MAGISTRATE’S COURT Youth Sentenced To Year’s Gaol For Burglary

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30939, 21 December 1965, Page 15

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Youth Sentenced To Year’s Gaol For Burglary

“People who could not afford it lost a very substantial sum o( money,” said Mr E. A. Lee, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday when sentencing Frederick Carl Rosel, aged 20, a welder, to one year’s imprisonment on a charge of burglary at Scargill on November 10. Rosel was imprisoned for one month on a charge of committing a breach of probation, the term to be cumulative.

Rosel pleaded guilty to both charges. He was not represented. Eight Fijian Indians told the police that £373, three Air New Zealand tickets worth £l5O, papers, passports, and clothing worth £213 were stolen from their camp, said Sergeant V. F. Townshend. They were left with only working clothing and no money to show for several weeks of hard work in this country. Rosel’s residence was searched a week later. He denied all knowledge of the offence and was allowed to go free, but property taken from him was later identified by the complainants. The police attempted to find Rosel, but he had gone to Australia; where he remained for three weeks. He was found in Christchurch on December 17, and admitted the offence when interviewed again. Rosel went to the camp with an Indian named Ajay who entered the house and opened a window for Rosel to get in, said Sergeant Townshend. Ajay invited Rosel to help himself to money from a suitcase. He took £2O, and Ajay later gave him £lO and clothing worth £24 10s.

It appeared that Rosel played only a secondary part in the offence, said Sergeant Townshend. Ajay was to appear in an Auckland court for the same offence. THEFT AS SERVANT

Dora Bee Richardson, aged 69, a factory hand (Mr G. R. Lascelles), was fined £2O when she appeared for sentence on a charge of theft as a servant of goods worth £6O between September 1 and December 8. Mr Lascelles said the accused had lost her good character, her house which went with her job, and her

reputation with her employers. She was most unlikely to appear before the Court again. “The offences were apparently persisted in over a period,” said the Magistrate. “Justification had been sought for her deeds by the accused because of similar conduct by other members of the staff, and it is necessary publication of her name be made so that other offenders, if there are any, may know what to expect.” YEAR’S GAOL Appearing for sentence on seven charges of false pretences and one of committing a breach of probation, Robert James Dunick (Mr M. F. Hobbs), was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment. The Magistrate said that Dunick had already served a term of imprisonment for breaking and entering, and it was impossible to do other than send him to prison again.

FINES AND PROBATION Robert Thomas Webster, aged 20, a ship's steward, was admitted to probation for 18 months and was ordered to open a savings account when he appeared for sentence on a charge of theft of goods valued at £45. He was fined £l5 on a charge of frequenting a place with felonious intent, and was fined £lO on a charge of stealing a coat valued at £4. Mr G. R. Lascelles appeared for Webster. “These were serious offences, and you were apprehended only because of the initiative of the detectives who saw you in the street while they were on the way home,’’ said the Magistrate. “You have earned good money, but have got nothing to show for it. Unless there is a great improvement in the standard of your conduct and outlook you will be sent to an institution.” “THREW AWAY FUTURE” Robert Frederick Shackel, aged 17, a salesman, and Allan James Coates, aged 18, a frame-maker, were each fined £7 10s when they appeared for sentence on a joint charge of unlawfully interfering with a car on December 8. They were represented by Mr S. G. Erber. “If anyone threw away their future for a mess of pottage you did,” said the Magistrate. The offence was unfortunately very common with young persons owning cars they could not afford to run, so they stooped to stealing parts and petrol from other cars. DAMAGED TELEPHONE

Richard Bruno Vattavez, aged 33, a metal machinist, was fined £l2 10s on a charge of wilfully damaging a telephone in Manchester street on December 17. He pleaded guilty. He was ordered to pay restitution of £l7 10s. YEAR’S PROBATION Appearing for sentence on charges of theft of £5 and theft as a servant of goods worth £45 between November 15 and December 1, a woman, whose name was suppressed, was placed on probation for one year and ordered to pay £l5 towards the cost of the prosecution. Mr G. R. Lascelles, for the accused, said she was of good character and her standard of living was good. Her emotional condition at the time of the offences might not have been normal. STOLE SPANNER “A reputation for honesty will be of more use to you than all the shifting spanners in the world," said the Magistrate when sentencing Peter Sherwin Murch, aged 20, a garage attendant (Mr J. W. Dalmer) on a charge of stealing a spanner on October 25. Murch was fined £lO, and ordered to make restitution of £1 3s. LIQUOR CHARGES On a charge of consuming liquor after hours on November 6, James Oliver Turpin, aged 24, a clerk, was convicted and fined £2. He pleaded guilty. Three girls, whose names were suppressed (Mr L. M. O’Reilly), were discharged under section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act and ordered to pay costs of 30s each when they appeared on charges of being minors found on licensed premises on October 16. They pleaded guilty. PROBATION Probation for one year, with an order to take such treatment as the probation officer may direct, was imposed on a youth, whose name was suppressed (Mr G. R. Lascelles), when he ap- ' peered for sentence on charges of peering into a window and lurking near a dwelling-house on October 6.

SUSPENDED SENTENCE Robert Hodgins, aged 33, an unemployed plasterer’s labourer, was ordered to come up for sentence within six months if called upon after he had pleaded guilty to a charge of being idle and disorderly in that he had insufficient lawful means of support on December 19. The police said that the Salvation Army was willing to look after Hodgins. Sergeant Townshend said that at 10.30 a.m. on Sunday, Hodgins approached a constable in Manchester street Hodgins was dirty and unshaven, and had no money and nowhere to live. REMANDED Norman William Bradley, aged 28, a labourer, was remanded on bail to January 27 on charges of obstructing a constable on December 17 and being idle and disorderly in that he had insufficient lawful means of support. Maurice Edward Cevenagh. aged 28, a welder, changed

with unlawfully getting into a car on December 10, was remanded in custody to January 22. Colin Kenneth Cameron, aged 33, a hairdresser, charged with driving on the Picton-Bluff highway under the influence of drink or drugs on December 12, was remanded on bail to January 27. William Laird Murphy, aged 34, a barman, was remanded on bail to December 23 on a charge of theft of £39 8s 6d, the property of Ronald Alfred Miller, on November 19.

Royce Terry Young was remanded in custody to today for a medical examination to see whether he is fit to be sent to a detention centre. He was appearing on a charge of attempted theft of petrol valued at 7s. On charges of breaking and entering the premises of John Wagstaff at 257 Greers road on December 6, receiving goods and money to the total value of £245 10s from a person or persons unknown on the same date, and being a rogue and a vagabond in that, being a suspected person, he frequented Linwood avenue with felonious intent on December 10. Wavne Raymond Wright, aged 21, a bar porter, elected trial by jury and was reminded on bail to January 1. Charged with driving in a dangerous manner on the Mate South road on December 18, lan Robert Quigley, aged 37, a sales representative. was remanded on bail to January 27. Simon Patrick Callanan, aged 23, a workman, was remanded in custody to December 22 on a charge of unlawfully taking a car on December 10. Owen Robert Garden, aged 19, a painter, and Terrence Kenneth Jackson, aged 19, were remanded on bail to January 27 on charges of behaving in a disorderly manner in Pages road on December 4. HARBOURED RATS

John William Thomson, a poultry-keeper (Mr C. P-. Harman), was convicted and fined £3 and ordered to pay a solicitor’s fee ‘•of £5 5s on a charfee of harbouring rats at his poultry farm in Linwood avenue on July 12. Thomson, who had previously pleaded guilty, did not appear. (Before Mr H. J. Evans, S.M.) GAOLED FOR ARSON

Colin William Nichol 1, aged 30, a warehouseman (Mr R F. B. Perry), was sentenced to 27 months’ imprisonment when he appeared for sentence on charges of setting fire to the house of Richard Ernest James at 159 Deans avenue on August 20 knowing that danger to life was likely to ensue, and setting fire to a hay barn, the property of Dailey’s Grain and Produce Stove at 7 Riccarton road, on July 4. He also appear'd for sentence on three charges of obtaining credit by fraud. On each of these he was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment, to be served concurrently with the main sentence FINED £5O Phillip George Marshall, aged 22, a carpenter (Mr R. G. Blunt), was fined £5O and placed on probation for two years when he appeared for sentence on charges of driv-

tag in Knowles street on December 11 while disqualified, driving catdesaly, and having no warrant of fitness. He was also disqualified from driving for a further 12 months. On the disqualified driving charge he was fined £4O and on the careless use charge he was fined £lO. For having no warrant of fitness he was ordered to pay costs. SHOPLIFTING A woman, whose name was suppressed (Mr L. P. O’Brien), was fined £l5 then she appeared for sentence on a charge of theft of goods valued at £2 3s 5d from McKenzies, Ltd., New Brighton, on December 4. FINED, DISQUALIFIED

In a reserved decision Jack Leonard Houghton, aged 37, a foreman (Mr W. E. Brown), was fined £lO on each charge of causing bodily harm to a person by careless use of a vehicle and failing to report an accident involving injury. He was also ordered to pay £l2 15s witnesses* expenses, and was disqualified from driving for six months. Houghton had pleaded not guilty. STOLE PETROL Brian Sydney Johns, aged 17, a workman (Mr R. G. Blunt), was fined £2O when he appeared for sentence on charges of theft of petrol valued at 19s 3d, the property of Waddell’s Construction Company, on December 16 and driving while disqualified on the same date. He was remanded on bail to today for a medical report to determine whether he is fit to serve two months’ periodic detention. FINED £3O Kevin El borne Setter, aged 20, a carpenter (Mr G. R. Joyce), was fined £3O when he appeared for sentence on a charge of presenting a firearm at Lyall Dixon on November 12. He was also placed on probation for two years.

(Before Mr K. H. J. Headifen S.M.)

DISQUALIFIED DRIVERS Wayne Douglas Churchward. aged 25, a shop manager (Mr G. R. Lascelles), was convicted and fined £4O, and his licence was cancelled for one year, when he appeared on a charge of driving while disqualified. On a charge of having no warrant of fitness he was convicted and fined £l. He pleaded guilty to both charges. Kevin George McNicholl, a butcher, aged 22 (Mr G. R. Lascelles), who pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while disqualified, was fined £6O and placed on probation for one year and disqualified from driving for 12 months. For driving without a warrant of fitness he was fined £l. ASSAULT

Charged with assaulting Peter John Diver at Christchurch on November 13, Frank Sydney Millward, aged 20, a painter, was convicted and fined £lO. He pleaded not guilty, and was represented by Mr D. H. Stringer. INCURRED DEBTS

On a charge of incurring debts without reasonable expectation of repayment, Allen Lucas Avanitis, aged 29, a glassworker (Mr A. Hearn), was placed on probation for 12 months. He pleaded guilty.