MAGISTRATE’S COURT Nine Months’ Gaol For Escapers

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31018, 25 March 1966, Page 10

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Nine Months’ Gaol For Escapers

Additional term* of nine months’ imprisonment were imposed on two prisoners who escaped from Paparua Prison on March 11 when they appeared for sentence before Mr H. J. Evans. S.M.. in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Melvin John Tipa, aged 31, and Ronald Anthony Dick, aged 23, had pleaded guilty to charges of escaping from lawful custody and joint charges of unlawfully taking motor-vehicles belonging to Thelma Kettle, Angus Michael McGoughan, and Russell Irvan Templeton, and of burglary of the premises of the Whiterock Lame Company, the Rangiora District High School, and the pavilion of the Rangiora High School Old Boys' Cricket Club.

Dick had also pleaded guilty to charges of the burglary of the premises of Williams’s Service Station at Kaiapoi and the North Canterbury Vaiet Service at Kaiapoi. The accused were not represented by counsel, and had nothing to say. SIX MONTHS’ GAOL Bruce Peter Tait, aged 27. a sales representative, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on two charges of obtaining credit by fraud, one of theft, and one of breach of probation. He was appearing for sentence. “On March 9 you obtained accommodation at the Central Hotel by posing as an American and you were unable to pay your board,” the Magistrate said. “You did the same thing at a private hotel in Wellington, and stole property from the house of a woman in Wanganui. “You have a list of previous convictions and have served several terms of imprisonment.” The Magistrate said a recommendation would be made to the prison authorities that Tait be given psychiatric treatment. THEFT John Dudley Jenkins, aged 26. a butcher, was fined £3O and was admitted to probation for IS months when he appeared for sentence on a charge of stealing a suitcase and contents from Colin Witby, on the Hinemoa, between Wellington and Lyttelton on March. 16. He was ordered to take out a prohibition order for one year. BURGLARY A youth, whose name suppressed. was remanded on bail to April 4 for sentence on a charge of breaking and entering the Haere Mai fish and chip shop on the Main South road on March 10. He pleaded guilty Sergeant J. M. Phelan said the accused kept watch while a companion forced the back door of the shop. Cigarettes and money to the value of £lO Ils 2d were stolen. IDLE AND DISORDERLY Harold Ball, aged 36, an unemployed painter, was remanded under the Mental Health Act for observation after he had been convicted on a charge of being idle and disorderly in that he had insufficient lawful means of support. Ball, who pleaded not guilty, conducted his own defence. Constable P. P. Grady said that when questioned in a boarding-house in Barbadoes street Ball admitted that he owed £l5 for board and said he had been out of work since before Christmas and had no prospect of getting a job. He had been existing on one meal a day—breakfast—which was provided by the boarding house. He had 6d in his possession and had been walking the streets during the day. THEFT AS A SERVANT A youth, whose name was suppressed, was remanded on bail to April 4 for sentence on a charge of stealing money and a cheque, of a total value of £25 17s Bd, from his employers. He pleaded guilty. Sergeant Phelan said the accused took the money when he was leaving work after working overtime on February 7. He later borrowed his mother's car and drove to Lyttelton, where he threw the bank bag, money, and cheque into the harbour. He had made full restitution. OBSCENE EXPOSURE

On a charge of obscene exposure in Wycola Park on November 7, Kelvin John McKay, aged 22, a storeman <Mr A. Hearn), was convicted and remanded on bail to April 4 for further reports to be obtained. Mr Hearn said McKay was deaf and dumb and was unable to read or write. He had been

a voluntary patient at Sunnyside Hospital, and his parents were told there was no psychological reason why he should offend again if he continued taking drugs prescribed in treatment.

THEFT Irene Pamela Darr, aged 23, a housewife (Mr G. R. Lascelles). was convicted and remanded on bail to April 4 on charges of theft of two blouses worth £8 17s from the D.I.C. between January 27 and February 4 and theft of groceries worth lls 9d from the Stanmore Road Supermarket on February 25. She pleaded guilty. Sergeant Phelan said the accused tried to exchange two blouses for a dressing gown in the women's department of the D I.C. The blouses were still in plastic wrappings, and the accused said her mother had bought them earlier. No record of this transaction could be found, and the accused was asked to check with her mother. The accused returned to the shop later and said she had told a He and that she had found the blouses in a taxi. The manager of the supermarket saw the accused put several Items in her bag. She paid for some of them and when approached outside the shop she returned and put two items back on a shelf. She was again approached outside and asked if she had paid for everything. Five unpaid items were in her bag. TOOK POWER-CYCLE Charged with unlawfully taking a power-cycle worth £2OO on March 4, Buckley John Kirner aged 18, a storeman (Mr K. N. Hampton), was convicted and remanded on bail to April 4 for sentence. He pleaded guilty. ~ At 11.45 p.m. police found Kirner trying to ride a powercycle in Montreal street, said Sergeant Phelan. Klrner's companion said the power-cycle had been taken from outside a coffee house, and he was trying to get Kirner to take it back. DAMAGED TAXI Appearing for sentence on a charge of wilfully damaging a taxi belonging to Harold Lewis Harvey on March 8, Harry Burgoyne, aged 60, a process worker, was fined £lO. On a charge of using obscene language in Cathedral square on the same date he was fined £5. Burgoyne pleaded not guilty to a charge of behaving In a disorderly manner in Chancery lane. On this charge he was remanded to April 7. SHOPLIFTING Emily Elvina Maude Young, aged 66, pleaded guilty to two charges of theft from city stores. She was remanded on bail for sentence. Sergeant Phelan said an assistant manager of McKenzies, Ltd., saw Young in the Colombo street branch take a handbag, valued at £1 9s 6d, and walk from the shop. When Young realised she was being followed she entered a shoe shop and hid the handbag and another parcel, which contained a hat valued at £2 9s 6d, the property of Hay’s, Ltd. She then hid in the staff toilet. ASSAULT Mou Mou Ki Te Mate Horne, aged 21, a workman, was fined £l5 on a charge of assaulting a station manager at Gisborne on March 25, 1965. He pleaded guilty. CHARGE WITHDRAWN A charge against Simon Patrick Callanan, aged 22, a workman, of being Idle and disorderly In that he consorted with reputed thieves, was withdrawn on the application of the police. DISMISSED Harold Patrick O’Conner, aged 18, a workman, pleaded not guilty to a charge of disorderly behaviour outside St. Anne's Church Hall on March 18. The Magistrate dismissed the charge. (Before Mr E. S. J. Crutchley, S.M.) TWO YEARS’ GAOL Terrence Leonard Norton, aged 22, a workman, appeared for sentence on three charges of burglary, a charge of theft, and a charge of threatening acts. On the charge of threatening acts with a rifle against Patrick George Norton at 22 Soberten street on December 2, Norton was convicted and discharged. On each of the charges of burglary, one at Wanganui on December 11, one at Wellington on December 12. and one at the premises of Ashby. Bergh and Company, Ltd., Greymouth, on December 20, Norton was sentenced to two years’ Imprisonment. to be served concurrently. On the charge of theft of a wrist watch at Wellington on November 10, he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, concurrent with the two years' imprisonment on the burglary charges. The Magistrate ordered psychotherapeutic treatment. SUSPENDED SENTENCE Carel Adrian Van Rees, aged 33, a welder, appeared for sentence on a charge of assaulting Maureen Margaret Van Rees in Christchurch on January 2. He was ordered to come up for sentence if called on within two years. CONVICTED AND DISCHARGED Simon Patrick Callanan, a welder, was convicted and discharged on a charge of failing to give information to the Christchurch-Lyttelton Road Tunnel Authority. ABSENT FROM SCHOOL Stanley Clifford Johnston was convicted and fined £lO for failing to ensure his child’s attendance at the Hagley High School this year. For failing to ensure his

child's attendance at the Mairehau High School, Eric Ronald Langley was fined £1 10s.

CHARGE DISMISSED A charge against Edward Wtnlata. aged 30. a shearer, of assaulting his wife. Beverley June Winlata, on September 10, was dismissed. He pleaded not guilty and was represented by Mr G. W. Rountree. FINED £5 Trevor Hughes, trading as the Daphne Cake Kitchen, was fined £5 on a charge of selling a cake containing a fly (Before Mr E. A. Lee. S.M.)

BORSTAL Borstal training was Imposed on Garry Jeffrey Anderson, aged 18, a wool-scourer, when he appeared for sentence on charges of driving whUe disqualified, unlawfully taking a car falling to report whue on probation, and failing to report at a periodic detention centre. AU charges related to offences In Invercargill on or about February 14. OBTAINED DRUGS

A woman, whose name was suppressed (Mr R G. Blunt), pleaded guilty to five charges of intent to defraud by pretending to be a doctor’s nurse to obtain drugs without a prescription. She was convicted and remanded for senP. J. Alty said that on February 16 the accused obtained drugs to the value of 15s, on February 18 she attempted to obtain drugs to the value of Us Ud, on February 25 she obtained drugs worth lls lid, on March 4 she obtained drugs worth lls lid, and on March 11 she attempted to obtain drugs worth 8s Bd. Sergeant Alty said the woman usually rang a chemist and pretended she was a doctor’s nurse and ordered a prescription for a fictitious person. Sne would then send her daughter to collect the drugs. Mr Blunt said the offences arose when, the woman fell out with her own doctor. She wrote to the Medical Officer of Health, but he was away on holiday, and the offences then took place. The offences had a medical rather than a criminal background. CREDIT BY FRAUD

Margaret Hunt, aged 33, a housewife, who appeared for sentence on a charge of obtaining credit by fraud on March 16, was ordered to pay costs and make restitution of 14s.

THEFT AS SERVANT A youth, whose name was suppressed (Mr R- G. Blunt), was convicted and remanded for sentence on three charges of theft as a servant. Ho pleaded guilty. Mr Blunt said the main motive for the crimes had been the accused's effort to compete with his older brothers and sisters for hi* parent*' affection. TOOK TRUCK Warren Malcolm Garlick, aged 18a, a labourer (Mr R. G. Blunt), was convicted and remanded (or sentence on a charge of unlawfully taking a motor truck belonging to the Post Office, valued at £lOOO. Garlick pleaded guilty. Sergeant Alty said that on February 38 Garlick and another youth went to a Post Office depot and while Garlick kept watch the other youth drove the truck out of the yard Eventually the truck overturned, damage to the extent of £l6O being done. UNDER INFLUENCE John Michael Carter, aged 30, a waterside worker <Mr H. G. Blunt), pleaded guilty to a charge of driving under the Influence of drink or drugs at Rakaia on February 19. He was fined £4O and was disqualified from driving for three years. DECISION RESERVED The Magistrate reserved his decision on a charge against Nell Ernest Dempsey, aged 26, a sawmiller (Mr R. G. Blunt), that on January 24 he was idle and disorderly in that he habitually consorted with reputed thieves. Dempsey pleaded not guilty. Nine police witnesses gave evidence that they had seen Dempsey with known thieves in hotels and on the street. Mr Blunt said that Dempsey had been off work with a cut hand and on his annual holidays when the police saw him. Ihe meetings were casual. UNLICENSED DEALER Patrick Bruce Stenhouse, aged 35, a car salesman (Mr R. G. Blunt), was convicted and fined £lO on a charge of dealing in motor-vehicles without a licence. (Before Mr J. H. Luxford, S.M.) CHARGE DISMISSED A charge against Thomas Edward Skilling aged 30, a crane driver, of having unlawful possession of a firearm on March 12, was dismissed. He pleaded not guilty, and was represented by Mr M. J. Glue.