Magistrate’s Court Decision Reserved On Charge Of Falsifying Car Mileage

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30073, 6 March 1963, Page 10

Magistrate’s Court Decision Reserved On Charge Of Falsifying Car Mileage

Decision on a charge of false pretences, involving the alleged winding back of the mileage on a car speedometer, was reserved by Mr A. P, Blair. S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Defence counsel (Mr A. Hearn) is to make legal submissions in writing, and the decision will be given tomorrow. Brian Ralph Remitter, aged 28, a mechanic, pleaded not guilty to a charge that, with intent to defraud, he obtained from Sydney Denne Marshall a cheque for £BOO by falsely representing that a Ford Customline car, sold to Marshall on September 1, was a privately owned car of low mileage. The hearing began on Friday. Detective-Sergeant J. P. Crozier prosecuted. Roy Lowrie Denton, a car salesman, of City Motors, Main North road, gave evidence yesterday that he took possession of a Ford Customline car at Invercargill and drove it to Christchurch. The mileage reading was about 93,000 John Joseph Crowe, manag-ing-director of City Motors, said that Rossitter approached him on August 19. He had a Triumph Herald car and wanted a larger vehicle. Rossitter took the Ford and paid £l5O after trading in the Triumph. On December 24, the witness said, he bought the same Ford from Marshall for £625.

To Mr Hearn, the witness said he valued the Triumph at £550, so Rossitter paid £7OO for the Ford. When he repurchased the Ford its mileage reading was 43,000. Neil Francis Stuart, a taxidriver and mechanic, said he had known Rossitter for about six years. He had never carried out repairs on the Ford.

In a statement made to De-tective-Sergeant L. D. Harrowfield, Rossitter said that he had the Ford for about three days before selling it to Marshall for £BOO. The mileage indicator on the speedometer was not working when he got the car. The accused said he had not interfered with the speedometer. It had been repaired by Stuart. Detective-Sergeant Harrowfield said that he saw Rossiter again on January 3 and told him Stuart claimed he had not touched the speedometer. The accused admitted he had not bought the car from a person in Invercargill, as he had claimed at first, but from City Motors. Giving evidence, Rossitter said he had never been convicted of offences involving dishonesty. Marshall had the car for three or four weeks before payment was made, and made no complaints about the car during that period. He valued the Triumph at £7OO, and when he bought the Ford he considered he was paying £B5O for it. When the Ford was sold to Marshall, the speedometer showed a mileage of about 40,000, Rossitter said. Marshall asked whether it was correct, and he said he could not guarantee it and told him to try the car. Rossitter said he denied on oath that he had wound back the speedometer. When he got the car the speedometer was not working because the cable had become loose at the top end. It was fixed by Stuart.

To Detective-Sergeant Cromer, Rossitter said he was an A grade mechanic. He was not a specialist in Ford cars, but had worked at the garage of the Ford agents for about two years. He did not have sufficient knowledge to alter the mileage on a'speedometer. It was a job for a specialist. Stuart was not correct when he said he had not repaired the speedometer. Evidence was given for the defence by three witnesses, who said that there was 40,000-odd miles on the speedometer of the Ford when it was in Roasitter’s possession.

(Before Mr E. S. J. Ctutehtey, »M) D3SCHABGW Pleading guilty to a charge of asbeult on February 25, Rodney Hugh Hawker, aged 19, a pie-cart proprietor (Mr L. M. O’Reilly), was convicted and discharged under section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act. Senior-Sergeant G. M. Cleary said that Hawker and his girl friend were standing outside the Plaza Theatre when the complainant walked up to them and said something. Hawker seized the complainant, who fell over. Hawker told a constable the had used obscene language. The complainant was arrested for drunkenness Mr O’Reilly said that Hawker had been shocked by the words used and pushed the complainant away. Had the complainant been sober he would not have fallen. DRIVER CONVICTED In a reserved decision, the Magistrate convicted John Richard Clarice, aged 43, a freezing worker, of driving in Yaidhurst road while under the Influence of drink or drugs on January 11. He fined him £3O, with witnesses' expenses £7 19s 6d, and cancelled his driver’s licence for three years. For driving without due care, of which Clarke was convicted on Monday, the defendant was ordered to pay costa, and his driver's licence was cancelled tor one year. Clarke (Mr G. R. Lascelles) had pleaded not guilty to both changes. The Magistrate said he found Clarke unfit to drive because of either drink or drugs or a combination of both. 14 DAYS’ GAOL Sydney Arthur Stringer, aged 80, was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment when he pleaded guilty to being found drunk in High street on March 4, having been twice convicted of drunkenness within the previous six months.

STOLE CHAIR James George Darrell, aged 29. unemployed, was convicted and remanded on bail to March 8 for sentence when he pleaded guilty to the theft as a servant of a fibre-glass chidr worth £3 on or about January 30.

THEFT OF MONEY Pleading guilty to two charges of theft as a servant, a woman, whose name was suppressed, was convicted and remanded on bail to March 8 tor sentence

Senior-Sergeant Cleary said that a customer in a shop claimed that a docket had not been riven to her, and only Is had been rung up on the cash register instead of Ils. When Interviewed the accused ■dtoMted amottwr ttratt at 6s.

JtBMANIMOD On charges of assaulting his wife end daughter on March 4, a man, whose name was suppressed, was remanded on bail to Match IS. Robert Peter William Gray, aged 39, and Wallace Leon Hamilton, aged It, were remanded in custody to March 8 on a joint charge at burglary on February 26. Trevor Emeet Bartlett, aged IS. charged with theft on or about February to, was remanded on bail to March 8. Anthony John Howard, aged to. charged with breaking and entering a milk bar at New Brighton on February 35, was remanded in custody to March Rosa Ferguson Sutton, otoarged with unlawfully taking a car on February 26, was remanded in custody to today. TRAFFIC CASES In traffic cases "brought by the Christchurch City Council traffic department, convictions were entered and fines imposed as follows: Exceeding 30 miles an hour: Thomas GUI. £8; Ellon Josephine McKlver, £3; Matthew John OTtoUghlin, £1: David John Studholme, £1; Russell Raymond Martin, £5; Robert Lawrence Hampton, £3; Frederick Douglas Hawke, £4; Dennis Warwick Peterson, £3 10s; Stuart Lawrence Lacey, £2 10s; Eric Ackroyd, £4; Leon Francis Adems, £4; Neil Frederick Anderson, £3; Maurice Alan Anderson, £3; Rodney Robert Bailey, £4; Noel John Baker, £4; Bruce Herbert Bastion, £4; Barry Hion Bidwell, £5 and driver’s licence suspended for one week; Clement Brand, £4; Eric John Brown, £4; Joan Catherine Bruce, £3; Rex Graham Burrell, £2; Betty Helen Byrne, £2; Barry Robert Cairns, £4; Raymond John Calms, £2; Violet Elizabeth Campbell. £2; William Arthur Campion, £2; Brian Arnold Chew, £4; Betty Constance Christiansen, £4; Max Theodore Christensen, £4; William Barry Cook, £5; James Cotton, £2; Gordon Clarence Craw, £4; Russell Eric Crawford, £4; David Daivis, £4; Michael George Dearman, £4; David Gordon De La Mare, £2; John Ray Dench. £4; Paul James Dench, £2; Joyce Dolden, £2; Alan McCulloch Donaldson, £4; John Farrell. £2; Joseph Galavazi, £2; Edgar Norman Gillies. £5; Francis Alexander Gribben, £4; Neil Roderick Holland, £5; Anne Christine Harrison, £4; Francis Agnes Harrison, £5; Brennan Lorraine Hart. £2; Sydney Charles Hawkes, £2; James William Hayward, £4 (failing to produce driver’s licence, £2); Gordon David Heywood. £4: John Richard Hines, £4 (no warrant of fitness, £1 10s); Frank James Hitchens, £4; Keith Vickery Hoiiovon, £4; Kevin Murray Hook, £3; Lyndsay Ernest Hooper, £4; Patrick Hughes, £4; Robin Leonard Hunt, £5; Warren Victor Jacobs. £4; Joan' Margaret Jagger, £4; William Benjamin Kellock, £4; Kay Kennedy, £2: Clive Warren Lethaiby, £4;. William Frazer Mackenzie, £4; George Athol Mcßeth, £4; David William Mander, £4; Peter William Marshall, £4; David John Martin, £4; Harry Keith Mason, £5; Barry Milton Miles, £2; Ross Miller, £4 (not wearing safety helmet, £2); Kevin Morris, £5; William Morrison, £4; Donald George Murray, £4: Diana Paterson Scott, £2; Brian Smither, £4; Francis Martin Twort, £8 and driver's licence cancelled for one month; Graham William Veaie, £4 (no safety helmet, £2); Joseph Brent Watson, £5; Michael Hadley Willis, £1; John Liddell Wylie, £4; Avena Rose Neal, £2; Roger John Wade, £4; William Wayne Robertson, £4; Patrick James Robson, £4; Robert Douglas Slade. £4; John Leo Southward, £2; David Edward Todd, £6; Douglas Kennedy Watson, £5; Douglas Wiißam Wright, £2; Gillian Jane WyrmeLewls, £2; John Graham King, £2; Henry Peter Hbit, £4; Dale Raymond Oldham, £2; John Douglas Pansing, £4; Kenneth Peter Felix Patterson. £4. Parking offences: Patrick Joseph Keenan, £1 10a; Cameron Winter, £2; Beryl Bain, £2; William Stephen Elsom, £1; Owen Stanley Livingstone. £1; Gary Bruce Taylor, £3; Robert Maurice Smith, £1; Shona Mackenzie, £1; John ■ Albert Gordon, £4; Derek James Bird, £2; Doris Eileen Priest. £3. No warrant of fitness: William Leslie Campbell, £3; Bernard Kevin Flood, £2 (parking offence, £1); Robin Lockwood McAllister, £1 10s; Kenneth Joseph Mbcefielri, £1 10s; William Jan Prouiting. £3; Malcolm Peter Jackson, £3 (parking offence, £1): Paul Albert Gulley, £1: Ronald Outline, £1; Bernard Desmond O’Connor, two charges, £5 on each; Norman Cedi Palmer, £1 10s. „ Falling to stop at sign: Ystran Szucs, £3; Thomae Lawrence McCarten, £3 (exceeding 30 miles an hour, £3); Graham Bruce Presland, £1; Harold Lewis Pulton, £3 (no warrant of fitness, £1). Failing to stop after an accident: Derk Habtog, £lO (telling to ascertain it any Injury, £10; failing to give way to the right, £7). No driver's licence: Robert Francis Delaney, £s (no warrant of fitness, £1 10s); Eileen Doris Reeves, £5. Falling to produce driver s licence: George Jury, £3 (no warrant of fitness, £3). Falling to give way: Thomas Fraser Tait, £5. Overtaking vehicle stopped at pedestrian crossing: Rodney James Fulford, £1 10s. Driving without due care and attention: David James Fisher, £3. Riding bicycle . oareleejiy: Reginald Bagnall Christie. £4. Operating noisy vehicle: Kevin Bernard Aitken, £5. Failing to supply information: Brian Max Hammond. £5. CIVIL CASKS (Before Mr A. P. Blair, SM.) JUDGMENT SUMMONSES The following orders were made on judgment summonses: D. PoUltt, married woman, Dunbars road, to pay S. L. R. Hailiwell £l6 13s. in default 17 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £1 8 week is paid: F. A. Pollitt. engineer. Dunbar* road, to pay sutler Timber Company, Ltd., £35 to 3d (27 days or £1 a week): C. Cross, florist, cars of Oxford Hotel, to pay Spany’s Foodmarket, Ltd., £26 to 7d (27 days or £1 a weak); Thomas Griffiths, worker. Marshland road, to pay Joan Mary Hewins £96 (three months or £1 a week); D. MacDonald, Nayland street, to pay Boy Scouts County of Canterbury Trust Board £2B 7s (30 days or £1 a week); K. M. Teller, worker. McTeiguee road, to pay P. and N. Servicecentre. Ltd., £3l 12s 8d (33 days or £1 a week); C. Fox, linesman, Oxford terrace, to pay E. J. Robinson £9 15s 9d (» de»s). Lawrence Gilbert Chaaton, clerk. Berry street, to pay Eileen Russell £53 Ito 3d (55 days or £1 a week): K. Geary, salesman, Carlton Mill road, to pay Bedford Knitting Mills, Ltd., £153 5e (three months or £4 a week); W. Bull, labourer, Coleridge street, to pay, Hay’s. Ltd., £U to (13 days or 10s a week): J. Wilson, trading as Perfect© Painters. Liverton crescent, to pay Colour Sendee, Ltd., £377 to 10d (three months or 10s a week); C. A. Young, married woman. Deere street, to pay C. A. and M. F. De Vries £5 4s (six days or 5s s week); J. Wilson, trading as Perfecto Painters, Liverton crescent, to pay Rothmans (N.Z.). Ltd., £l6 10s (19 days, or £1 a went)-'John Patrick Crannitch, bus driver. Glenfield crescent G. Blumberger. saleanan, Vardon crescent, to pay Sanndsra, Henry and Beadel £B3 3s (65 days or £2 a week): Neville Francis Cross, carpenter. Mairehau road, to pay the Commissioner of Intend Revenue £54 Ito M (M days or B > week);

M. J. Howard, worker. North road, to pay N. A. Williams £5 7k 8d (six days): D. J. Beker, worker, Hampshire street, to pay David Crozier. IM., OH 4s 4d (39 days or £1 a week). M. .D. Halliday, married woman, Hampshire street, to pay E. W. Farrier £4O 16s (42 days or to a week); D. B. Crosnb, worker, Halswell road, to pay Addington Timber Commarried woman. Durham street, to pay Star Stores (Sydenham). Ltd., £l4 to Ud (15 days or 10s a week); R. Fitzsimmons, labourer, Pinehurst crescent, to pay J. and E. Tabah £33 5s 7d (35 days or £1 a week); June Anne Wilson, married woman Tauiwi crescent, to pay Mutual Rental Cars, Ltd., £37 17s 5d (39 days or 10s a week); A. G. Bennett, foreman baker. Basingstoke street, to pay McCalls Electrical. Ltd.. £l7 Is 8d (18 days or £1 a week); Trevor Ringdahl. sawmiller. Boyne avenue, to pay Hay's. Ltd.. £7 16s 8d (eight days or 10s a week); P. D. Fox. workman, Chatham street, to pay H. Simpson, Ltd.. £ll 4s (12 days or £1 a week); J. P. Woolhouse, groundsman. Cobra street, to pay T. R. YanxHe £34 15s (36 days or £1 a week); H. C. Davey, labourer, Wiggins street, to pay Lamb, A., and Hayward, Ltd.. £24 17s 9d (26 days or £1 a week): T. Aldous, salesman. Heathcote street, to pay J. G. Mackintosh £2 15s 8d (three days). H. L. Wilson, operator Hoani street, to pay P. G. Morrison, Ltd.. 19s (two days); S. C. Johnstone, contractor. Grenville street, to pay Twiss Cycles, Ltd.. £l6 15s (17 days or £1 a week); M. Marshall, married woman, Blighs road, to pay Gordon and Gotch (N.Z.), Ltd., £l4 15s (15 days or £1 a week); J. P. Woolhouse. caretaker, Cobra street to pay Reefton Boatmans Coal Supply, Ltd., £6 4s lOd (seven days); N. H. McDonald, horse trainer, Buchanans road, to pay Paintin and Nottingham £lO 3s 9d (11 days or £1 a week); M. Robert, married woman, Denman street, to pay C. C. Minty £ll 10s (13 days or 10s a week); C. Cook, bus driver. Palmers road, to pay W. W. Keighley and Company, Ltd., £lO 16s 9d (12 days or £1 a week); J. E. Tansey, plasterer. Marlow road, to pay Moores Market Basket £ll 2s 9d (12 days or £1 a week): D. M. Dick married woman, Redruth avenue, to pay Mam'seUe Frock Salon £7 9s M (eight days or IQs a week)'; A. C. Hutchison, electrician, Clifton terrace, to pay C. L. Rhodes Rental Cars and Trucks, Ltd., £lO 4s (11 days or £1 a week); G. E. Taylor, airman, R.N.Z.A.F. Station, Wigram, to pay C. L. Rhodes Rental Cars and Trucks, Ltd., £7 9s Id (eight days). J R. Barrett, welder, Hillary crescent, to pay Church of England Hospital Incorporated £45 2s (47 days or £1 a week); William L- G. Marshall, engraver, Ferry road, to pay Lamb, A., and Hayward. Ltd., £67 18s 8d (60 days or £1 a week); K. G. Nash, married woman, Riselaw street, to pay Parkin Drapery £l3 13s 56. (14 days or 10s a week); Lance Murdoch, labourer, Hereford street, to pay G. H. Woods, Ltd., £37 Os 3d (30 days or £1 a week); George Blumberger, traveller, Varden crescent, to pay Pat Rhind (Canterbury). Ltd., £5O 19e Ud (two months or £1 a week); F. Ching, rubber worker, .Oakland street, to pay Lamb, A., and Hayward, Ltd., £63 Ils 8d (66 days or £1 a week); C. Fisher, married woman. Church square, to pay Franklin Finance Com&£7 8s (eight days); B. C. ey, labourer, Somes road, to pay Mason, Struthers and Company, Ltd.. £3l 14s 5d (33 days or £1 a week); J. Wilson, trading as Perfecto Painters, Liverton crescent, to pay Smith and Smith, Ltd., £l3O 6s lid (three months or £1 a week). J. J. King, labourer, Ontario place, to pay Websters Food Store £27 9B (30 days or £1 a week); G. M. Stater, married woman, Bangor street to pay Gordon and Gotch (N.fc.), Ltd., £6 (seven days): C. Fisher, married woman, Church square, to pay G. and R. Smith £l6 10a 9d (18 daya or 10s a week); R. Simpson, soldier. Charlesworth street, to pay the Ruskin Group (Educational Division), Ltd., £0 (10 days); Reginald Murray Costello, Army driver, to pay D. L. Wickens £5l 2s 6d (53 days or £2 10s a week); Colin George McCrone, painter, Nortticote road, to pay Purnell Johnstone and de Gold! £l4 10s (15 days or £1 a week); N. Hogwood, motor dealer, Courtenay street, to pay Ford and Hadfield, Ltd., £l3 2s 6d (16 days or £1 a week).