MAGISTRATE’S COURT Youth Remanded For Sentence For Burglary

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30453, 29 May 1964, Page 14

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Youth Remanded For Sentence For Burglary

Leonard George Corless, aged 17, a workman, was convicted and remanded to June 4 for sentence when he pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday to a charge of burgling the premists of the Welwin Electric Company on May 21. Mr K. H. J. Headifen, S.M., was on the bench. Detective-Sergeant D. C. Lee. prosecuting, said that at 10.10 p.m. the managing director of the firm saw two youths running out of the premises. They got into an old car and drove off. A door had been forced and £lO 14s 3d and a radio stolen. On May 22 the accused was interviewed, and admitted the offence. He said the offence had been committed with two other youths. The radio had been thrown into the Avon river, and had not been recovered. Corless had a previous conviction.

DRIVER FINED £4O Denzil Stanley Hayden, aged 19, a storeman (Mr W. F. Brown), pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drink or drugs in Rlccarton road on May 23. He was fined £4O, and his driver’s licence was cancelled for three years. Mr Brown said that Hayden was a member of a good family and was a good worker. He was not irresponsible. Counsel asked that a prison term be not imposed because of the accused’s age. THEFTS FROM CARS After being ejected from the United States Navy Club at Christchurch airport, John Joseph Hansford, aged 21, a metal worker, adopted a spiteful attitude and broke into two cars parked at the back of the club and stole several articles, said Sergeant S. W. Byers. Hansford had been drinking for most of the day. Hansford pleaded guilty to stealing articles, valued at £lO 2s 6d, the property of Dixon Neil Whiting, and articles, valued at £32 10s, the property of John Stanley, and to wilful damage of a car window assembly, valued at £4 12s 6d, the property of Stanley. Hansford was remanded on bail to- June 4 for sentence. ATTEMPTED BURGLARY Pleading guilty to attempted burglary of the Fair Deal second-hand shop in Manchester street on May 22, Brian Gray, aged 17, unemployed (Mr M. J. Glue), was convicted and remanded on bail to June 4 for sentence. SHOPLIFTING Dorothy Adele Hammond, aged 60 (Mr B. A. Barrer), was fined £lO after she had pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of child’s overalls valued at 8s lid from Woolworths, Ltd., at Riccarton, on May 7. An appliation by Mr Barrer for suppression of name was refused. Mr Barrer said there was a medical background which the accused’s doctor felt could explain her lapse. Refusing suppression of name, the Magistrate said the Court had a public duty to protect shopkeepers. He would have considered a heavier penalty were it not for the medical report. DRIVER FINED £35 John Dudley Gee, aged 24, a clerk (Mr W. F. Brown), was fined £35 when he pleaded guilty to driving while under the influence of drink or drugs on the Main North road on May 17. He was disqualified from driving for three years. On a charge of having no warrant of fitness, to which he also pleaded guilty, he was fined £l. Detective-Sergeant Lee said it was not a bad case of its kind. Mr Brown said that Gee had an excellent character and record. There was no accident, and it was not a bad case. Loose steering helped the car to wander. STOLE PETROL After petrol had disappeared from vehicles of the. New Zealand Forest Service at Hanmer Springs a truck was left with green-dyed petrol in It, Detective-Sergeant Lee said. Some of this petrol was found in the fuel system of a car belonging to Patrick Phillips, aged 23, a millhand. Phillips pleaded guilty to stealing a . gallon of petrol valued at 3s 4d, and was fined £8 and ordered to make restitution. THEFT Because the accused’s friends had more money and assets than he had, he had committed offences to retain his popularity, the Magistrate said when admitting Brian William Dennis, aged 17, a tile-layer, to probation for two years on four charges of theft.

Dennis, who was appearing for sentence, was ordered to make restitution of £34, pay £l5 towards the cost of the prosecution, and open a Post Office Savings Bank Account and make deposits as directed. For Dennis, Mr A. A. P. Willy said the probation officer had stated that Dennis would respond to probation. He was

.sorry for what he had done and would make full restitution. It would be tragic if he were sent to Borstal for a first offence. The Magistrate refused to suppress the accused's name. BURGLARY "With your record you were a case for Borstal, and it is with some reluctance that I am going to place you on probation.” the Magistrate said when placing Graham Reginald Jessett, aged 17. a workman, on probation for two years on a charge of burglary of a house in River road on May 7. Jessett was ordered to make restitution of £2 12s Sd. to reside and work where directed by the probation officer, pay £lO towards the cost of the prosecution, and the open a Post Office Savings Bank account and to make desposits as directed. "This is your last chance of remaining in the community," said the Magistrate. “If you come before the Court again on a charge involving dishonesty you will go to Borstal.” TRESPASS When Frederick Maxwell Singer, aged 47, a pensioner, refused to leave the premises of Minsons, Ltd., the police were called. He still refused to go after being asked by the police to do so, said DetectiveSergeant Lee. ’ Singer, who pleaded guilty, was fined £5 on a charge of wilful trespass. REMANDED Lindsay Brian Archbold, aged 18, was remanded on bail to June 4 on charges of obscene language, assaulting the police, and resisting the police on May 24. Malcolm George Johnston, aged. 20, was- remanded on bail to June 4 .on charges of obscene language, resisting the police, assaulting the police, and driving while disqualified on May 24. ' Kenneth Maxwell Ward, aged 36, and Robert George Sharrock, aged 21, were remanded in custody to June 4 on a joint - charge of unlawfully taking a car at Timaru on May 23. George Smith, aged 27, a tile worker, was remanded on bail to appear at Motueka on June 4 on charges of theft Involving £3 and £2 10s. (Before Mr E. K. J. Crutchley, S.M.) THEFT “His only ■ weakness appears to be women,” said Mr R. G. Blunt of Michael Kardly Smith, aged 43, a spray painter, who pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of books, crystal, linen, kitchenware and clothing to a value of £l4O Ils 6d at Auckland on September 12. Smith was convicted and remanded on bail to June 4. Sergeant Byers said that the complainant, a woman, met the accused in Wellington in January, 1963. In May they went to Auckland, where they lived as man and wife. The accused told the complainant he had been a group captain in the Free French Air Force during the war. He later said he had been recalled to the Air Force and would have to go overseas. He asked her to go to Australia and wait for him. The complainant went to Australia and later received a letter from him in which he said he had been posted to .Germany. He said he had sent her belongings there, and would marry her there. She heard nothing more from him, and returned to New Zealand to find all her belongings gone. When the accused was interviewed by the police he admitted selling her goods, valued at £l4O Ils fid, to a secondhand dealer for £4O. He had used the money to travel to Christchurch with his present de facto wife. Money for restitution was with the accused’s solicitors. The accused had been convicted earlier this year of making a false declaration under the Marriage Act and of bigamy. BURGLARY Kevin Moana Jarden, aged 18 (Mr R. G. Blunt), pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary and a charge of theft of an air rifle valued at £B, and was convicted and remanded to June 4. Sergeant Byers said the burglary involved radios and equipment valued at £BO 9s lOd. The property had been recovered. A charge of wilful trespass on railway property was adjourned to June 4. DISCHARGED A youth whose name was suppressed was discharged under section 42 of the • Criminal Justice Act after he had pleaded guilty to a charge of forging a signature on a hire-purchase document. He was ordered to pay £5 towards the cost of the prosecution. Mr A. K. Archer said the youth was 15 at the time of the offence and did not realise the seriousness of it. He had been quite frank with the police. He had forged a guardian's signature for another youth. TOOK CAR Peter Anthony Craig Lloyd, aged 25, a workman (Mr R. F. B. Perry), pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawfully taking a motor-car on May 9, and guilty to further charges of attempting to take another car unlawfully and of breach of probation at Wellington on April 26. He was convicted on the three charges and remanded on ball to June 4 for sentence. BREAKING AND ENTERING The accused told the police that under the influence of drink he broke into a warehouse in Antigua street on April 19 with two other men, and stole a spray-painting machine with the intention of painting a friend’s car, and an outboard motor valued at £5O, Sergeant Byers said when John Edward Ware, aged 18, a workman, pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and entering. Ware was convicted and remanded in custody to June 4 for sentence. FINED FOR THEFT “You seem to have a very lively conscience in this matter, and it appears that you will not offend again.’’ the Magistrate said to John Lewis Healey when he appeared for sentence on a charge of theft of a transistor radio, worth £4O. at Makikihl on May 2. Healey, aged 21. a workman, was fined £lO. GAOL FOR THEFT This was another case where young people had indulged in liquor and then committed offences, said the Magistrate when Ernest Waina, aged 19, unemployed (Mr M. J. Glue), appeared for sentence on two charges of theft and a charge of using obscene language. I On each charge of theft, i Waina was sentenced to one month's concurrent imprisonment, to be followed by a year’s probation. He was ordered to take out a prohibition order, for the duration of his probation, and make restitution of 8s Bd. On the charge of obscene language, Waina was convicted and discharged. YEAR’S PROBATION Appearing for sentence on a charge of burglary, Roger Nolan Lacey, aged 18, a smallgoodsman 'Mr A, Hearn), was admitted to probation for 12 months, and ordered to make restitution of £3 immediately and to pay £5 towards the cost of the prosecution. He was ordered to live with his parents throughout the term of probation. Mr Hearn said that the accused’s medical condition had caused some difficulties from time te time.

The Magistrate refused to i suppress the accused s name. INCORRECT WEIGHTS To two charges of having on March 23, incorrect weights on packages intended for sale, Anthony's Food Supplies, Ltd., pleaded guilty and was fined £2 on each charge. NO TAX RETURNS For failing to furnish a return of income the following were fined:—Latimer Finance. Ltd., £4: Kelston Heights. Ltd., £2: Artists in Hair. Ltd.. £5: Carl Beunelburg, £2: British Stamp Bureau. Ltd.. £10: George Rewi Brown, £2: Clarkes Cathedral Square, Ltd., £3: Vivian Theodore Lloyd. £2: Stuart Jules Le Lievre. £4; Thomas Richard Alexander McCleary. £7: H. S. Richards and Sons, Ltd., £5. (Before Mr A. P. Blair. S.M.) DRIVER FINED £2O James Ross Greenland, aged IS, an apprentice fitter, was fined £2O, and his driver's licence was suspended for three years, when he was convicted of driving under the influence of drink or drugs in Rlccarton road on May 10. A charge of careless driving was dismissed. Mr R. F. B. Perry, who appeared for Greenland, said it was dot a bad case.