Magistrate’s Court Fined £7 10s For Disorderly Behaviour In Square

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30275, 30 October 1963, Page 7

Magistrate’s Court Fined £7 10s For Disorderly Behaviour In Square

The defendant bad walked out into the roadway in Cathedral square without regard to approaching traffic. It was only the skilful action cd a driver which had resulted in the defendant not being run down, and the defendant Shouted abuse at the driver, said Sergeant V. F. Townshend in the Mag.str**e's Court yesterday. Leonard Charles Campbell, aged 21. was fined £7 10s. in default nine days’ itnorisonjnent by Mr E. A. Lee. S.M., on a charge of disorderly behaviour on October 78. Campbell pleaded guilty. He was originally oharged under the name of Teddy Rang: but this was later ascertained to be false.

Sergeant Townshend said the incident occurred at 6.15 pm. Campbell had been drinking but was not drunk. When questioned by a constable he the ooliceman by standing with his hands behind his back and tried to draw attention ito himself. He bad previous convictions and was in Christchurch on holiday from Auckland.

OBSTRUCTED CONSTABLE i On a charge of wilfully | obstructing Constable J. Armj in the execution ot his duty in Cathedral square on i October 28 Michael Knox. I aged 23. a workman, was i fined £7 10s in default nine i days’ imnr : son.ment. He jnleaded guilty. Sergeant Townshend said I the accused attempted to | brush the constable away [when the constable spoke to ! the accused and his friend ■'bout their behaviour in the (Square. 14 DAYS’ GAOL “As your last fine has not (been paid you will be I sentenced to 14 days' imnrisonment.” sa ; d the MagisI toate when Robert Gourley, i aged 27, pleaded guilty to a charge of breach of probation by failing to report. I A probation officer, Mr J. ; Ryley. said Gourley was rei leased from prison on June i 23 after serving a sentence of nine months for charges ihj volving false pretences and receiving. He reported at Christchurch and at Culverden until August 6 and then he disappeared. Mr J. N. Matson, for the accused, said Gourley had sent to Northern Ireland to j I get m-cnev for the fine imposed at Timaru SUSPENDED SENTENCE j Two students. Geoffrev Charles Davidson, aged 22, | and James Grant Williamson, aged 21, pleaded guilty to charges of being found unlawfully in an enclosed yard in Raccarton road ait 9.50 pm. ion October 26. They were each ordered to come up for sentence •within six months if called upon. Sergeant Townshend said the two accused were in Riccarton road when a poilice car approached. They ran off through a private yard and • climbed over a fence into Deans Bush. Questioned later I about their behaviour they | said they had run off on an i impulse when they saw the [ police vehicle. There was no | sinister motive. I ASSAULTED WOMAN i Keraneth Sinclair Thomas. I aged 30, a cook, was re{manded in custody to Novem- | ber 1 for sentence on a charge of assaulting his de facto wife on October 28. He pleaded guilty. REMANDED William Charles Friend. | aged 43, was remanded on bail to November 4 on a I charge of driving while under the influence of drink or drugs at Dunsandel on October 28. Brian James Bennett, aged 20, was remanded on bail to November 4 on a charge of driving under the influence of drink or drugs in Riselaw street on October 26. DANGEROUS SPEED On a charge of driving at a speed which might have been dangerous on October 4 i Edward Michael Ennis, aged 22, a railway porter, was fined £2O and had his driving licence cancelled for 18 months. He pleaded guilty. Sergeant J. McMorran said Ennis was checked at a speed of 50 miles an hour along a portion of Moorhouse avenue at 11.5 pm. He was also checked at the same speed through the Sydenham shopping area in Colombo j street. SPEED OF 59 M.P.H. Paul Kenneth McGill, a clerk- was fined £l5 and had his driving licence canI celled for one year on a charge of driving at a speed which might have been dangerous in Lyttelton street, Spreydon. on April 9. He pleaded not guilty. On a charge of failing to produce his driving licence, to which .te pleaded guilty, he I was fined £5 j Traffic Officer D. Baker , said McGill was checked at speeds up to 59 miles an hour. There was no other traffic about at the time. McGill’s counsel, Mr M. J Glue, submitted that the circumstances did not warrant a i conviction. McGill did not go over any through intersections Visibility was clear and there was no evidence of reckless driving I After McGill had given evidence the Mag strate, giving ■his verdict, said driving at such speed through a resi- ' dential area created a • potential danger. ' i Before Mr K. H J. Headifen. S.M) FINED £8 Mavis Clare Tasker was fined £8 on a charge of exceeding 30 miles an hour in Linwood avenue on June 15. She pleaded guilty. Tasker, who was represented by Mr L H Moore, was originally charged with driving at a speed which -night have been dangerous. She pleaded not guilty to this charge.

(Before Mr E. S. J. Crutchley, S.M.) SUSPENDED SENTENCE ‘The probation officer says there is no-reason why should not get back to work. You will have to stop this roaming around the country,” said the Magistrate when convicting Anzac Robert Williams, aged 19, on a charge of being idle and disorderly and ordering him to come up for sentence within 12 months, if called upon. .The charge was originally heard at Greymouth.

“DIFFICULT POSITION” The bus driver was in a difficult position, said the Magistrate when dismissing a charge against Leslie Gason Smart, a Midiland bus driver, of careless driving on August 9. He pleaded not guilty and was represented by Mr B. J. Drake. Hazel Grace Brown said at 9.50 a.m. she drove north along Colombo street from Cathedral square and stopped on the inside lane at Gloucester street. As she turned left into Gloucester street with the intention of driving west a bus cut in front of her and struck her car. The left wheels of the bus were in the left lane when she drove up. The bus was also making a left turn into Gloucester street. To Mr Drake Brown said it was the bus driver who had telephoned the traffic department. Mr Drake said the bus was following a normal route to the N.A.C. Air Centre. He stopped in a position where he could make a turn without going on to the wrong side of Gloucester street. If he had stopped right against the kerb this could not be done. There were other cars stopped on his right. The bus driver had no reason to believe that any car would drive up in the narrow space between the bus and the footpath. It was impossible for him to see the small car driven by Brown. CHARGE DISMISSED There was some conflict of evidence as to whether the signal was given in sufficient time for the bus to stop, said the Magistrate when dismissing a charge against Eric Lyons, a Christchurch Transport Board bus driver, of failing to stop for a school patrol crossing in Papanui road on July 30 Lyons, who pleaded not guilty, was represented by Mr R. E. Wylie. The crossing involved was at St. Margaret’s College. Evidence was given by witnesses for the defence that the bus could only have stopped by braking violently. In other traffic prosecutions brought by the Christchurch City Council offenders were dealt with as follows:—

Exceeding 30 miles an hour: Dennis Raymond Stephen. £5; Bruce William Howard. £4 and driving licence endorsed for three years: Frank John Denson, £5 and licence endorsed for three years: Gavin William Annet. £4, and licence suspended for one month; Charles John Barter. £4: Nicholaas Lucas Van Der Lem. £4; Brian Herbert Blazey, £4: Noel Wilfred Borlase, £4; George Denham Cook, £4; Graham Allan Curline, £4; Judith Margaret Dearsley, £4; Alfred Adamson Dudley, £4: Walter lan Edgier, £4: Hester Mary Elworthy, £5; William Eric Ford, £4; John Ritchie Alexander Gibson, £4; William Archibald Gillanders, £lO and licence endorsed for three years (a charge of driving at a speed which might have been dangerous was dismissed): John Austin Howard Harding, £4; Wilhus Hendrick Hendricks. £4: John Robert Hill, £4; David James Hunter, £3; Graeme Grattan Johnstone, £2: Alfred Victor Langford, £4; Robert Andrew McKeage. £5: Maxwell Reide McKnight, £4: Lorraine Millar, £3; Walter Dick Morgan, £5 (failing to keep left. £5); David Alistair Cameron Morrow, £4; Nicholas Hampis. £2 (unlicensed vehicle, £7 10s); Joan Osborne, £5; Raymond Newton Pinn, £2; Charles Reginald Price, £5; Stanley lan Roberts. £3; Denys Morton Saunders, £3; Kenneth George Simpson, £4“ Patricia Mary Thomas, £5; John William Young. £4; Edgar Frank John Thorpe. £2: lan Noel Handley, £4. Failing to give way: Colin Alexander Shields, £5; Alan Bernard Anderson. £8; Edwin Ernest Balloch, £8 (no driving licence, £3); Idrine Venus Fitzgerald, £B, driving licence endorsed for one year, and to attend a cfiurse of three lectures at the City Council traffic school; Peter Allan Day, £8 (no warrant of fitness. £2); Douglas Gordon Dean. £8; Brian Francis Horan. £8 (failing to report damage, £ 10, and licence suspended for three months); lan Francis Horgan, £5. No warrant of fitness: Peter James Brown (two charges), £2 and £3 (parking over time limit. £2); Allan George Cleary. £2; Michael Francis Everest, £2; Colin Edwin Fearon. £1 (incorrect number plate. £2); Frederick Charles Greenhalgh, £2 (no driving licence. £2); Geradus Cornelius Hbolmans, £2 (parking over vehicular entrance, £3); Stanley Johnson, £2: Arthur Le Breton. £2: Patrick John Long, £1 (no driving licence. £1); William Charles McPhail, £2: Walter Alec Marriner, £3: David Nihoniho. £3; Graham Lathan Russell, £2 (no number plate. £1): Robin William Francis Wilson. £3; Trevor Henry Alexander Young, £2 (no driving licence £l. supplying false information, £5). No certificate of fitness: Bridge Repaints, Ltd., £5; William Carroll, £5.

Not diaptaywig certificate of

fitness: Horton, Bidwell and Company, Ltd., two charges, £1 bn each.

Not displaying rear red light: Kendrick Allen Baynon. £6.

Failing to produce driving licence: Michael William Haselden, £5. Not displaying number plate: Colin KeHy, £l. Incorrect number plate: John Macdonald Nimmo, £1 (no driving licence, £1). Parking over time limit: Peter John Clark, £2; Gerard Gilmore, £2; John Brian Masey, £l. Overloading metered space: Donald George Clarkson, £1 Failing to stop at compulsory sign: Judith Purse, £2; Ferdinand Van Berkhout, £1; Kenneth Carlton McGregor, £3; Diane Grace Martyn, £1; Barry John McAlister, £3; John Raymond SlatteryCookson, £l. Failing to carry vehicle authority: Mansell Albert Parsons. £l.

Failing to carry heavy traffic licence: Ronald Russell Taylor, two charges, £2 on each.

Unlicensed vehicle: Robert David Clark, £7 10s.

Failing to comply with traffic lights: Jack Bailey, £4; Michael John Neave, £5. Parking in expired metered space: John Lewis Anderson, £3; Adam Ferkatovich, £5; Richard Grant, £1; John William Northam. £3. Double parking: Arthur Jonn Baxter, £3; Ivan George Ireton, £3; Alan Bruce Goulding, £3; Kevin J. Thompson, £3. Failing to keep left: ’ Herbert Neil Lane, £5. Carrying ' passenger when restricted to L plates: Rodney John Spencer Penilington, £3. No light on cycle: Robert Douglas Cully, £2; David Patrick Glasson, £2; Lionel Ralph Joyce, £2. Towing on cycle: Desmond Peter Moller, £l. CIVIL CASES (Before Mr E. S. J. Crutchley, S.M.) JUDGMENT SUMMONSES The following orders were made on judgment summonses:— J. Waller, watersider, Lambeth crescent, to pay Northcote Supermarket £6B 19s, in default 17 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £2 a week is. paid; L. S. Neilson, contractor, Avalon street, to pay Fletcher Steel and Engineering Company £55 5s (57 days); D A. Newell, labourer. Olivine street, to pay Stan Wheatley. Ltd., £1 3s 3d (one day); R. D. Fisher. Langdons road, to pay Meat Wholesale Market, Ltd.. £4 15s (five days); L. J. H, Reeves, carpenter. Farrington avenue, to pay H. E. R. Righton £99 (90 days or £1 a week). Jack Huxley, labourer. Morrison avenue, to pay E. C. Briden £5B (60 days): Mary Ross, widow, Centaurus road, to pay R. A. Young, Hunter, Cook, and Penlington £llO 17s (30 days or £1 a week); T. A. Odgers, farmer, corner of Main North and Sturrocks roads, to pay Lane, Walker, Rudkin, Ltd., £35 Is 8d (37 days or £1 a week); H. Rennie, worker. Manning place, to pay H. Flavell and Son, Ltd.. £6 13s 3d (seven days or £1 a week). C. L. Morrison. labourer. Hawke street, to pay Tyreways (1960), Ltd., £ll 15s (13 days or £1 a week); D. B. Crom’b. workman. Halswell road, to pay C. A. Deyell £6 7s (seven days or £1 a week); H. D. Hanson, labourer. Halberg street, to pay A. R. N. Foubister £B2 12s 6d (85 days or £3 a week); R. A. Remington, labourer, Cossar street, to pay Ross Bullock and Company, Ltd., £2B 15s (30 days or £1 a week). M. G. Wilson, married woman, Liverton crescent to pay Stan Wheatley. Ltd., £3 (three days); R. L Snell, labourer, Hounslow street, to pay Auto Electrical Specialists, Ltd., £4 17s 6d (five days); A. Boat tractor driver, Prestons road, to pay Morton Smith £lB 10s 6d (20 days or £1 a week);, R. Fitzsimon, Main South road. Upper Riccarton, to pay W. Boyce and Sons, Ltd.. £l4 6s 3d (15 days or £1 a week) G. M. Cameron, contractor. New Brighton road, to pay Paykel Bros,. Ltd., £9 17s 5d (10 days or £1 a week): Te Hereaka Tauwhare, also known as Mary Tauwhare, widow. Hampshire street, to pay Gerrard Owen Johnston £23 15s (35 days or £1 a week); Patricia Mary Shaw, domestic. Craigieburn, to pay the Waitemata Electric Power Board £9 9s 8d (10 days or 10s a week).