MAGISTRATE’S COURT Fine Of £l5, With 18 Months’ Loss Of Licence

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30445, 20 May 1964, Page 9

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Fine Of £l5, With 18 Months’ Loss Of Licence

A motorist who said he thought the red light of a patrol car and a torch flashed by a traffic officer in the patrol car meant that another motorist was “having a joke” was followed by the traffic officer for one and a half miles in Pages road on April 4 at speeds of 40 to 55 miles an hour, Traffic Sergeant H. J. McMorran said in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Mr K. H. J. Headifen, S.M.

The motorist, Richard Ernest Brown, aged 20, a welder, pleaded guilty to a charge of driving at a speed which might have been dangerous. He was convicted and fined £l5, and was disqualified from driving for 18 months. A traffic officer attempted to stop Brown after he had been seen driving at high speed, but Brown increased speed, Sergeant McMorran said. When asked why he had not stopped Brown said he . did not realise it was a traffic officer .signalling him, but thought it was someone having a joke. DISQUALIFIED DRIVER Graeme Edwar.d Crowley, aged 18, a carpenter, pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while ’ disqualified in Cathedral Square on May 7. He was convicted and fined £2O, and was disqualified from driving for a further year. For Crowley, Mr M. J. Glue said he became annoyed with the manner a friend was driving his car, so he took the wheel even though he was a disqualified driver. When stopped Crowley readily admitted that he was a disqualified driver.

“The Court regards this kind of offence as being very serious, and if you had not admitted you were disqualified you would have gone to gaol,” the Magistrate said to Crowley. LOSES LICENCE Winfrey John Lincoln was fined £5, and his driver’s licence was cancelled for a year, when he was convicted of riding a motor-cycle at a speed which might have been dangerous. He pleaded not guilty, and was represented by Mr I. White. Lincoln had ridden through a residential area and across intersections at speeds of up to 60 miles an hour, the Magistrate said. The offence was committed at 12.40 a.m. on November 15. The defendant was showing some exuberance after finishing his university examinations, Mr White said. CHARGES DISMISSED Arthur Walsh Schofield appeared on charges of careless use of a motor-vehicle in Papanui road on March 25 and failing to stop after an accident. Schofield, a truck salesman (Mr A. K. Archer), pleaded not guilty. The charges were dismissed.

Lionel Thomas Paul said a car went to overtake him in Papanui road, swung in suddenly, and hit the front bumper bar of his car. The vehicle did not stop. Schofield said in evidence that as he went to pass he saw a broken wooden box in the road and swung to avoid it. He did not realise he had hit the other ear. The Magistrate said he accepted the evidence of the defendant, and as the-defendant had no knowledge of the slight collision taking place, he had no reason to stop. DISCHARGED When his licence was returned to him before his period of disqualification from driving had ended, Harold Alexander Mora believed he could drive because he had his licence back, said Mr L. R. Moore, who appeared for Mora. Mora, a labourer, pleaded not guilty to a charge of driv ? ing while disqualified on May 9. He was discharged under section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act. The Magistrate said he believed Mora made a mistake and did not make any wilful attempt to break the law. OTHER TRAFFIC CASES In other cases brought by the .City Council's traffic department convictions were entered and fines imposed as follows: Exceeded 30 miles an hour: Clement Arthur Brown, £4: Gilbert Anthony Clarke, £4; Leslie Robert Clark, £5 (no safety helmet, £2); Ronald Maitland Cook, £4: Gary John Vallarice Croft, £5; William Allan Dennett, £4; Alexander Dickson, £4; Max Roy Frederick Dryer, £4; David Lowe Forbes, £4; Michael Joseph Groom, £4; Alexander Laird, £4; John McConnell, £4; John Gerrard McDrury, £4; Francis Leslie John Newman, £7; Malcolm George Newton, £4; Terence John O’Shannessy, £4; William George Perriton, £3; Douglas Richard Tranter, £4; Frederick Vincent Turner; £4: Eric Undrii, £4; Alister John Waddell, £3; Ronald Herbert Butler, £4; Herman Richard Poninghouse, £4; Tex Richard Morgan, £4; Alan Hugh Stevenson, £3; George Nelson Topp, £3; Peter George Nelson Rookes, £4; Gordon Bruce Scott, £4; Richard Fraser Sedon, £4; George Senior, £4; Brian Smither, £4. Failed to stop at i compulsory stop sign: David Graham Reid, £3; Colin Murray Atkinson, £4: David John Bayne, £4: James Ambrose Hill, £4 (no warrant of fitness, £2); Mary Louisa Stark, £3. Drove without reasonable consideration: Brian Lan£s and disqualified from-driving for two months.

Careless driving: Robert Adrian Meyer, £5. Failed to keep to left: John Kearns, £5. Failed to give. way when turning: Desmond Frank Thomas Thompson, £5. Proceeded before way was clear: Rennell Lawrence Bennett, £3. • Failed to produce licence: Bruce John Hurrell, '£3.

No safety chain: James Joseph Jones, £2 (unlicensed trailer, £3); -Ronald Andrew Ramage, £3. Insufficient lights: Kevin Goodman, £5; Michael Patrick Howard, £4; Robert Hector Kerr, £2. No Warrant of fitness: Graham Alvin Le Compte, £2; Peter ' John Martlew, £3. ■

Supplied false information: Larry Kenneth Kearns, £5 (no driving licence, £4). Allowed person other than hirer to drive rental car: Douglas George Tuffery, £4. Towed cyclist: Berend Hindrik Tabak, £3. • Permitted tow as cyclist: John Dunlop, £3. Rode cycle on footpath: Walter Albert Rose, £4; lan Moray Smith, £3.

No effective silencer: Noel Richard Hanham, £3. Rode vehicle not specified in licence: Wayne Charles Stokes, £3: Parked illegally: James William Basset, .£1 10s; Frances Flamante, £3; Thomas Edward Hall, £3; Kenneth Walter Hickmott, £3; James Keith MacLaren, £4; Dennis Daniel Watson, £3; Austin Holmes, £1 10s; Rodney Shearer, £3; Robert Amai, £3. Obstructed vehicular entrance: Doris Mabel Torrens, costs.

Overloaded heavy traffic vehicle: Gordon and Gotch (N.Z.), Ltd., £4; E. H. Boyce and Company, Ltd., £7 (overloaded rear axle, £6). Failed to carry heavy traffic licence: Leo Alexander Brownlee, £6. No heavy traffic licence: Robert Atherton Campbell, £5. (Before Mr A, P. Blair, S.M.) CARELESS DRIVING “If you come before the Court again for this type of driving behaviour your licence will be taken away for several years, as you are becoming a menace on the road,” said the Magistrate when fining Wayne John Maynard £l2 on a charge of careless driving on July 10. Maynard was ordered to attend a course of City Council driving lectures. Maynard was originally charged- with driving at a speed which might have been dangerous. He pleaded not guilty to this charge, and was represented by Mr R. G. Blunt. The charge was reduced by the Magistrate after the prosecution’s case had been presented. A plea' of guilty was entered to the amended charge. Traffic Officer D. Beattie said he checked Maynard riding a motor-cycle along Pages road over Shortland street at 55 miles an hour.

Maynard said his machine was giving trouble, and he gave it a short burst of speed to clear it. He denied doing 55 miles an hour over the Shortland street intersection and said that he had had intended to turn down Shortland street until he saw the “Stop” light being flashed at him from the microwave unit. . “NOMINAL” FINE Frederick Kevin Morris was fined 10s on a charge of failing to comply with the traffic lights at the corner of Manchester, High, and Lichfield streets on March 20. He pleaded not guilty, and conducted his- own defence.

It was a technical offence and had not been committed deliberately, said the Magistrate. A nominal fine would be imposed. CHARGE DISMISSED A charge of parking in Liverpool street without reasonable consideration, against Rutherford Miln, was dismissed. He pleaded not guilty, and conducted his own defence. . Traffic Officer W. J. Noster. said that after a complaint was received he found a sports car parked over a vehicular entrance to the T. and G. Building. It. was not locked, and he moved the car. The Magistrate said that Miln had sworn that he had. not parked his car over the entrance and that someone must have pushed it. CIVIL cases (Before Mr A. P. Blair, S.M.)

JUDGMENT SUMMONSES The following orders were made on judgment summonses: Robert Henry Brockie, Conference street, to pay J. E. Purchas £56 4s 6d, in default 58 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £1 a week is paid, and to pay T. M. Ayers £l2 5s (13 days or £1 a week); R. Mantell,' shopkeeper. Gosport street, to pay Nelmes (New Brighton), Ltd., £9 9s (10 days or £1 a week); G. R. Hart, taxi driver, care of Gold Band Taxis, to pay Drake and McGillivray £l5 2s (16 days or £1 a week); Robert H. Brockie, labourer, Conference street, -to pay L. T. Schumacher £3l 5s (33 days or £1 a week). R. J. McKenzie, shopkeeper, Staveley street, to pay Combined Co-operative Distributors, Ltd., £B4 Is 7d (86 days or £5 a week); B. H. Wilkinson, teacher, Harris crescent, to pay Butler Timber Company, Ltd., £7 15s lid (nine days), and to pay Falconers Shoe Store £5 13s 6d (six days): E. J. Prewer, labourer, Hoon Hay road, to pay John F. Curtis £4 15s (flv.e days or 10s a week); Edwin Ronald Jarvis, workman, Gloucester street, to pay Paterson and Barr, Ltd., £l5 8s (16 days or £1 a week). E. Washington, married woman, Bassett street, to pay Paradise Productions, Ltd., £7O 6s 9d (72 days or 7s 6d a week); J. R. Stokes, rabblter, Parnassus, to pay A. E. Lee, Ltd.; £9 15s 6d (10 days or £1 a week); Les G. McCarthy, warehouseman, Hands road, to pay Robert Francis; Ltd., £6 8s 6d (seven days): Albert C. Hutchison, representative, Clifton terrace, to pay Henri Studios £26 10s (28 days or £4 a week). M. L. Stokes, married woman, River road, to pay Pannell and Company, Ltd., £7 14s 6d (eight days or 10s a week): R. Hart, taxi driver, to pay David Crozier, Ltd., £1 10s (two days);R. C. De La Mare, labourer, Oram avenue, to pay Dominion Motors, Ltd., £2O 18s (22 . days or £1 a week); J. G. Hewison, Hampshire street, to pay Concrete P6st and Butt -Company, Ltd., £l6 19s lOd (18 days or £1 a week).

William H. Hunt, manufacturer, Retreat road,- to pay Cleary and Belmer £4 14s (five days); Al W. Gilling, worker. Waterholes road, to pay Tyreways (1960), Ltd., £2l 13s' (23 days or £1 a week); E: R. Cherry, married woman, Vancouver . street, to pay Butterfields (Chch.), Ltd., £27 9s Id (29 days or 10s a week): T. Poulson, labourer, Morley street, to pay Upper Rlccarton Coal and Wood Supply £3 13s 8d (four days). L. Paqlsen, watersider, Marlow road, to pay Jack Wilson Sales, Ltd., £l3 6s Id (14 days or £1 a week); Violet Helena Roberts, married woman, Hampshire street, to pay Sedley Wells, Ltd., £lOB 8s 9d (three months or 10s a week);. A. McLaughlin, married woman, Hampshire street, to pay Sedley Wells, Ltd., £l7 (18 days or 10s a week). POSSESSION ORDER Thomas Irons Fish, a dress manufacturer, was ordered to give up possession of premises at 809 Colombo street to Muriel Eva Whitcombe and Kenneth Clarke Wilson, and to pay ar; rears of-rent and costs amounting to £44 16s 4d.