Discharged

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30188, 20 July 1963, Page 18

Discharged

run into considerable financial difficulties Mr O'Reilly said. The temptation, with his medical and financial background, was too much for him when he found some signed cheque forms. The accused was married, with 10 children. Mr O'Reilly asked the Court to consider a suspended sentence. The Magistrate said he would normally have imposed a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment. The charges Involved £221. However, he would take the accused's large family and his medical conditions into consideration. BURGLARY Appearing for sentence on a charge of burglary. Tutu Tautuhi. aged 28, a linesman, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. ''You have a long list of dishonesty." the Magistrate told Tautuhi. There is only one sentence I can impose on you.' Restitution of £l5 and the return of the property were ordered. THREE MONTHS’ GAOL Doug.as Allan Urwin, aged 23. a workman, p.eadeu guil.y to a charge oi using obscene language in Rotorua in April He also pleaded guuty to a charge ol breach of probation, and appeared tor sentence on a charge of obtaining credit by fraud. On the obscene language charge Urwin was fined £7. and on the brea.h of probation charge he was convicted and discharged. He was sentenced to three months' Imprisonment ion the credit by fraud charge. "You appear 10 be bent on a liie of crime. You have had practically every form of treatment but you continue to offend." the Magistrate said. THEFT A sentence oi three months' imprisonment was Imposed on Edwin Ronaid Jarvis, aged 21. a machinist. (Mr G, K. Lascelles). when he appeared for sentence on a charge of then of a cheque to the value oi £49 IDs 2a. An order was made for the return of liie property. Mr Lascelles said Jarvis had an unfortunate family background. He had a good work record, and employers had spoken weli of him. “You are now before the Court for the fourth time for dishonesty. It is time you were made to realise that dishonesty does not pay." the Magistrate said. ASSAULT Pleading guilty to a charge of assault and a charge of failing to pay a taxi fare. George Millar Tod. aged 34. a driver (Mr M. J. Glue), w>as fined £l5 on the assault charge and £□ on the charge of failing to pay the taxi fare. Sergeant Read said the offences occurred at Auckland. After he refused to pay a taxi fare the accused tried to jum.) out of the taxi and when stopped struck the driver. Mr Glue said there was no vicious assault. The accused was not solely responsible for the trouble tnat arose. There might have been some degree of provocation. BENCH WARRANT A bench warrant for the arrest of Douglas Macbeth Munro, aged 55, was issued on the application of Sergeant Read. Munro had been remanded to yesterday on a charge of assault. FINED £25 Appearing for sentence on a charge oi unlawful sexual intercourse. a youth whose name was suppressed (Mr P. T. Mahon), w’as fined £25. REHEARING A charge of car conversion, against Eric Ronald Alphonsus Gilligan-Kingsley (Mr W. A Wilson), was sustained when the case was reheard. An application for the rehearing had been granted by Mr A. P Blair, S.M. Gilligan-Kingsley was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. . . Mr Wilson said the defence was that Gilligan-Kingsley had been given consent by the owner of the car to take the car at any time he chose. ’ The accused said in evidence that the owner had said to him in a hotel several months previously that he could borrow the car when he wanted to. The Magistrate said he rejected this evidence entirely. "Motor-cars and drink seem to be your trouble." he told the accused “This Court is getting sick and tired of you coming back on all sorts of charges If you carry on like this you will spend most of the rest of your life tn prison." STOLE METAL Brian David Cunningham, aged 20. a rubber worker (Mr M. J. Glue), pleaded not guilty, but was convicted bnd fined £5 when he appeared on a charge of theft of scrap metal valued at £lO on May 21. It was alleged that Cunningham stole the scrap metal from an empty house owned by the Education Board in Hillview street. Evidence was given that Cun. ningham said in a statement to the police that he saw a man demolishing the house and asked him about the metal. He said the man gave him permission to take the metal. He took it and sold it for £2 7s Bd. Cunningham gave evidence along these lines. Evidence for the defence was also given byFrederick Lewis WhaU. "I have observed the witnesses for the defence and I do not believe their evidence," the Magistrate Mid. FINED FOR ASSAULT Saying that he was not satisfied with the accused's evidence the Magistrate convicted Trevor Farrell, aged 32. a plumber, of assaulting Ralph William Griffin, a company manager, on April 7. Farrell pleaded not guilty, and was represented by Mr M J Glue. A fine of £5 was imposed.

Griffin gave evidence that Farrell. who he had never seen before, punched him twice In the face while he was sitting In his car outside bls home at 187 Cashmere road on April 7. Farrell said he hit the comnlainant once, and this was after Grtffin pushed him in the face with his open hand. CHARGE DISMISSED

Herbert Ernest Raymond Righton, aged 33. a roofing contractor (Mr S. H. Wood), □leaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting Dorothy Edna Walker on May 3. The charge was dlamJssed.

"I am not prepared to hold that the accused used more force than was necessary,” the Magistrate said. (Before Mr H. Rosen. S.M.)

JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF In a civil claim the Magistrate gave judgment of £BO against three young women for damage which they caused while tenants of a flat at 62 Papanul road between December 7. 1961. and January 13 this year

The owner of the flat and olalntiff tn the action was Rita Mavis Whelans, a widow (Mr A R. Cottrell, The defendants were Shona Cowan Jacqueline Cowan, and Diane Dixon, all of whom were represented by Mr J. G. Hutchison. The plaintiff claimed £lOO damages. Her statement of claim included Items of MJ IDs for damage to floor coverings. £!• tor cleaning the flat after it was vacated, and £l5 for repainting a bedroom. The defendants admitted liability for damages, but disputed the amount of the claim RRMANDID A man, whose name was suppressed. was further remanded until July 26 for sentence on two chargee of theft and one of being in possession of a fl res rm without lawful purpose. The man was convicted of the offences, which occurred between June 7 and 18. a month ago and had been remanded until yesterday for a medical report and sentence.