MAGISTRATE'S COURT Youths Fined For Fighting In Cathedral Square

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31151, 30 August 1966, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT Youths Fined For Fighting In Cathedral Square

“If you want to brawl there are large open areas within a few hundred yards of Cathedral square, such as the banks of the Avon. “If you make trouble in the Square, you are asking for it,” said Mr K. H. J. Headifen, S.M., in the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court yesterday. He convicted and fined Ray James Howard, aged 21, and Graeme Keith Nichol, aged 20, an apprentice mechanic (Mr E. 0. Sullivan), £5 each when they pleaded guilty to charges of fighting in Cathedral square on August 27. The Magistrate told Howard that it was extremely dangerous to misbehave in Cathedral square. He told Nichol, who was introduced to the court by Sergeant V. F. Townshend as “the other contestant in this unscheduled bout,” that offences committed in Cathedral square would be “extremely expensive.” BROKE IN FOR MEAL

Charged with breaking and entering the premises of Combined Co-operative Distributors, Tuam street, on August 28, Michael David Butler, aged 18, an unemployed workman (Mr G. R. Lascelles), was convicted and remanded on bail to September 5 for a report and sentence. He pleaded guilty.

Sergeant Townshend said that at 3.15 a.m. on August 28, Butler had been found on the complainant’s premises by a night patrol tnan. Butler admitted breaking in to get something to eat

He had taken a tray of eggs and was trying to cook them in the cafeteria. The value of the eggs broken open was 3s 6d. Sergeant Townshend said that Butler had one previous conviction, for being idle and disorderly. REMANDED ON MURDER CHARGE Thomas James Wilson, aged 20, and Paul Colin Morrison, aged 19, appeared on a charge of murder of Donald Richard Stokes at Dunedin on August 14. They were remanded in custody to Dunedin for the taking of depositions on September 15. They were both handcuffed to constables and six other police officers were assembled around the dock when they appeared. FINED £l2 William Ray Hopping was fined £7 on a charge of giving false particulars to the police and £5 for drinking in a public place when a minor on June 4. He did not appear. Constable K. M. Gallagher said he found Hopping and two other youths in the toilet of the Pride of Place dancehall in Cathedral square. Hopping was passed a half-flask of vodka in a paper bag. The bottle was quarter full. He admitted that he had drunk some of the vodka. Hopping was asked to come outside to verify the name and address he had given. On reaching Chancery lane Hopping ran off along Chancery lane. It was found that the details Hopping had given in the hall were false, Constable Gallagher said. When asked for an explanation when seen later, Hopping said that he had paid enough out in traffic fines and did not want to have to pay any more. FINED £3O Theft of copper wire was quite a prevalent offence in this city, said the Magistrate when he convicted and fined Owen Leslie Pugh, aged 43, a painter (Mr A. Hearn), and John McGregor, aged 41, a ship’s linesman, £3O each when they appeared for sentence on a joint charge of theft of copper wire valued at £26 8s at Lyttelton on August 21. They were each ordered to pay restitution of £l3 4s. For Pugh, Mr Hearn said that he had been drinking before the offence, which was a stupid one, committed in full daylight. DUMPED RUBBISH ON ROAD Colin James Nolan, aged 36, a truck driver, was convicted and fined £4 on a charge of dumping rubbish in a public place at Kirwee on July 15. He pleaded guilty. Sergeant Townshend said Constable P. Larmer went to a road in Kirwee in response to a complaint about the dumping of rubbish. He found offcuts of linoleum and carpet with tags

with th* defendant’s name on them. Nolan admitted the offence, said he would remove the rubbish, and did so. ESCAPED FROM CUSTODY Brian Lloyd Jones, aged 27. a carpenter and storeman, was convicted and lined £5 on a charge of using insulting language tn Manchester street on August 28, and £l5 on a charge of escaping from lawful custody on the same day. He pleaded guilty to both charges. BURGLARY Kenneth Paul Anthonv, aged IS. a foundry hand (Mr J. H. M. Dawson) was convicted and ordered to appear for sentence if called on to do so in six months, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and entering the premises of the Hutt Valley Rowing Club at Petone between April 2 and April 4. He was ordered to pav £5 restitution for the cost of repairs to damage. DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR Peter Campbell Hawkins, aged 26, a sales manager, was convicted and fined £3 when he pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly behaviour in Manchester street on August 27. Sergeant Townshend said that about 6.15 p.m. Hawkins was seen by a constable to knock over three rubbish tins, spilling their contents on the foothpath. UNLAWFULLY TOOK CAR

Albert Thomas Day, aged 35, a truck driver was charged with unlawfully taking a car valued at £250. the property of Mortensen Motors, Ltd., on or about July 29. He pleaded not guilty. He was convicted and remanded on bail to September 5 for sentence.

INTERFERED WITH VEHICLE Francis McGlinchey, aged 22, a fitter, pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawfully interfering with a car valued at £BOO, on August 27. He was convicted and remanded on bail to September 5 for a probation officer's report and sentence. Sergeant Townshend said that the owner of the car, Murray James Seri, came out of a house to see the front passenger door of the car open, and the defendant running down the street. INSULTING LANGUAGE James Summers, aged 23, a wool store worker, was convicted and fined £8 when he pleaded guilty to a charge of using insulting words in Moorhouse avenue -on August 27. DISORDERLY MANNER Brian Robert Friend, aged 20, a butcher, was fined £5 on a charge that at 9.35 p.m. on August 28 he behaved in a disorderly manner in the foyer of the Chief Post Office in Cathedral square. He pleaded not guilty. CAST OFFENSIVE MATTER On a charge of casting offensive matter in Tuam street, George Raymond Longshaw, aged 24, was fined £B. CHARGES DISMISSED Charges against James Blair, a barman, and Durham Stuart Ogilvie, a barman, of wilful obstruction of Constable J. Chadderton in the execution of his duty on July 7, were dismissed. Mr J. G. Leggat appeared for both men. and entered pleas of not guilty. LIQUOR OFFENCES For offences under the Sale of Liquor Act, convictions were entered and fines imposed as follows, with Court costs £1 10s on each charge: Minor purchased liquor: David Hector Auld, £6 (gave false age, £6); Gerald Blythe Brown, £6; Lou Campbell, £6: Graham Ronald Daly, £7 10s; Bruce Raymond Shoe, £6; John McKenzie Scott, £6. Minor found in bar: Jeffrey Ralph Wilkins, £5; Bruce Digby Milner, £7 10s. Supplied liquor to minor: Olive Mavis Gallagher, £7. Allowed liquor to be supplied to minor: Leicester James Gallagher. £3.

Attempted to procure liquor after hours: lan Clarke Smith,