MAGISTRATE’S COURT Vian Returned £505 After Stealing It From Employer

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30393, 18 March 1964, Page 10

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Vian Returned £505 After Stealing It From Employer

A man who took a cash bag containing £505 2s 6d, then returned it because he did not want his fellow workers to be suspected, pleaded guilty to a charge of theft as a servant when he appeared before Mr E. S. J. 'rutchley, S.M, in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. The man, whose name was suppressed, was convicted and remanded on bail to March 20 for sentence.

Detective-Sergeant D. Lee said a cash bag containing the money was left on top oi a cabinet in an office on March 13. The chief clerk was out of the office from 12.30 to 1 p.m., and it was not until 2 p.m. that he noticed the money was missing. Police failed to find the money in spite of interviewing the whole staff. The next day the money was found on the bottom shelf of the strong room. At this stage it was clear a member of the office staff was concerned, but no particular person was suspected. Yesterday the accused approached the manager and admitted the theft, said De-tective-Sergeant Lee. The accused was immediately dismissed, and the police were called. Later in the morning the accused gave himself up to the police at the Central Police Station. The accused said he had taken the bag on impulse, not knowing how much was in it. He could not settle down to work aferwards as he did not want suspicion to fall on his fellow workers. SNEEZING CAUSED ACCIDENT A violent attack of sneezing which a Christchurch Transport Board bus driver said had caused him to lose control of his bus and run into the rear of a parked car in Pages road on January 30 was something the driver could not have expected to happen, -AVktfi woe AntcirlA hia

the Magistrate held. ; He dismissed a charge of careless driving against the bus driver, Keith Charteris. The defendant, who was represented by Mr R. E. Wylie, pleaded not guilty. The car’s owner, Maxwell John Fraser, said he had just parked the car when the accident occurred. His car was extensively damaged, and was “written off.” After stopping, the bus driver said it was not his fault as he had had a bout of sneezing and lost control of the bus. Traffic officer K. Stamler said the car was pushed for 34ft partly across a kerb and into a power pole. The defendant, in evidence, said that when he was approaching the parked car he had a sudden burst of violent sneezing. “There was no warning. Suddenly I was blowing my head off.” He tried to swing clear of the car but was too close to avoid hitting it. When he sneezed he must have involuntarily released the tension off the steering wheel and the bus “drifted” into the parked car, the defendant said.

The magistrate said that if the defendant had an involuntary succession of sneezes sufficient to cause momentary loss of control of the bus he could not be convicted unless he knew beforehand of this affliction. The evidence, however, was that the defendant had experienced only three or four light bouts of sneezing in the past, none of them severe, and that he did not know of his affliction until a medical examination after the accident. (Before Mr E. A. Lee, S.M.) THEFT ADMITTED Charged with stealing a three-piece silver tea set and tray from the Esplanade Hotel, New Brighton, on January 4, William Benjamin Little, aged 26, a footwear mechanic, was convicted and remanded on bail to March 19 for sentence. Detective-Sergeant D. Lee said the offence was committed before a burglary for which Little was at present on probation. REMANDED

Charged with extortion of £7O at Hanmer Springs on February 21 by a letter threatening to disclose sexual misconduct, James Davies, aged 39, a porter, was remanded on bail to March 19. 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: Graham Stanley Ackrill, £5; Trevor Joseph Adams, £4; Anthony Allan, £5; Susan Edwina Arnold, £4; Paul Francis Barke, £2 (no safety helmet, £3); Alan Barton, £4; Joy Annette Black, £2; Gordon David Bradley, £4; Peter Charles Bryson, £4; Phillip Gaven Buckley, £3; Bruce Raymond Burford, £6; Anthony Maurice Butler, £4; Allan Hunter Campbell, £2; David Arthur Costello, £2; Lindsay Ralph Cox, £5; Trevor James Dallow, £4; Charles Frank Davenport, £4; Zoe Nyra Dobbs, £2; Bruce Dolamore, £4; Christopher Ross Duder. £3; Peter Friend. £5; Hans Gehring, £2: Leslie Foster Gledhill, £4; John Frederick Good, £4; Arthur Edward Levey, £3; Kenneth Malcolm McTainsh, £4; Graeme Edward Nicholl, £4; Bruce Alfred Hardy. £5; Lyndsay Armit Hayward, £4; Willem Heenk, £4; Graham Brace Hewetson, £2; Kelvyn Lance Hooper, £4; Arthur Raymond Husband, £2; Kelvin Aidwin Jones, £5; John Kearns, £5

(no safety helmet, £3); James Percy Kissell, £2; Raymond KOerye, £4; Bruce Barton Mackwell, £3; Freda Helene Marriott, £4: Andrew Mason, £5; Jean Lesley Morland, £3; Richard John Purcell. £4; George Read, £2; Alexander Mclvon Read. £5: David Rhodes, £4; Ross Donald Ritchie, £2; Frederick Rogers, £7; Oliver Gerald Ross. £2; Brian John Smith. £3: David Bruce Smith, £4; Geoffrey Churchill Smith, £4; lan Charles Speden, £4; Betty Still, £4; Graham Francis Stuart, £3; Neil Francis Stuart, £4; Paul Titsas, £4; Henry Carrick Vincent, £5; Kevin Albert ward, £3: Barry White, £5; Peter Stanley Williams, £3; Meredith Wilson, £3: Dennis William Marra. £5; Archie Michael Aspros, £5. Failing to stop at compulsory stop sign: Alan George Boreham, £5; Michael Anthony Bradley, £5: Percy Cambridge, £3; John William Fox, £2 (no warrant of fitness, £1); Kenneth Samuel Raymond James, £3; Lawrence Frederick James Ross, £2; Richard Thomas Stokes, £2. Failing to give way: Rodney Leonard Anthony, £8; Albert Keith Nankivell, £8; Sydney Harold Diehl, £7; Beverley Yvonne Opie, £B. Parking offences: Ronald Lionel Bodger, £1: Anthony Franklyn Carr, £3; Arthur James Chettle, £1; Anthony Joseph Cronin, £3; Pat Owers, £1; Garry John Roberts, £3; Daniel Johan Visser, £4: Noeline Lillian Beatrice Walker, £3; Holden Edward Wilde, £3; Vincent James Wright, £1;

Ruby Myrtle Oliver, £3. No warrant of fitness: Lloyd David Bertie, £4 (failing to produce driver’s licence, £2); Daniel James McGirr, £3. No front number plate: Gary Eric Eden, £l. Carrying pillion passenger while restricted: Anthony Grant, £2, „ Towing cyclist: Peter Robin Williams, £1 (no driver’s licence, £1). Following too close: Werner Schibll, £5. Insufficient lights: Bruce Cameron Johnson, £3 (no warrant of fitness, £3). No rear light on goods vehicle: Robert Tex Holden, £5. No driver's licence: Thomas Albert Anthony Jones, £5; June Mary Thompson, £5. Failing to signal intention to turn: Wilhelmus Marius Konings, £4. Carrying two pillion passengers: Michael Antonlus Johannes Verplak, £3. No heavy traffic licences: M.M.M. Butchers, Ltd., £3. No safety chain on trailer: Henry Charles Tomlinson, £5. Driving vehicle not specified on licence: Hugh George Pridie, £3.

Carrying pillion passenger other than astride: Peter John Tucker, £2. Carrying passenger on powercycle: Brian Alexander Scott, £2.

Failing to dip lights: James Graeme Swarbrick, £5. Aiding commission of offence: Barry William Bruce, £5. CIVIL CASES (Before Mr K. H. J. Headifen, S.M.) JUDGMENT SUMMONSES

The following orders were ' made on judgment summonses: Charles Albert Richardson, ' labourer, Stewart street, to pay Grays 1.G.A., Ltd., £l3 12s fid, in default 15 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £1 a week is paid; M. Myles, married woman, Bealey avenue, to pay Franklin Finance Company, £lO 10s Id (12 days or Os a week): B. H. Wilkinson, school teacher, Harris crescent, to pay Mason Struthers and Company, Ltd., £27 8s 8d (30 days or £1 a week); James William Orlowski, truck driver. Haytons road, to pay D. A. Law £47 3s 3d (51 days or 10s a week); Carmel Otto, married woman, Shaftesbury avenue, to pay Cash Order Purchases, Ltd., £l3 15s (15 days or 10s a week). F. M. Martin, married woman, Brittan terrace, Lyttelton, to pay C. B. Russell and Company £36 Ils 2d (38 days or 10s a week); M. V. Taylor, married woman, Bateman avenue, to pay Charles Begg and Company, Ltd., £4 7s fid (five days or 10s a week); D. J. McGirr, workman. Ensign street, to pay the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury, Ltd., £lB 2s lOd (20 days or £1 a week); P. Connor, Greenpark street, to pay the North Canterbury Hospital Board £ll 5s (13 days or £1 a week) . R. Trembath, labourer. Auburn avenue, to pay Robert Francis, Ltd., £lO 13s fid (12 days or £1 a week); G. Hudson, Virgil place, to pay Perfect Gardners £4 15s (five days or £1 10s a week); A. V. Moir, trading as Metal Machinery Company, contractor, Leitch street, to pay Cash Order Purchases, Ltd., £lO3 9s (three months or £3 a week); B. Emmett, married woman, Dover stret, to pay L. Smith £3 19s fid (five days or £1 a week); Betty Nicholls, married woman, Marine parade, to pay Robert Francis, Ltd., £27 6s (30 days or 10s a week); D. Alleyne, married woman, Perth street, to pay H. Simpson, Ltd., £6 6s fid (seven days or 10s a week). Nellie Ford, married woman. Ferry road, to pay Gordon and ' Gotch (N.Z.), Ltd., £l3 16s Id (15 days or 10s a week); Betty Thelma Langford, married ' woman, Montreal street, to pay

Franklin Finance Company £6 18s fid (eight days or 10s a week); Valerie Blythe, married woman, Greers road, to pay F. A. Brown, Ltd., £66 10s (»8 days or £1 10s a week); R. A. Kerr, labourer, Haast street, to pay Ashby Bergh and Company, Ltd., £9 6s 7d (11 days or 10s a week); T. McCabe, fitter, Vauxhall street, to pay Greer Bros. £l6 8s <lB days or £1 a week). Arthur Thomas Brooker, labourer, Bealey avenue, to pay Dorothy May Brooker £39 19s (41 days or £1 a week); R. R. Brain, radio manufacturer. North road, Kaiapoi, to pay J. E. Purchas £2 2s lOd (four days); M. Wilson, married woman. Liverton crescent, to pay Papanui Coal Company £ll Ils 3d (13 days or 10s a week); M. L. White, married woman, Godley avenue, to pay Papanui Coal Company £3 4s 2d (four days or 10s a week): A. Webb, married woman, Godley avenue, to pay Papanui Coal Company £5 (six days or 10s a week). R. K. Wilkins, Otaki street. Kaiapoi, to pay I. M. Murray £l2 3s 6d (15 days or £1 a week); J. Adams, Colina street, to pay “Erg” Battery Service Station, Ltd., £6 16s fid (eight days or £1 a week); G. Gardiner, married woman,. Middlepark road, to pay L. F. Ellis £l3 l«s lOd (15 days or 10s a week); L. J. Reeves, carpenter, Farrington street, to pay N.Z. Farmers, Ltd., £l5 13s (17 days or £1 a week); M. Green, electrician. Coronation street, to pay Farrier Walmak, Ltd., £5 (six days or £1 a week).

C. M. McGrath, married woman, Clyde road, to pay C. F. Cotter, Ltd., £l4 6s (16 days or 10s a week): P. Fox, married woman, Chatham street, to pay Miss Feaver, Ltd., Florist, £3 (four days or 10s a week); J. McDougall, seaman, Bournemouth crescent, to pay Gill's Grocery £lO 5s 2d (12 days or £1 a week); M. Green, electrician, Coronation street, to pay Charles Begg and Company, Ltd., £l4 12s Id (15 days or £1 a week); G. Bom, labourer, Eureka street, to pay Farrier Waimak, Ltd., £6 15s (eight days or £1 a week). D. J. McGirr, labourer, Ensign street, to pay Drayton Jones, Ltd., £ll 6s 3d (13 days or £1 a week); Vic Wilson, waterslder, Oxford street, Lyttelton, to pay Modernwear, Ltd., £43 9s (45 days or £1 a week); A. Randall, married woman, Chester street, to pay Dillons the Kowhai Florists, £3 (four days or 10s a week); S. Hopkinson, labourer, Joy street, to pay Miss Feaver the Florist, £3 10s (four days or £1 a week); P. V. Ford, labourer. Ferry road, to pay C. F. Cotter, Ltd., £lB 7s fid (20 days or £1 a week). John Patrick Crannitch, driver, Hillary crescent, to pay the Commissioner of Inland Revenue £177 3s 4d (three months or £1 a week); Errol Leslie McConchie, labourer, Durham street, to pay Commissioner of Inland Revenue £4l 7s 2d (44 days or £1 a week); Eric Charles Reed, electrician, Russell street, to pay Commissioner of Inland Revenue £l9

17s Id (21 days or £2 a week); A. W. Brand, driver, King street, to pay P. C. Sefton £l5 5s (17 days or 10s a week); R. J. Baker, Picton avenue, to pay E. R. Havill £9O 17s (three months or £1 a week). Rodney A. Kennington, bricklayer, Cossar street, to pay Drainage Services (5.1.), Ltd., £9 (10 days or £3 a week); T. R. Downs, school teacher, Tenby place, to pay K. A. Anderson £92 18s fid (three months or £1 a week). POSSESSION ORDERS Marjory Vera Taylor, housewife, was ordered to give up possession of a tenement at 14 Bateman avenue, Bryndwr, to the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand and to pay costs and arrears of rent amounting to £44 ss. C. H. Parata, workman, was ordered to give up possession of a tenement at 23 Glade avenue to D. A. Gurney and to pay costs and arrears of rent amounting to £l4O 3s 6d.

South Brighton

Dance

The captain of the South Brighton Surf Club (Mr G. Silvester) said yesterday that a Magistrate’s Court report in “The Press” yesterday morning about a dance at the South Brighton Community Centre Hall suggested that the dance was held by the club. This was not correct. The dance was run by Surf City which had no connexion with the club.