Magistrate’s Court Four Men Convicted After Incidents At Parties

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30738, 30 April 1965, Page 17

Magistrate’s Court Four Men Convicted After Incidents At Parties

George John Bryenton, aged 23. a drainlayer (Mr R. L. Kerr), was convicted in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday on charges of assaulting David Stamler and wilfully damaging Stamler’s car on April 3. and using obscene language in Moa place on April 14.

Mr K. H. J. Headifen, S.M., remanded him in custody to May 5 for sentence.

Bryenton pleaded not guiltv. Stamler said that while he was at a party at 117 Sullivan avenue on the evening of April 3. Bryenton began talking to him. He could not understand what Bryenton was saying. Suddenly Bryenton punched him, knocking him to the floor, and then kicked him in the back.

Stamler said he went outside to his car, but was unable to leave because other cars were parked in the way. Bryenton walked over with another man and started to kick the car. He then chased Stamler to another house nearby. Stamler said that when he returned to the car he found the grille dented, the headlights and spotlights smashed, and the radio aerial broken. Bryenton was so intoxicated that he was incapable of forming the intention to commit the offence, submitted Mr Kerr.

The prosecution had clearly established that the accused committed the offences, said the Magistrate. In view of Bryenton’s previous convictions, and the warnings he had been given, the Magistrate said, he thought he should be in possession of a proper report before considering what to do with the accused. Sergeant J. D. Farrow, giving evidence on the charge of using obscene language, said that after receiving complaints on April 14 from neighbours about a noisy party at 17 Moa place, he stood behind a fence on a property opposite. About 30 young men and women were at the house. At times groups came out and stood at the edge of the footpath, and some urinated on the roadway. Bryenton was among them. There was a continuous repetition of obscene language. Three other men, who were also represented by Mr Kerr, appeared on charges arising from the incidents in Moa place. John William Davidson, aged 24, a carpenter, who pleaded guilty to using obscene language, and James Roderick Reid, aged 20, a workman, who pleaded guilty to behaving in a disorderly manner, were convicted and remanded on bail to May 5 for sentence.

Peter Kenneth Redmond, aged 18. a carpet weaver, pleaded not guilty to obstructing a constable in the execution of his duty. He was convicted and fined £2O. SUSPENDED SENTENCE Norma Marlon Waterman, a waitress, appeared for sentence on a charge of behaving in a disorderly manner in Main road, Redcliffs, on March 12. She was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within six months. (Before Mr H. J. Evans, S.M.) IDLE AND DISORDERLY A constable who went to a flat in Kilmore street yesterday morning found Conrad Lawrence Thain, aged 18, unemployed, living in filthy conditions and in bed with a girl, the Magistrate was told, Thain pleaded not guilty to a charge of being idle and disorderly with insufficient means of support. Evidence was given that Thain had been unemployed for the last fortnight and had no money. There were no windows in the front of the flat, there was broken glass and bottles in the hall and writing on the walls was disgusting. Thain, who was not represented by counsel, said his flat was wrecked by a gang of •jokers” who visited him dur Ing the week-end. Convicting Thain, the Magistrate remanded him on bail to May 6 for sentence. FOUR CHARGES Alexander Currie Wingate, aged 20, pleaded guilty to four charges—burglary, false pretences, theft, and breach of the Hire Purchase Act. The offences were committd in Hamilton, Auckland, and Te Awamutu in February. The Magistrate remanded Wingate on bail to May 8 for aentence. DROVE UNDER INFLUENCE "You have already been convicted of dangerous driving, and 1 would not be justified in treating this as a border-line case,” said the Magistrate when fining George Sidney Heyrick. aged 54. • freering worker, £4O on a charge of driving under the influence of drink or drugs on the Mam South road near Hornby on March 20. Heyrick pleaded guilty, and was represented by Mr J. H. Gebbie, who submitted that fatigue and a moderate amount of alcohol led to the offence. Heyrick was disqualified from driving for three years. THEFT AND ASSAULT Keith Morgan, aged 42, was remanded ir, custody to May 8 for sentence on two charges of stealing property valued at £Bl and one charge of assaulting a constable. He pleaded guilty. BURGLARY AND THEFT Desmond Benjamin Eketone, aged 26, unemployed, pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary and a charge of theft. He was remanded to May 6 on bail for sentence. FINED £l5 You have reached a critical stage in your life,” the Magistrate told Kenneth Roy Townsend, aged IS, when he appeared for sentence on a charge of receiving £l5 at Dunedin on April 5. -Your past record of driving offences, including two bad cases, is not at all reassuring, ' he said, placing Townsend on probation for 12 terms. Special terms of the probation order are tbat Townsend lives and works where directed by the probation officer. THREE CHARGES Warner Adrian Lawrence Baker, aged 26. a process worker, pleaded guilty to charges of indecently assaulting a boy aged 10. attemped indecent assault of a boy aged 14, and assaulting a constable. He was remanded on bail to May 6 for sentence. _ OBSCENE LANGUAGE Ronald Patrick Collett <Mr N. H Buchanan) was convicted and fined £lO on a charge of UMng obscene language in Cathedral square on March 28. Collett pleaded guilty. FALSE PRETENCES rive charges of false pretences involving £5l. were admitted by David Henry Marks, aged 22. a salesman. He was

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ASSAULT Pleading guilty to a charge of assault in Cathedral square on April 2, Anthony Alan Grant. a Sed ? 0 ’ a workman (Mr M. F. £l2 10s WaS convie,ed and fined

DROVE UNDER INFLUENCE After pleading guiltv to drlv- '. n S th Manchester s'treet on April io under the influence of or dru Bs- John Harold McDaimid Orr, aged 61, a storeman ‘Mr M. J. Glue), was fined £4O and disqualified from driving for three years. Mr Glue appealed for leniency on medical grounds.

THEFT Donald Edward Cowlin, aged 17, and Jeffrey James Cowlin, aged 19. both workmen, were each fined £l5 on a joint charge of stealing four chrome wheel trims valued at £l4 on December 6. An order was made for the return of part of the stolen property and restitution of £l4. Both accused pleaded guilty.

RECEIVING Norman Matthew Ryan, aged -1, a farm labourer, was convicted and fined £lO on a charge of receiving stolen property valued at £l4 on December 6. Ryan, who pleaded guilty, was represented by Mr J. F. Burn.

SUSPENDED SENTENCE A woman who pleaded guiltv to four charges of theft of goods valued at £6, was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within a year. Her name was suppressed. Her counsel, Mr N. H. Buchanan, said she had a medical background, and publication of her name would be disastrous for her family.

REMANDED Maurice Edward Cavenagh, aged 28, elected trial by jury on a charge that, being a reputed thief, he was found loitering with felonious intent on April 3. He was remanded on bail to May 26.

James Hall Morris, aged 70, was remanded for one month for observation on a charge of threatening to kill on April 28. James Lothian Paul, aged 65, a retired farmer, pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of drink or drugs on April 17, and was remanded on bail to Mav 6. Alan Douglas Alexander Allfrey. aged 28, a tunneller, was remanded on bail to Mav 6 on a charge of driving under the influence of drink or drugs on April 8.

Terence Andrew' Harper, aged 19, was remanded on bail to May 6 on a charge of stealing goods valued at £2O on April 26. Allan Charles Miller, aged 27. a butcher, was remanded on bail to May 6 on a charge of driving under the influence of drink or drugs on April 16. A man who appeared on three charges of offensive behaviour and one of obscene exposure was remanded on bail to May 6. Suppression of name was ordered.

Edmund Reginald Savage, aged 36, was remanded to May 6 on bail on a charge of assault at Christchurch on April 16. George Morrison, aged 32. was remanded on bail to May 6 on a charge of using obscene language and a charge of resisting arrest on April 28. Barry John Stoop, aged 25, was remanded on bail to May 10 on a charge of burglary. Peter William lan Hamilton Dow, aged 49, was remanded on bail to May 6 on a charge of being a rogue and vagabond on April 22 and a charge of false pretences to the value of £l2 10s on March 29.

David John O'Brien, aged T 9, was remanded to Slay 6 on bail on a charge of burglary at Christchurch on March 3.

John Greig Miller, aged 25. and Peter Thomas Shearer, aged 19. were remanded to appear at Dunedin on April 6 on separate

charges of burglary between May 4 and 5 at Dunedin. Eric Ramsay Dacombe. aged 41. was remanded on bail to May 6 on a charge of assaulting a child aged eight on March 19. A man whose name was suppressed appeared on a charge of performing an indecent act with intent to insult or offend on April 17. He was remanded on bail to May 6. (Before Mr E S. J. Crutchlev, S.M.) BURGLARY John Graham King, aged 20, a truck driver, was convicted and remanded in custody to May 6 for sentence on two joint charges of burglary and a charge of unlawfully taking a car. King pleaded not guilty to one of the burglary charges. Charges of breaking and entering Luke’s Fish Shop in Ferry road and attempted burglary of the grocery shop of Susanna Florence in Ferry road, to which he pleaded not guilty, were dismissed. Mr G. R. Lascelles appeared for the accused. 18 MONTHS’ GAOL “You were treated leniently on similar charges last year, and now will be sentenced to IS months’ imprisonment," the Magistrate told Croden Daniel McDonald, aged 49, when McDonald appeared for sentence on two charges of burglary at Greymouth on March 14. For McDonald. Mr R. G. Blunt said the offences were caused by drink, and he suggested that McDonald be ordered to take out a prohibition order. (Before Mr J. D. Kinder, S.M.) CRUELTY TO DOGS Keith James Miller, aged 24. a labourer, was fined £lO on a charge of abandoning an Alsatian crossbred bitch and a Lab rador crossbred bitch he owned and causing them unnecessary suffering. He was ordered to pav a solicitor’s fee of £3 3s, costs of £1 10s, and witnesses’ expenses of £l. Miller, who pleaded not guilty, was represented by Mr M. J. Glue. Mr D. J. Hewitt prosecuted for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mr Glue submitted that Miller was not the owner of the dogs apd should not have been charged. There was no wilful neglect on his part. The Magistrate said he accepted that Miller had been led into the situation to some extent. The dogs were in his charge and he had relied on other persons to care for them, and he had made an inquiry about the dogs. UNLICENSED SETS The following were each fined £3 for having no radio licence: Frederick William Wright, Mervyn Wise, Barbara Dawn Neame, Redvers Herbert Raxworthy, Hugh Albert McShaveney, Patrick Lennard Cleary. Paul Joseph Counihan, Edward George Hawker, Reginald James Hedges, Nghaire Francis Henry, Noel Kemp, Albert William Laughton, Peter Johan Levy, Clifford James McDonald, A. J. Crosswell, Broad street, and Malcolm Hartnell Edwards. For having unlicensed television sets, the following were each fined £3: Larry Small, E. Taylor, married woman, Aylesford street, A. M. Stevens, married woman, Amuri street, Maxwell Osborne, Alice Prince. David John Aiken, Desmond Frederick Cassidy, Colin William Chisnail, Bethan Lanyon, and Morton Stanley McGlinchy. OVERTOOK IN TUNNEL For overtaking in the Christ-church-Lyttelton road tunnel; Ivan George Moore and Peter James Fairburn were each fined £3. and Roy Malcolm Williams was ordered to pay costs. NO INCOME RETURN John Noel Wear, a watchmaker and jeweller, was fined £3 for failing to furnish a return of income.