Magistrate’s Court Youth Refuses Legal Aid On Attempted Theft Charge

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30061, 20 February 1963, Page 6

Magistrate’s Court Youth Refuses Legal Aid On Attempted Theft Charge

An 18-year-old youth, who appeared before Mr A. P. Blair, S.M, in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a charge of attempted theft, refused to accept legal aid arranged by his mother who lives in Wellington. The youth, Edwin Norman Bell was jointly charged with James Aaron Cook, aged 19, of attempting to steal half a gallon of petrol from * car in Linwood avenue on February 18. Both pleaded guilty. When the case was called, Mr G. R. Lascelles said he had been asked at short notice to appear on behalf of Bell and applied for a remand until this morning to enable his mother to arrive from Wellington. Bell: I object.

Magistrate: Don’t you want a solicitor? You are entitled to make your own choice, but you should be guided by your mother's wishes.

Bell replied that he wanted the matter cleared up as he and Cook were on their way to Nelson to start tobaccopicking jobs. The Magistrate said Mr Lascelles would have to accept Bell’s wish not to have legal aid, and after hearing the evidence, remanded both the accused in custody until Friday for a probation officer’s report and sentence.

Cook: But please sir, we must get to Nelson for our jobs.

Bell: Yes sir, we would have left half a dollar for the petrol "A very unlikely story,” said the Magistrate as the defendants left the dock. THEFT OF RADIO

Pleading guilty to the theft of a car radio valued at £lO 10s on January 11, Warren Reynish, aged 20, a driver, was convicted and fined £2O. Suppression of name was refused. Senior-Sergeant G. M. Cleary said the complainant barked his car at the rear of the Waltham Arms Hotel at 5.30 pm. He returned to the car 30 minutes later and found the radio had been pulled from its mountings. When interviewed Reynish said he had had to push the complainants* car out of the way to get his own car, and he and a companion decided to take the radio. He had been drinking but was not drunk at the time. FINED £l5 Kenneth Sinclair Thomas, aged 30, a cook, was fined £l5 when he pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a pair of panties on February TL Detective-Seregant J. P. Crozier said the panties were taken from a clothesline at the rear of the complainant’* home. When interviewed Thomas said he had been drinking most of the evening. He had no other excuse to offer. He was at present on probation for previous offences. INDECENT ACT On a charge of committing an indecent act in Cathedral square yesterday morning, an 18-year-old youth, whose name was suppressed, was remanded to February 25 for a probation officer’s report and sentence. He pleaded guilty. REMANDED Kevin Murray Hook, aged 27, charged with being unlawfully on enclosed premises without intent on February 18, was remanded on bail to March 1. John Donald Kilmister, aged 24, was remanded to appear at Gore on February 22 on a charge of assaulting a traffic officer on February 15. CASES ADJOURNED Pending legal argument concerning the legality of temporary speed limit signs, the Magistrate adjourned three charges of exceeding the temporary limits until June 25. Traffic Officer J. McMorran said ail charges in this category would be affected by Mr P. G. S. Penlingtoc’s proposed submissions. TRAFFIC CASES In traffic cases brought by the Christchurch City Council traffic department, convictions were entered and fines imposed as foOowto— Exceeded 30 miles an hour. —Donald Evans, £5 (licence suspended for three months); William Desmond Hazard.

£10; Jennifer Scott, £3; Pieter Joseph Noldus, £4; Ronald Stanley Batchelor. £5 (no driver’s licence £2, licence suspended for three months); James Patrick Duncan, convicted and discharged; Aryan Anthony Jones, £2;. Norman Lewis, £3; Ivon Mclsaac, £2; Douglas Lionel Pond, £3; William John Taylor, £4; Peter William Lilley, £5; Simon Allard, £4; Arthur Gordon Allen, £4; Colin William Anderson, £4; Jan William Stanley Barnes, £2; Charles John Barter, £2; Malcolm Inglis Baxter, £2; Graham Walter Beer, £4; Richard Blair, £4; Raymond Patrick Boyle, £4; Graham Basil Broom, £4; Vernon Henry Caimey, £5; Leslie Alan Carson, £4; Joan Chant, £4; Ramon Jennings Coates, £8; Wallace Ronald Colville, £4; David John Commons, £5 (no safety helmet, £2); Gary Vernon Cook, £10; Lindsay Ralph Cox, £4; John Patrick Cranniteh, £4; Brian James Crowley, £4; Graeme Jack Davey, £2; David Davis, £5; Maurice Thomas Earnshaw, £4; Stanley Falkingham, £2; Rex William Ferguson, £2; Kevin Bernard Patrick Flood. £8 and driver’s licence suspended for three months (no warrant of fitness, £1); John Richard Fox, £2; Graham Edward Gillard, £5; David George Hannan, £4; Peter Harding, £3 (no warrant of fitness, £1);. Russell Noel Harris, £4; James Robertson Hay, £5; Keith Raymond Hodgson, £5; Knowles Hodgson, £2 (no warrant of fitness, £2); Bruce William Howard, £6; Lawrence Hudson, £6; Richard Humphries, £4; Lindsay John Hunter, £4; Ivor George Jones, £3; Francis Donald McCutcheon. £4; Robert Charles Muschamp, £4; lan Donald Palmer, £4; John James Paterson, £4; Maurice Alexander Pellett, £4; Fred Vanderboroh, £3; porneUus Johannes van Wiasen, £4; Note Duncan Wallis, £3; Trevor Alexander Wilkie, £6; Laurel Joan Willette, £5 (no driver’s licence, £3); Marlene Heather Williams, £4; Robert Kenneth Wood, costs only; Leonard Edmond John Worthington, £4; Johannes Adrian Tasman, £2; . Raymond John Carrington, £3; Desmond Patrick Stevens, £5; Frank Wolseley Sisson, £5; William Robert Cummings, £3 (failing to stop at lights, £2); Rose Mairehau Hutton, £A Operated noisy vehicle: Alan Coles, £B. Failed to report damage: Joyce Irena Jefferson, £3. Parking offences: Daniel William Charles Everest, £10; Arthur Morris Jackson, £2; Bernard Desmond O’Connor, £2 (no warrant of fitness, £10). Driving without due care and attention: John Henry Duffield, . £5; Winstone George Glfkins, £2O (supplying false information, £10; no warrant of fitness, convicted and discharged). No lights on cycle: Kenneth Keith Cox, £2; Wayne Hufton Elley, 10s; Stewart Owens, 10b; John Spencer, Slocombe, £2; Gordon Smith, 10b; Paul Switzer, 30s. Aided and abetted in allow, ing an offence to be committed: Hugh Robert, £l. Drove without reasonable consideration: Robert Johnston, £3. Excess axle load: George Albert Stewart, £4. No warrant Cf fitness: Bernard Adams, £3; Bernard BurrelL £1 (wring unlicensed trailer, £4); Eleanor Mary Dell, £3. No driver’s licence: Franeiscus Berens, £2. Failed to stop at lights: Wilfred Ronald Locke, £5; Colin William Ranson, £5; Devid James Hunter. £3. Failed to display heavy traffic licence: HornSby Nurseries; £2. Failed to yield riffiit cf way: Timothy Peter De Route. £8; Robert Maughan, £7. No brakes on bicycle: John Hague, £1 10s. Failed to stop at compulsory sign: Robert Hamilton McCallum, £8 (no front num. ber plate, £1); Petrick James Osborn, £3 (no werrant of fitaesß, £1). SM.) j JCPGIgtNT SOMiBOWBCT in* fouowtog order* were made on Judgment suamonee*: Ghristtaa Jfoeephlnt Oro**.

warrant auspended while Cl a week is paid; John Harper, driver, Gaaaon street, to pay the North Canterbury Hospital Board £7 7s lOd (seven days or £1 a week); Basil John Barley, labourer Roker street, to pay Hayes Tyres. Ltd.. £4 8a (four days or £1 a week): James Dennis Scott, soldier, Burnham Military Camp, to pay Mutual Rental Cars. Ltd., £8 19s M (six days or £1 a week); June Mulholland, housewife, Armagh street, to pay H. R. and N. I. Knowles £l3 15. lOd (13 days or 5s a week): R. Campbell, driver, Tika street to pay the Blenheim Road Service Station, Ltd.. £9 13s Id (nine days or 10s a week); G. V. Kearns, married woman. Mount Pleasant road, to pay Star Stores (Manchester street), Ltd, £4 4s 7d (four days or Ms a week): K. B. Halligan, workman, Rowsea road, to pay Wynn Williams and Company £7 St (seven days or £1 a week); E. Geddes, workman, Hampshire street, to pay R. Cattermole £5 (five days or £1 a week): Desmond Wise, labourer, Harakeka street, to pay R. A, and D. Brown 19s (one day); A. Ganlez, worker. Fitzgerald avenue, to pay Ray Bartow, Ltd, £ll is (11 days or £1 a week); k. M. Charlesworth, advertising manager, Victoria street, to pay C. W. F. Hamilton and Company, Ltd, £9 13s lid (nine days or £1 a week); John Edward Keenan, freezing worker, Pembroke street, to pay Hay's, Ltd, £3 Is M (five days or 7i Id a week): C. A. Adams, workman. Church road, to pay B. T. Sullivan £39 14s 3d (28 days or 10s a week); A. C. Hutchison, trading as Amalgamated Agency and Distributing Company, Manchester street, to pay Booths Pottery. Ltd, tlBB ISs (three months or £7 10s s week); J. D. Hewson, driver, Hampshire street, to pay A. and T. Burt, Lid, £3 fa 3d (three days or £1 a week); Ngaire Gray, factory worker, Baynes street, to pay California Sportswear. Ltd., £9 3a id (nine days or 10s a week): A. Hyes, railway employee. Stevens street, to pay Adams Ltd, £27 7s 5d (27 days or £1 a week); B. A. Martin, labourer, Selwyn street, to pay Christchurch Gas. Coal and Coke Company, Ltd, £5 19s M (five days or £1 a week); P. F. MuUally. Bateman avenue, to pay J. M. and J H. Macfariane £lB 18s (18 days or £1 a week); Arthur William George Cade, farmer. Whitecliffs, to pay Scrlmgeour Motors, Ltd, £53 15s (one month or £3 a week); Leonard H. G. England, Withells road, to pay T. Bolter £4 10s 8d (four days or £1 a week); James Campbell Wilson, dealer Halberg street, to pay The Farmers ~ Trading Company, Ltd, Auckland, £45 fa 2d (one month or £1 a week); Ina Joy Poulsen, married woman, Morley p,y D Dingwall CT 19s 6d (seven days or 5s a

CORRECTION

In the Magistrate's Court report printed in "The Press” yesterday it was incorrectly stated that a youth pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman constable in Cathedral square on February 16. The charge related to a male constable. The error is regretted.