 for obstructing the footpath. Logan had pleaded guilty to the charges last week and was appearing for sentence. He was not represented by counsel FINED £ls . Appearing for sentence on a d charge of making a false statement under the Social Security a Act. Mervyn Barrett, aged 32. ? a workman was fined £ls and a ordered to make restitution of 0 £7 15s. ii For the accused Mr D. H. a Godfrey said that his client had T had a aoor education and he ? lid not appreciate the serious- b

a ness ot the offence when he 4 had committed it. « WOMAN FOUND DRUNK I- Because her son was seriously ill, Eileen Warwick, aged S 3. told the Magistrate ah* had an 11 excuse for being found drunk o in Hereford street at 12.43 pan. >f on Wednesday. She admitted the y charge and also two convictions 1 for similar offences tn the last ” Six months. ' A fine of £2 was imposed, in e, default seven days’ imprisond meat. a REMANDED » A 33-year-old clerk was rei. manded on bail Until November yn <n a charge «t theft of £9O on April 19. He was granted 5 interim suppression of name. i. Lawrence William Ayres, also r. known as Lawrence William Long, aged 22. a tile layer, was remanded to November 23 on. y charge of resisting arrest and! 1. assaulting a police officer on, r August 3. >' On a charge of theft of £l3, J; in money from Keith James Me-1 v Millan on February 14, Terence s, Joseph Comber, aged 34. a s. workman, was remanded until tj November 23. , Appearing for sentence on a a charge of being found lurking “ near a dwelling house on Noil vember 1. Frederick William r Jennings, aged 40, a workman, was further remanded until Dei cember 14 so that he could go to Sunnyside Mental Hospital.' •1 where an observation report on’ e him could be obtained. James Fenwick, aged 31, was n remanded in custody to November 30 on 11 charges of false “ pretences. „ LIQUOR NEAR DANCE HALL f Douglas Thomas Killlck. aged *; 21, a driver, was fined £3 for being in possession of liquor y near the Cowles Stadium while s a dance was being held there on October 14 Killlck did not J appear. * ARMY PROPERTY NOT RETURNED e On a charge of neglecting to i- deliver up Army property on i- April 22, Keith Melville Davis was fined £3. Sergeant Towns shend said that the equipment had now been returned. f ILLEGALLY ON RACECOURSE d James Hastings Hampstead, who has 51 previous convic- “ tions, was fined £5 on a charge n of being found on the Kaikoura racecourse on October 30 when e he was an excluded person. k (Before Mr E. S. J. Crutchley, S.M.) y DECISION RESERVED Decision was reserved on a e Charge brought by the Transa port Department against Gerald lrwin Morris. company director 8 (Mr A. C. Fraser). of obstructtag a traffic officer in the weigh- > tag of a heavy truck at Chaneys if on July 19. e "This matter Is tnsportent to the defendant, important to other truck users, and of course “ important to the Transport Dee partmenrt,” the Magistrate said. . Traffic Officer J. C. Butter- , field said that on July 19 he . ’ waved a heavy motor vehicle '* into the weighing pit at " dhameys. The truck was driven g by Mervyn Ronald Robb and e owned by Transport North 0 Canterbury. Ltd. At the request of Robb Traffic Officer Butterfield waited for a him to telephone the manager - of the transport company, r Morris. before the truck was 1 weighed. J When Morris was told that it 1 was not possible to place both 1 dual wheels on the scales together he refused to have the r truck weighed on the scales. » Traffic Officer Butterfield said. "I then gave Morris the * opportunity of going to a public ’ weighbridge,” he said. When 1 Morris was told the distance to r the nearest weighbridge he s again refused to have the truck - weighed. Traffic Officer Butterfield said the truck carried about five t yards of sand weighing approxie mately seven tons and a half. - It was travelling 'from Riangiora - to Northeote. - He said the scales were placed = in a pit and no strain was ex--5 cried on the tyres in bringing i a truck on to the scales. "Over the last six months I a have weighed more than 30 vehicles but have never had 1 objections raised to the scales r used or the method of weigh. - ing." Traffic Officer Butterfield said. A set of weighing scales and a model of the weighing pit - were produced by the traffic ? officer. ■1 He said the inside wheels of 1 the truck were suspended about three inches above ground level " from 30 to 40 seconds during e the weighing operation. ? “Morris mentioned tyre dam- ’ age as being the reason for his , not allowing the truck to be weighed,” the. traffic officer said. Mr Fraser said that the extra running of the truck to the 1 nearest weighbridge involved ‘ seven miles, and was an un--1 reasonable request for the ’ traffic officer to make. . OTHER TRAFFIC CASES 1 On other traffic charges i brought by the Transport Department offenders were dealt - with as follows: Exceeding 30 miles an hour: > Patrick Hector Bambrough. £3 s (no warrant of fitness. £1 10s); 1 Charles Maxwell Copestake. £3; Robert Alfred Davies. £3; Barry James McQueen. £2: Roger Quentin Prestoe Tarrant. £3 1 (no "L" plates on motor-cycle, J £2; no warrant of fitness. 10s); ; Ronald Warren Taylor. £2 10s: ’ Peter Nell Hood. £3 (wrong class : of driver’s licence, £2). ; Exceeding temporary speed 1 limit: Alexander Case. £2 10s; Douglas George Crombie, £2 ; 10s; Anthony Watson Grayburn, 1 £2 10s; Kart Thomas Jaguach, • £2 10s (no driver’s licence. £2 i 19s): Desmond Daniel McCambridge. £2 10s. Driving without due care and attention: Ivan Douglas Rae. £10; Leister Ray Summerfield, I £7 10s, licence cancelled for six ■ weeks. i Permitting use of unlicensed I motor vehicle: Patrick Hunter ' Crombie. £5 (registration plates not affixed. £1; no warrant of fitness. £1 10s). No blue light on vehicle drawing trailer: Reid Douglas McDonald, £1 (trailer not safely . secured. £3). Unregistered motor vehicle: Leo Martin Twiss. £2 10s (no rear red light on trailer, £2). Failing to carry certificate of fitness on a heavy trade vehicle: Richard Charles Monk. 10s. No warrant of fitness: Kevin Robert Brown, 10s (no front number plate on motor-cycle, £1). Speed too great to stop in half clear road: Peter Anthony Lloyd.' £4. No front number plate on motor-cycle: lan Alexander Gilmour, £l. No driver’s licence: Peter> Cornelius Wilhelm us van def Wiel £5. Exceeding axle weight: Wai-’ mak Sawmills. Ltd. (two. charges), £lO on each. Exceeding heavy traffic licence: Jenson and Company. Ltd., £4. I Proceeding before the way! was dear: Kenneth Reuben' Brown. £3. I