MAGISTRATE’S COURT Driver Fined £l5, With Year’s Loss Of Licence

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30452, 28 May 1964, Page 11

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Driver Fined £l5, With Year’s Loss Of Licence

Frank John Shuter, an auto machinist, was fined £l5, with cancellation of his driving licence for a year, when he was convicted in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday of driving in a manner which might have been dangerous on January 2. Mr E. S. J. Crutchley, S.M., was on the bench. Shuter, who was represented by Mr D. H. Hicks, pleaded not guilty. Traffic Officer R. N. Etwell said he was at Little River when two cars passed going towards Christchurch. He gave chase, and checked a 1937 V 8 coupe driven by Shuter at speeds of up to 75 miles an hour. Shuter passed four cars on a bend. On the straight approaching Motukarara Shuter increased speed to 75 miles an hour and passed a number of cars. Traffic was heavy. Shuter, giving evidence, said he saw the traffic officer’s car at Little River. He had sufficient visibility on the bends, which were not sharp, to complete the overtaking movements without danger. The Magistrate said that the charge had been established. CARELESS DRIVING On a charge of careless driving, Valmai Winifred Maslin, who did not appear, was convicted and fined £5, and her licence was cancelled for three months. . Traffic Officer J. E. L. Hume said that on March 5 the defendant had been parked on the Main South road near the intersection of Garvins road. She pulled out to execute a U-turn, and collided with a car travelling along the Main South road. Both cars were extensively damaged. There seemed no reason for the defendant not to see the oncoming car. FINED £3 “This is a case where the defendant was not deliberately breaching the law,” said the Magistrate when convicting Alan Frederick Swift, aged 36, a storekeeper, of passing a compulsory stop sign when the way was not clear. Swift pleaded not guilty. He was fined £3. Traffic Officer J. Ross said that on February 27 he saw the defendant stop at the compulsory stop sign in Clyde road, and then turn left into Riccarton road, forcing three or four cars travelling along Riccarton road to swerve across the white line. Swift said he had considered there was ample room for him to turn without obstructing traffic. COSTS ONLY To a charge of failing to display a warrant of fitness in Yaldhurst road on January 11, Ivan Keith Cook pleaded not guilty. He was convicted and ordered to pay costs. REMANDED Charged with assault at Christchurch on May 25, Leslie George Whitehead, aged 32, pleaded not guilty. He was remanded on bail until June 5. DISMISSED Charged with crossing against traffic lights, Terence McCormick pleaded not guilty. The charge was disTraffic Officer J. F. McKee said that on March 19 he saw the defendant cross the Straven road-Riccarton road intersection against the red light. McCormick said that the light changed to amber just as he commenced to cross the intersection. Just before he reached the other side, they turned red. The Magistrate said there was some conflict between the evidence of the traffic officer and of the defendant, and therefore the charge would be dismissed.

OTHER TRAFFIC CASES In cases brought by the Transport Department, fines were imposed as follows: Exceeding 30 miles an hour: Leslie Raymond Wescombe, £5; Olwyn Vogan, £4; Herbert William Hawthorne. £5 and licence cancelled for three months; Desmond George Searle, £2; Oswald Henry. Waters, £4; David Arthur Britten, £6; Robert Keith Hutton, £2; Peter Douglas Grant, £5; Warwick Andrew Ison, £2; Albert John Johnson, £4; Roger John Anstlss, £2; Cyril Robert Frederick Blackmore, £4; Ivan John Cattermole, £5; Henry Alan Hunt, £2; Brian Douglas Greaves, £4; Graeme Vincent James, £1; William Edward Johnson, £5; Hamish Ferguson McDonald, £2; Gordon Ross McLeod, £3; John Winston O’Connor, £3; Lynnette Fay Pinchen, £4; William Robert Russell, £5; Patrick Kevin Ryder, £4; George Thomas Wilson, £4; Hylton Clifford Wright, £2; Sydney James Broadway, £4; Jennifer Anne Cox, £4; David Craig Leary, £2; Bryan Passmore Philpott, £5. Exceeding temporary speed limit: Graeme Murray Aldridge, £2; George William Alexander, £3; Robin Alexander Falls, £2. Overtaking car stopped at pedestrian crossing: Christo, pher Bathurst, £3 and licence cancelled for six weeks. Passing on non-passing lines: Hugh John Kavanah, £4. Failing to stop at compulsory stop sign: Kyle Cuthbert, £2. Parking offence: Raymond William Chambers, £4. No warrant of fitness: Kenneth Michael Tate, costs; Ross. Franklyn Annis. £2; Marcus Hampton Gibson, £3; Alan Edgar Marsters, £3; Paul Tucker, £4; Adrian Gerardus Zoontjes. £2 (no warrant of fitness for trailer, 10s); Harry Samuel Clarkson, £4; Rex Edward McGrath, £1; John Ronan, £3: Warren Eden Smith, £2; Phillip John Cameron,- £2; Alan Edgar Marsters, £3. No certificate of fitness: Alfred Henry Beckett, £6. No driver’s licence-: John McMillan, £lO (no warrant of fitness, £1). Carrying pillion passenger contrary to conditions of licence: Bruce William Bellis, £2. Insecure trailer: Rewl Vincent Wornall, £2 (no' warrant of fitness for trailer, 10s); James George Somerville, £2 (no warrant of fitness for trailer, 10s). Vehicle dangerously loaded:. Colin Robert Gilmour, £7. Exceeding axle weight: W. A. Habgood Ltd., £7. Exceeding heavy-traffic licence: Kenneth Charles King, £3. (Before Messrs P. A. Le Brun and A, H. Dale, Justices of the Peace) CHARGED WITH RAPE After repelling the advances of one man at a party on the evening of May 5 at a house in Gloucester street, a girl was locked ip a room at the hoiise and raped by another man. Sergeant S. W. Byers said when Harry Edmunds, aged 22, a workman, was charged with rape. The accused. pleaded not guilty, and was represented by Mr W. A. Wilson. After some of the prosecution evidence had been heard, Edmunds was remanded in custody to tomorrow. (Before Mr K. H. J. Headlfen, S.M.) JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFFS Judgment was given for the executors of the estate of James Doling in a claim against Anthony David Rogal, a shopkeeper, for possession of a car valued at £750. The trustees are Henry Palmer, a retired farmer; Glen Watson, a workshop employee, and Edmund Michael Malley, a solicitor. Mr G. T. Mahon appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr H. W. Thompson for Rogal, who contested the claim. The plaintiffs also claimed £lOO for alleged wrongful detention of the car, but this claim failed. The plaintiffs were awarded costs. The Magistrate said he found Rogai’s evidence unreliable. He had given various accounts of how the Ownership .papers had come into his possession. Doling had instructed the defendant to look after the car. He was satisfied that Rogal had by no means discharged the onus of proving that the car was given to him.

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