Magistrate’s Court Six Month’s Imprisonment For Burglary

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30998, 2 March 1966, Page 7

Magistrate’s Court Six Month’s Imprisonment For Burglary

Leslie Desmond Johnston, aged 35, a driver, was sentenced to a total of six months’ imprisonment when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Mr E. A. Lee, S.M., for sentence on two charges of burglary. Johnston was charged that he broke and entered a building at 349 Fairford street on January 31 and again on February 9. He was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment on each charge, the terms to be concurrent. Mr R. J. Allan appeared for Johnston. When Norman Charles Butler, aged 27, a driver (Mr R. S. D. Twyneham) appeared for sentence on a charge of breaking and entering with intent on February 9 premises at 349 Fairford street, the Magistrate said: “I’m prepared to accept that you were led into this offence by Johnston.” Butler was fined £4O, placed on probation for 18 months, and was ordered to take out a prohibition order. The Magistrate said he noted that the offence was Butler’s first since 1961. INCEST "This was a shocking series of offences. It would seem incredible to the ordinary person that a father could stoop so low,” said the Magistrate when he sentenced William Henry Russell, aged 60, retired (Mr J. H. M. Dawson), to f our years’ imprisonment on three charges of incest. The offences took place between May 1, 1962, and July 31, 1962, September 30, 1964, and May 31, 1965, and September 30, 1964, and May 31, 1965. FIVE SENTENCED “This was disgraceful conduct for which the law prescribes a heavy penalty,” said the Magistrate when five youths, whose names were suppressed, appeared before him for sentence, three on charges of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a girt aged 12 years four months, and two for attempting to have unlawful sexual intercourse with the same girl, all on December 28. They were fined £2O each. Making the order for suppression of their names, the Magistrate said that he was doing so only because of their families. Mr G. T. Scott and Mr B. A. Barrer appeared for the youths. The Magistrate said that ■the probation officer’s report in each case was favourable. “There is a good deal more in life than sitting in cars at beaches and going to parties and drinking beer. A girt may be promiscuous, but she is protected by the law,” said the Magistrate. TWO YEARS' DISQUALIFICATION

Leslie James Marsh, aged 20, a workman, who was appearing for sentence on a charge of driving while disqualified in Cathedral square on December 19, was imprisoned for two months and disqualified from driving for a further two years. On a further charge of using a motor vehicle carelessly in Cathedral square on the same date, he was convicted and discharged. The Magistrate noted that Marsh had two previous convictions for driving while disqualified.

TWO CHARGES “This was a pretty stupid business, but I take into account that you’ve spent several days in custody,” said the Magistrate when Richard Henare, aged 24, unemployed, appeared for sentence on charegs of wilfully damaging a door, the property of William Paul Foley, and wilfully damaging three windows, the property of J. L. Gant and Son, both on February 17. He was fined £5 on each charge and was ordered to make restitution of a total of £l4. FINED £lO Gertrude Jean Douglas, aged 59, a widow (Mr G. H. Gould), who pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving at a speed which might have been dangerous in Linwood avenue on November 14, was convicted and fined £lO and her licence was cancelled for 12 months. CHARGE AMENDED Douglas Gordon, aged 19, a storeman, pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving in Lincoln road on November 7 at a speed which might have been dangerous. At the completion of the police evidence and after hearing submissions from Mr D. C. McCaskill, Gordon’s counsel, the Magistrate amended the charge to driving carelessly. Gordon pleaded guilty to that charge, was fined £lO and disqualified from driving for two months from March 10. CHARGES DISMISSED A charge against lan Thomas McDonald, aged 39, a farmer of exceeding 30 miles an hour on Moorhouse avenue on August 25 was dismissed. He pleaded not guilty and was represented by Mr L. G. Holder. A charge against John Cumming McDonald, a manager, of failing to give way to a pedestrian on a crossing in Colombo street on November 22 was dismissed. He pleaded not guilty and was represented by Mr J .F. Burn. (Before Mr H. J. Evans, S.M.) UNLAWFULLY ON SHIP William Stevenson Wylie, aged 38, pleaded guilty to charges of being drunk on the No. 7 wharf at Lyttelton in the early hours of yesterday morning and with being unlawfully on board the motor vessel Limerick. He was convicted and remanded in custody for sentence on Monday on both charges. ASSAULTED WIFE Trevor James Meldrum Humphries, aged 35, a bus driver, who pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting his wife, Maureen Hannon Humphries at their home on February 28, was convicted and fined £7 10s. TRAFFIC OFFENCES In cases brought by the Christchurch City Council traffic department convictions were entered and fines imposed as follows with costs of £1 10s in Exceeding SO m.p.h.: Llewelien John Clarke, 11 10s; John William Henry Moar, £«; Terry William Palmer, £5, ordered to attend lectures at the traffic school; David Alexander McPhail, £4 10s; David Hugh Adams, £6, disqualified for one month; William Tinnis Anderson, £7 10s; Stanley Streater Turner, £4; Martin Hanlon, £10; Arthur Victor Meeghan, £5 10s; Ralph Elwin Avery, £5; Wayne Bermingham, £3; John Lee Broughton, £3; James Frederick Bryce, £5; Roger Russell Carter, £7; David Malcolm Denton, £3; Richard Arthur Eivers, £3; Walter Robert Field, £3; Bernard Noel Field, £4 10s; David Alan Hamilton, £6; Peter William Lilley, £3 10s, ordered to attend lectures at the traffic improvement school; Brian Lynch, £2; Hilton Mako, £7; Graham Lewis

Manson. « 1(M; Leo Thomae Barnes, £3; Simon Charles Herbert. £3; lan Murray Stewart. £3- Barry John McAlister. £4 10s; Bryan Alistair McCallum. £6; Kevin Don Murray, £3 10s; John Fraser Ogilvie, £3: Charles Richard Davies Reardon, £5; Alexander Some, £4; William Weir Swarbrick, £3; Desmond John Thornton, £5; Rodney David Thorp, £3. Parking offences: David Gordon Reid, £1; Austin Dawn Holmes, £1; Nicholas Coematos. £3; Joan Mildred Bennett, £3; Roger David Brittenden £1; Desmond Hugh Campbell, £3Stanley Cook, £2; Brian Patrick Dewar, £3; John Dyer, £3; Frederick Cecil Flynn. £3: John Grant, £3; Maurice Vivian Hands. £1; Maurice Damian Hurley, £5; Russell Isherwood, £3; Wynard Kleinchmidt, £1; Michael Koorex. £3: Jan Willem Levy (two charges), £3, £1; Maree Noeline Weigel, £2; Edward Michael Meares, £3; Nfli Isobe! Mence, £3; James Moore, £1; Neville Alan Oakley, £1; Stephen John O’Brien. £2; Shlrleen Anne Spence, £2; Shirley Tattle, £1; Noreene Slalre Templeton £3. Careless use: Andrew Thomas Tate, £10; John Allan Horgan, £lO, licence cancelled for nine months; Robin Edward Hill, £lO, ordered to attend lectures at the traffic improvement school; Raymond Stuart Marshall, £7, ordered to attend lectures at the traffic school (exceeding 30 m.p.h., £3); Richard Reginald Sweet, £lO, ordered to attend lectures at the traffic improvement school; Alois Predikaka, £10; Rex Douglas Turner, £O, disqualified for two months; Robert John Wilcock, £6, disqualified for one month. Failing to comply with road markings: Edwin George Wallcroft, £2.

Failing to stop at a compulsory stop: John Michael Vallence, £10; Peter Vincent Haughey, £5; William George Main, £7 10s; George Edward Patton, £3 10s; Allan Benjamin Richards, £3; Calvin David Street, £1; Douglas Haig Thompson, £O.

Failing to give way to the right: Colin Alexander Doyle, £lO, disqualified for two months; Kenneth George Whitlow, £7 10s; Trevor Neil Weakley, £B, disqualified for two months; Rosa Elizabeth McAdam, £(; Leslie Cecil Reed, £6, disqualified for one month; Tommy Vaeluaga, £5 10s. Failing to stop at traffic lights: Rosemary Ina Meyers, £4; Ferguson Arthur Renwick. £1 10s (having no rear cycle brake, costs only); Gary Selwyn Gibbons, £0 10s, Failing to give way to a pedestrian on a crossing: Walter Anderson Gottermeyer, £7 10 s; Patrick Ernest Leeming, £lO. Load in excess of certificate of fitness: The Empire Express Company, Ltd., £7. Failing to keep to the left while turning right: Christopher Snelson, £1 10s. Falling to signal intention to turn: Robert Stanley Annear, £2 10s; Gary Malcolm Hutton. £3 10s (failing to stop for a traffic officer, £3 10s). Failing to carry heavy traffic licence: Leslie Phillip Barr, £7 10s; Brian Dudley Churcher, £2; Watson and Topp, Ltd., £2 10s. Failing to keep to the left: Owen Barry Wellbeloved, £2 10s. Driving while disqualified: Kevin Douglas Herdman, £25, licence cancelled for 12 months (careless use of a motor vehicle, £5). Towing trailer with no safety chain: Mathew Peter Campbell, £5. Carrying a passenger on a power-cycle without footrests: Ross Barnet McKee, £2. Speed might have been dangerous: Barry Amtman, £3O, disqualified for 18 months. Careless use of a cycle: Brian Kevin Cleaver, £3 10s. Operating a motor-cycle without lights: Michael David Barnden, £3. No warrant of fitness: Wayne Howie, £1; Erie James Lewis, costs only; Stanley Redmond. £2 10s. No driver’s licence: Bruce Alexander Boag, £5; lan Hooper, £5. Falling to display red rear tail-light on goods service vehicle at night: Richard Green, £2: Pat Tackney, £2. Unable to stop in the distance between vehieles: David lan Johnson, £B. (Before Mr K. H. J. Headifon, S.M.) FINED £5 Arthur George Urch, a shopkeeper, was fined £5 on a charge of failing to give way to a pedestrian on a crossing. He pleaded not guilty and was represented by MT J. F. Burn. CIVIL CASES (Before Mr K. H. J. Headifon, S.M.) JUDGMENT SUMMONSES The following orders were made on judgment summonses: Cecil Bernard Hansen, R.N.Z.A.F. sergeant, Avro crescent, to pay James Johnston, Ltd. £l7 Is in default 20 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £1 a week » paid; Kenneth Raymond Hunt, watersides, Bower avenue, to pay Bower Service Station, Ltd., £lB Its 4d (21 days or £1 a week); Ronald Cyril De La Mare, workman. Canon street, to pay Rolle Appliances, Ltd., £7l ta 4d (75 days or £1 a week); D. R. Johnson, driver, Hereford street, to pay Allan Edward Sparey £3S 14s td (37 days or £1 a week); G. O’Malley, labourer, Brent place, to pay Martin Ormandy, Ltd., £l2 12s (14 days or £1 a week). B. N. Surton, worker, Moffat street, Islington, to pay the Christchurch City Council £2O 15a Sd (23 days or £1 a week); Errol Sheehan, labourer. Tancred street, to pay Henry Frederick Nicholas Winter £37 15s (40 days or £1 10s a week); Joy Margaret Backhouse, married woman, Briggs road, to pay Antony’s (Canterbury), Ltd., £l9 8s Id (20 days or £2 a month); Edwin Robin Adems, tanner, Shortland street, to pay John Somerville Scott £9O 0s (three months or £2 a week).

K. Duncan, motor mechanic, Tomrich street, to pay Smiths City Market, Ltd., £l3 7s 5d (15 days or £1 a week); J. V. Maschek, married woman, Norwich quay, Lyttelton, to pay Port Supermarket, Ltd., £257 10s three months or £lO a week); Robert A. Porter, watersider Racecourse road, to pay M. A. G. and H. M. Couch, £95 10s (three months or £1 a week); A. W. Stokes, worker. River road, to pay the Christchurch City Council £l5 7s 5d (18 days or £1 a week); Ronald W. Rickett, Blankney street, Hornby, to pay Desmond Maurice Fuller £l7 5s Cd (20 days or £1 a week). L. McCreath, truck driver, Coleridge street, to pay G. Buchanan £32 Os 2d (30 days or 5s a week); Thomas Skilling, labourer, Goidley avenue, to pay Jack Hunt £l7 0« M (19 days or 10s a week); Ronald William Pickett, drainlayer, Blankney street, to pay the Christchurch City Council £1 10s 5d (three days); J. Kerrigan, metal polisher, Akaroa street, to pay G. C. Bashford £ll Os 8d (13 days or 10s a week); W. H. J. Martin, retired, Halberg street, to pay R. A. and T. N. Biddick £4 12s 3d (six days or £1 a week).

A. A. Hales, married woman. Sandown crescent, to pay R. F Coulter £4 (six days or £1 a week); M. Gordon, labourer, Springfield, to pay Allan Machray Brown £3 12s lid (six days); Thomas Henry Poulsen, dralnMorley street, to pay McAlpine Refrigeration (5.1.), Ltd. £3O 12s 2d (30 days or £1 a week); L. W. Milne, Hereford street, to pay W. A. McLaren and Company, Ltd.. £l3 15s Td (10 days or £1 a week).

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