Magistrates Court Youth Admits Six Charges Of Converting Cars

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29994, 1 December 1962, Page 18

Magistrates Court Youth Admits Six Charges Of Converting Cars

“Of the six cams converted by the accused, five had been left unlocked wath the keys in the ignition," said Sergeant B. D. Read in the Magtotaate’s Court yesterday. Mr E. A. Lee, SX was on the bench.

Graeme Edward Crowley, aged 17, an apprentice carpenter, pleaded guilty to six changes of unlawfully converting cars and one of attempted theft. He was represented by Mr P. G. HIM.

Crowley was convicted and remanded on baiii tn December 7. Suppression of name was refused.

The conversion charges concerned cans taken from city streets between July 13 and November 2. Sergeant Read said one had been driven to Waiimate and back and another to Ashburton. He said Crowley was interviewed cm November 4 tnd he was very frank with the poluce and helped them as much as he could. Sergeant. Read said the pro-

prietor of the Mertvwle Service Station found Crowley attempting to steal a rear wtoeel assembly of a truck in the rear of his ptemtees at 9.15 pm. on September 11. BORSTAL TRAINING Borstal training was imposed on Noeilne Mary McLaughlin, aged 17, when she appeared on two charges of being idle and disorderly, in that she had insufficient lawful means of support. She was appearing for sentence on one charge, which referred to October 29, and she pleaded guilty to another similar charge relating to November 28. Of the charge ot November 28, Sergeant Read said said the accused and a 16-year-old youth were apprehended in a Timaru street. They had an unkempt appearance and said they were walking to Invercargill to find work. They had Is 7d in their possession. CHARGES ADMITTED

On seven charges of theft and one of being a minor drinking tn a public place, a 17-year-old youth, whose name was suppressed. was remanded to December 7 pending a probation officer's report. Bail was

allowed. The youth, represented by Miss C. Fleming, pleaded guilty to all charges. On the evenings of October 6, 8 and 9. the accused, with two friends, siphoned petrol, ranging in amounts from half a gallon to one gallon, from the tanks of six vehicles parked in city and New Brighton streets. On October 9, when petrol was stolen from three cars the Souths cut a length from a garen hose and used this to siphon the fuel, said Sergeant Read. The accused had also been seen drinking beer in the north car park in Marine parade on October 6. he said. FIREWORKS IN PUBLIC PLACE Attracted by a scream from the women’s toilets at the North New Brighton car park on November 5, Sergeant J. M. McDonald said he went to the toilet and found a youth throwing crackers into the toilet through a rear grill. Alan James Jamieson, aged 18, a labourer, did not appear to face a charge of setting off fireworks in a public place. He was convicted and fined £2. TRESPASS Although asked by the owner of the property and the police to leave the premises several times, Ivan Husband, aged 35, married, a telegraphist, had refused said Senior-Sergeant G. M. Cleary. Husband admitted a charge of trespassing at 127 Marriotts road. North Brighton, about 1020 p.m. on November 29. Husband, who was drunk at the time, had fought the owner of the property and his two sons. He had still refused to leave when the police arrived, and had been arrested, said Senior-Sergeant Cleary. Husband, who had no previous convictions was fined £7 10s.

STOLE WALLET After he had given Richard James Thomas Finlay, aged 19. a workman, a ride in his car to Kalkoura on November 27, a motorist had found his wallet and £23 in money missing, said Senior-Sergeant Cleary. Finlay, who was not represented by counsel, pleaded guilty to the charge of theft and was remanded to December 7 for sentence. UNLAWFULLY ON RACECOURSE "Mug cops” would not keep him off racecourses and he would be back, Lyall Dudley Cay. aged 23, a workman, told Detective-Sergeant B. T. Mitten as he was being escorted from Addington Racecourse on November 6, the detective told the Court. He said he found Grav watching the trotting cup. Gay was prohibited from going on to a racecourse. On similar charges, on the same date, two other men were ®ach fined £5. They were lan John Brand, aged 26, a workman, and Oswald Spencer, aged 34, a workman. Neither appeared. No mention Gay's fine 7? CHARGE DISMISSED A charge against Jacqueline Mawdsley, a bank employee, of owning a dangerous dog and not having it under proper control on October 31 was dishe Jl lea<ied not guilty. Constable M. A. Balam said t^we™ l „to the defendant’s home on November 3. When he T?* storing the property the hIS band but warned the defendant to keep the dog under control or get rid of It. DANGEROUS DOG IDOTotlw Miriam Ching was eonvtoted and fined £5 for not a ‘fcWeroue dog under groper control on October 8. She pleaded not guilty by let-

JE? rtn 5 an ,? ald he cycled past J"* d * s place in Somme the rushed out a ™ .L‘ h l m on leg. He SfA ,£* dog had since been kept tied up. LICENSING CHARGES . McLtotock and Fran“•s Martin were each convicted and fined £3 for being unlawf r “kA 1 * licensed premises 2£- t S e .P?'? tral Hotel on OctoMcLintock pleaded guilty

KEPT ARMY PROPERTY Charged with neglecting to not appear.

REMANDED char g» of theft of 40 cartons of cigarettes, the proParty %. th< L New Zealand £ll- -. y m I £ p ’f? n ??, t ’ on November 10, David Allan Scott, aged remanded on bail to occenber 7. Two other youths, whose names were suppressed chai J ed with receiving i?*. cigarettes on November tail Werc remanded on han to the same date. -J?™?”’ whose name was supff was remanded on ball December 14 on a charge uvt^J 51114 a tim * sheet on Aug>.2?..i a charge of having unsc’rtiaf'intercourse* with a girl under the age of 16 vears ™ a.frth ur llon“" was remanded £^ December ’■ Bail was siHowaid aged 36, charg?sL with assaulting a female on November 29, was remanded in - us tody to December 7. (Before Mr H. Rosen, SAI.)

FINED FOR THEFT oreb.^ Of 00 12 w« r * „ imposed on John Anthony Kearney, aged l9 ’ * workman, when he was convicted of a charge of theft Of a bicycle, valued at £lO on He Pleaded not Mr U ‘& G d^ r * Pre ’ ent « b > LICENCE CANCELLED

Convicted of driving without due care in Heaton street on September 16. and of hav. mg no warrant of fitness, Charles Innes Halation, aged 40 a motor-vehicle dealer (Mr R. b. Shand), was fined £S and his licence cancelled for a month Hflrtoh Pleaded not guilty. Witnesses gave evidence that Ralston had hit a parked car when he veered on to the incorrect side of Heaton street near the intersection with Alllster avenue. Three passengers in his car had been injured, one fairly seriously. (Before Mr E. S. J. Crutchley, S.M.) „ CHARGE REDUCED He did not doubt the evidence of the traffic Inspector, but thought the charge of dangerous driving brought against Alan James Steele, jm apprentice carpenter (Mr J. G. Leggat), was too severe, said the Magistrate when he reduced the charge to one of driving without due care and attention. Steele who pleaded not guilty to the dangerous driving charge, altered his plea when it was amended. He was fined £5. Traffic Officer J. D. Huston said that on October 14, about 1126 aun., he was forced to veer on his motor-cycle into the shingle verge on the Main North road between Chaneys corner and Belfast by a car coming towards him at about 45 miles an hour on the incorrect side of the rood. The

car wee In the process of overtaking and had begun the manoeuvre on a bend. "Jt was the closest go X have had.” he said. Steele said tn evidence he overtook on the straight. He saw the officer about 75 yards ahead and accelerated to get back Into Uns. He was stHl on the wrong aide as be passed the officer , but tbMght therei was plenty of clearance. 1