Magistrates Court £l00 Fine And Three Months’ Gaol For Disqualified Driver

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30036, 22 January 1963, Page 8

Magistrates Court £l00 Fine And Three Months’ Gaol For Disqualified Driver

“You are one of the CRBIMt SMHDftCftt OiQ KNMi I have ever had b adore me,” Walter*Arthur Bwgms%G A P. , Wilding) when he appeared * for sentence in the Msgistrate’s Court yesterday on a charge of driving while disqualified at Beeftou on November 25. Burgees was sentenced to Wave mraiotw* Imiicioonnent and fined £lOO and disqualified from driving for Mfe. The Magistrate arid it was the only time in his experience he bed imposed both a maximum period of imprisonment and a marimum fine for the one offence. The Magistrate said Burgess had been disqualified from driving on nine previous occasions and had been sent to prison five times and had already been fined the maximum of £lOO. He had also been disqualified from driving for life three times previously. TWO YEARS’ GAOL “You have 20 previous convictions and it is inevitable that you wiU be sent to prison for longer terms for each offence until you realise your responsibilities to society,” said the Magistrate when sentencing Royston Samuel Dean Sutton, aged 42, to two years* imprisonment on a charge of burglary on January 2. Sutton was appearing for sentence. NINE MONTHS* GAOL "You have been given a variety of punishments in the past and there is now no alternative but a prison sentence,” said the Magistrate when imposing terms of imprisonment totalling nine months on Murphy Cassidy, aged 20. Cassidy was appearing for sentence. On a charge of stealing clothes valued at £lO, he was sentenced to six months* imprisonment and on a charge that he unlawfully took a bicycle, he was gaoled for three months. On a further charge of theft he was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment. The Magistrate ordered that the first and second charges be cumulative and the third concurrent.

FINED £l5 Accepting Mr A. B. Harman’s submissions that Wilfred Houseman, aged 40, a production manager, had not realised that the new Transport Act relating to persons sleeping off the effects of alcohol in cars was not yet in force, the Magistrate imposed a fine of £l5 on a charge that Houseman was in charge of a vehicle while under the influence of drink or drugs. Evidence was given that Houseman was found asleep over the wheel of his car in Moorhouse avenue about 5.30 pm. on December 21. He was certified as being unfit to drive. ■ The key was in the ignition switch. Mr Harman said his client had no intention of driving and believed he was not breaking the law by sleeping in the car. His driving record was an extremely good one, he added.

ASSAULTED HOTEL MANAGER Because he was dressed in a T shirt, jeans and Roman sandals, a man was asked to leave the dining room at Tattersalls Hotel by the manager at 7.10 p.m. on December 15. The man took exception to being asked to leave because he was not properly dressed and assaulted the manager. William Alfred Whitehead, said Sergeant B. D. Read. The man, John Reuben Voice, aged 27, a foreman, was fined £7 on a charge of assault and £3 on a charge of wilful damage and was ordered to make resititution of £3 10s. He pleaded guilty to both charges. Mr G. R. Lascelles, who appeared for Voice, said the defendant did not agree with the police stetetnent Voice was told that he would not be served because be was not properly dressed. He had purchased two jugs of beer and the manager took one without any explanation. "Relations were somewhat strained and my client said that as the manager had one jug he might as well have the other jug and with that he poured the contents of the second jug over the man,” said Mr Lascelles. "Voice has no previous convictions and if a little restraint had been exercised by both parties this would not have happened.” FINED £l5 "It appears your period in Borstal has not encouraged you to leave other people’s property alone,” said the Magistrate when fining William Archibald Gillanders, £lO on a charge of stealing petrol valued at 7s 2d and £5 on a charge of making a false allegation to the police that his father’s ear had been converted. He was ordered to make restitution of 7s 2d. Gillanders pleaded guilty to both charges. Sergeant Read said a per- ; son saw a youth stealing petrol from his car. He gave chase but the youth escaped. The man took the number of a car parked nearby. Gillanders complained to the police that bis father’s car had been unlawfully taken from outside 50 Hastings street but after questioning he admitted that the : statement was not correct. i

Mr J. A. Bretherton, who appeared for Gillanders, said the defendant had been released from Borstal a week before the offences. Unfortunately when he arrived home his mother was a patient at Hamner Hospital and two days later his father went into hospital for a serious operation. The defendant was living alone at home when the offences were committed. He had went seven days in custody. FINED £5O “It is over eight years since you appeared on a charge involving dishonesty which indicates you are making some attempt to keep out at trouble, but this is a serious charge and a substantial fine iff saiu me sugmraw wnen mt-

AMwwuuOt agea CW « * of bHrfflanr <Mi Jhnuan IS. Kirkwood was Opfoir out * m prGparta to accept your cmuueTs suggestion," said the Magirtnrte when admitting Zara Wilson Fowler, aged M. to prabstion for one year and £&£&% sSZs assss?&j?~“ * jss? jt: .firs' mitting an indocent act on January S. Mr H. G> Blunt, who appeared for the accused, said the offence was due to drink and his confused mental state. STCHJC FROM HOTEL John Peter Gilchrist, aged 22, was sentenced to IB months' imprisonment on a charge that he broke into the Star and Garter Hotel and stole £lB from the cash register in the publie bar on January 11. A cumulative sentence of 14 days' imprisonment was imposed on a charge of unlawfully entering a motor-car. INTOXICATED DRIVERS Fourteen days' gaol was imposed on Francis Joseph McGrath, aged eo, a storeman (Mr H. W. Thompson), when he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving at Burnham while under the Influence of drink or drugs on December 22. His driver's licence was cancelled for 10 years. Sergeant Read said a traffic officer noticed the accused driving his car in an erratic manner on the main road at Burnham. He stopped the accused. The accused was examined later by a doctor and certified as unfit to drive. He had a previous conviction for a similar offence in 1957. Frederick John Strang, aged 55, a carpenter, was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment and his driver's licence cancelled for three years when he pleaded guilty to driving on Port Hills road while under the influence of drink or drugs. He was represented by Mr P. M. Joyce. Sergeant Read said a traffic officer arrested Strang after seeing him driving his car in a zig-zag manner on Port Hills road at 8.25 pan. on December 22. A doctor certified him as unfit to drive. Pleading guilty to driving while under the Influence of drink or drugs on December 26, Noel William Main, aged 32. a salesman, was sentenced to seven days' Imprisonment and his drivers licence cancelled for three years. For having no wararnt of fitness, to which he pleaded guilty, he was fined £3.

Sergesnt Read said two con- ! stables saw the accused driving . his car in an erratic manner 'at 10 pm. At 10.30 pm. he ' was examined by a doctor and i certified as unfit to drive. Pleading guilty to driving on : the Main South road at Hornby ' while under the influence of ' drink or drugs on December . 16, Charles Alexander Woods, i aged 54 (Mr P. M. Joyce), was , sentenced to seven days' imprisonment and his driver's licence cancelled for three years. Sergeant Read said Woods , collided with a bus tn the Hornby shopping area at 11.35 p.m. He was arenrted and 1 taken to the central police i station, where a doctor certified him as unfit to drive. A charge against Woods of resisting the police on toe same date was dismissed. The Magistrate said the _pollce could expect an intoxicated person to resist arrest. Woods plesded not guilty to the charge.

FINES AND PROBATION Robert Brian Dicklaon, aged 18, Michael James Griffin, aged 18, and Wallace Leon Hamilton, were each fined £5O on one charge of burglary and were placed on probation for two years on another charge of burglary when they appeared for sentence. On a charge of resisting the police on January 4, Griffin pleaded guilty and was fined £lO and ordered to make restitution of £l. Mr M. J. Glue appeared for Griffin and Dlcklaon and Mr M. G. L. Loughnan for Hamilton. ESCAPED FROM CUSTODY Charged with escaping from lawful custody between Wellington and Lyttelton on or about December 13, Patrick Raymond Watson, aged 28 (Mr R. G. Blunt), was convicted and fined £lO. He pleaded guilty to the charge. Sergeant Read aaid seven prisoners were being taken from Wellington to Christchurch on the Inter-island steamer. A prison officer sat outside the prisoners* cabin door which was the only exit as far as he knew. Later a ship’s officer found four of the men on another deck and thought they were stowaways. The three other men were found in a lavatory. All the prisoners had left the cabin through a “crash escape.” Mr Blunt said Watson had tone up on deck to get some resh air as he was feeling ill. The prison officer had not been around and the offence was a purely technical one as Watson had not got off the ship. BURGLARY CHARGES Appearing for sentence on two charges of burglary on August 8. Peter Friend, aged 27, and Robert Para Kershaw, aged 27, both bus drivers, were each fined £l5 on one'charge and Friend was placed on probation for 12 months on the other charge and Kershaw was placed on probation for 18 months. They were both represented by Mr M. J. Glue. MT Glue said there was little Henning In the enterprises and >oth were very concerned at the outcome of their foolishness. UNLAWFULLY IN BUILDING Charged with being unlawfully in a building without intent on January 18, Wayne Anthony Spicer, aged 18, a kitchen hand (Mr R. G. Blunt), was convicted and fined £7 10s. He pleaded guilty to the charge.

tfsirgeant Read —kt tba police were called to St Chad's Church, Buckleys road, when church members had apprehended two youths. The accused and a friend had been sleeping in the church for the last three nights while they looked for -accommodation. _ WILFUL DAMAGE j Pleading guilty to wilfully damaging a car miner valued T^Li*£iJ± ua 22?' ?f yc ! dralniayen*mw%ny£ island to nuke restitution «t Sergeant Read said the defendant knocked a mirror of a parked car aa ha walked PaM, he eras then seen to atop «°<i pun the mirror off. The ““‘tor was reported to ths owner of the car and the defendant was later found by the DOtiCG. FOUND DRUNK w «te». aoafl 48. wte .fined ,£2. in default three days' imprisonment, on a charge of dnmlrann— in a public Placo on November 28. having been once previously convicted on a similar charge in the last •ix moatiu. Alfred William Mansfield, aged M. was fined £X in fault three days' imprisonment, when convicted on a charge of drunkenness having bean once previously convicted of drunkenness within the past six months. Tbpmaa Wbltla. aged 4g. eras fined £2, in default three days' imprisonment, on a charge of drunkenness, having been once convicted of drunkenness within the last six months. CHARGE TWRMBMFn A v ciurge against Norman Frank Borck, aged 42. a hotel licensee, of asssuiting Betty Alma Borck was dismissed when the complsinsnt refused to give evidence. A joint charge of disorderly behaviour against Roland Thomas Johnson snd Herbert Vine was dismissed. On sn additions! charge that he used obscene isnguage, Johnson was convicted and discharged. The charges were s sequel to s fight in Hei Hei road on November 16. . A £ har<e aßatost Brian Dudley Churcher, aged 30, a workman, of assaulting Miry Lavina Churcher. on December 20, was dismissed when the complainant refused to give evidence. CHARGE WITHDRAWN A charge against George Edward Sutton, aged 43, a farm manager, of being in unlawful possession of a firearm at Greenpark on January 13. was withdrawn on the application of the police. Sergeant Read said the defendant's wife refused to give evidence against him and an investigation into the circumstances disclosed that ' they were not aa serious ss was . first thought

REMANDED George Tanner McLaughlin, aged 32 a workman, was remanded on ball to January 28 on a charge of theft to the value of £6 19s 6d on December 6. Ronald John Harvey, aged 17, was remanded in custody to January 28 on a charge of unlawfully taking a car, valued at £l5O, on January 7. Andrew Richard Fraser, sged 21, unemployed, was remanded ip custody to January 28 on charges that on or about December 13, between Wellington and Lyttelton, he escaped from lawful custody, stole an electric razor valued at £B, and a signet ring valued at £7. David George Keenan, aged 28, unemployed, was remanded in custody to Janusry 28 on charges of escaping from lawful custody and theft of IBS M. John Richard Clarke, aged 43, was remanded on Mil to January 28 on 8 charge of driving while under the influence of drink or drugs on Yaldhurst road on January 11. Mana Malcolm, aged 24, was remanded to January 28 on a charge of obstructing the police at Christchurch on January 19. Ball was renewed. Patricia Maureen Crawford, aged 18, was remanded to February 4 on a charge of using obscene language in Cathedral square on December 14. Bail was renewed.

Morris Eric Anderson, aged 84, was remanded on ball on charges of driving while under the influence of drink or drugs and driving at a dangerous speed. Henry Ross Bush, aged 27, a bricklayer, was remanded on bail to January 28 on charges of wilful damage and assault on December 16. Leonard Everest, aged 18, and Peter Lloyd Machirus, aged 17, were remanded on bail to January 28 on a joint charge of stealing one gallon of petrol on January 20. John Taime Riklhana, aged 13. was remanded on bail to January 28 on a charge of behaving in an offensive manner in a public place on January

Elate Grace, aged 45, a domestic, was remanded on bail to January 28 on a charge of driving on Hereford street while under the influence of drink or drugs on January 20. Peter Nicholas Hetterley, aged 20, charged with theft at West Melton on January 13, was remanded on bail to today. Betty Turton. aged 43. charged with being in charge pt a vehicle while under the nfluence of drink or drugs on December 21. was remanded on ball to today. (Before Mr A. P. Blair, S.M.) TWO YEARS* GAOL ’/You have done little work in the last few yean and you have been sponging on other people so I see no alternative to a substantial term of tm>risonment," said the Magisrate when sentencing Ivan Tapp, aged 45, a sawmlller, to two yean* imprisonment. Tapp was appearing for sentence on a charge of stealing a gold watch, travellers' cheques, Australian bank notes and cash, of a total value of £B9, the property of Doreen Ruth Jennings. Tapp, who pleaded not guilty to the charge last week, was convicted.

Mr M. J. Glue, who appeared for the accused, said Tapp's downfall was drink. The Magistrate ordered that Tapp pay £2O compensation for the watch which had not been