MAGISTRATE’S COURT Charge Of Reckless Driving Admitted By Youth

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31224, 23 November 1966, Page 18

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Charge Of Reckless Driving Admitted By Youth

A 19-year-old advertising agent, William Douglas Oldham, pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless driving in Caledonian road and Edgeware road and Sherborne street on August 27 when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court before Mr H. J. Evans S.M. yesterday. The hearing was adjourned till November 28.

Traffic Sergeant H. J. McMorran said Oldham was reversing south along Caledonian road when his driving forced another vehicle travelling north to brake severely and pull to the incorrect side to overtake. The overtaking vehicle had sounded its horn. Oldham a short time later overtook that vehicle, cut sharply in front of it and braked severely slowing to 5 m.p.h. As the vehicle again moved out to overtake Oldham accelerated or braked forcing the other vehicle to remain on the incorrect side of the road. At the intersection with Edgeware road Oldham pulled sharply to the right forcing the other vehicle to stop. The other vehicle then proceeded along Edgeware road but Oldham again overtook, braked and when the other vehicle again attempted to overtake Oldham repeated his manoeuvring to keep it on the incorrect side of the road. The other vehicle had been forced to cross the intersection with Colombo street on the incorrect side of Edgeware road. Both vehicles stopped for the compulsory'stop at Sherborne street.

Although the other vehicle had intended turning left it turned right. Oldham had again overtaken it, pulled in front, and when it attempted to regain the correct side had prevented it from doing so. Oldham had then again cut over on to the other vehicle forcing it to stop. After stopping for some minutes Oldham drove off. The driver of the other vehicle was accompanied by his wife and two children, Sergeant McMorran said. Mr Erber asked that the question of penalty be held over till November 28 when Oldham was to appear for sentence on a charge of driving while intoxicated and dangerous driving. DISQUALIFIED DRIVER John Richard Sheldon, aged 29, a rubber worker, (Mr L. M. O’Reilly) pleaded guilty to a charge of driving in Beresford street on November 5 while disqualified. He was convicted and fined £25 and disqualified for a further 12 months. Mr O’Reilly said that Sheldon since being disqualified in February had abided by the terms of that disqualification. However on November 5 he had gone shopping at New Brighton and had later met two friends at a hotel. The two friends, who were both unfit to drive, had offered to drive him home, even though he had indicated he was going by taxi. The friends had insisted on driving him and, being concerned that regardless of what he did his friends would still drive, he had offered to drive them to their home. FAILED TO DISPLAY L PLATES Graeme Keith Nicholl, aged 20 an apprentice motor mechanic (Mr H. P. C. Tipping) was convicted, fined £lO and disqualified for three months after the Magistrate had given his reserved decision in which he had found Nicholl guilty of driving on September 14 while failing to display L plates as required. APPEARED FOR SENTENCE “With some reluctance I have decided not to send you to prison,” said the Magistrate when Daniel Alfred Kapo, aged 21, a carpenter (Mr J. R. Williams) appeared for sentence on charges of carelessly using a motor vehicle, failing to stop after an accident, having no driver’s licence and failing to ascertain whether anyone was injured in Stanmore road on October 22. Kapo was convicted on all charges. On the charge of failing to stop after an accident, Kapo was fined £3O and on the charge of failing to ascertain whether anyone was injured Kapo was ordered to pay costs only. Kapo was disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for 12 months on these charges. He was fined £2O fo having no driver’s licence and £lO for carelessly using the motor vehicle. For each of these charges he was disqualified from holding a driver’s licence for 12 months. All the periods of disqualification will run concurrently. FINED £5O

Henry Hona, aged 35, a lineman (Mr M. F. Hobbs) was convicted, fined £5O and disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for 15 months when he appeared for sentence on a charge of driving a motor vehicle whilst disqualified in Stanmore road on September 22. Hona was also placed on probation for 12 months and ordered to pay the fine as and when directed by the probation officer. TRAFFIC CHARGES In traffic prosecutions brought by the Christchurch City Council’s traffic department, convictions were entered and penalties Imposed as follows, with Court costs £1 10s on each charge. Unable to stop in distance between vehicles: Theo Scott, costs only; Lawrence James Cummins, £7. Failed to comply with traffic lights: William Patrick Callaghan, £5; Allan James Dempsey, £6. Failed to carry heavy traffic licence: New. Zealand Express Company, Ltd., £5; D. A. R. McBeth and Company, Ltd., £2 10s. Failed to stop at compulsory stop: lan Henry Westbrooke Squires, £l2 10s; Joy Montgomery, £7; Mary Edward Allsopp, £lO, disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for 3 months; Michael Allan Winters, £1 10s; Sally Jane Connolly, £10: James Wyndham Lawson, £B. No rear red light: Steven Bozl, £2; Robin Fraser Cocks, 10s.

Exceeded 30 miles an hour: Bernard Eskett, £5; Bruce Neill Alexander, £4: Mary Naomi McKie, £7 10s; Peter Richard Anderson, £2 10s; Max Tai Hill, £5; William Neville Long, £5; Lindsay Alistair McLeod, £6; Alistair Ross Smith, £5; Earle Dudley Alexandre, £5; Kevin Frances Baker, £7 10s; Graeme Richard Coppiestone, £5 10s; Jonathan Halman Davies, £4 10s; Michael

James Carter, £5 <no safety helmet, £1 10s); Harold William Dodd, £5 10s; Barry Alexander Dodds, £8: Irene Edwards, £5: Peter David Harris, £5; Alan Moore Harvey, £5: Robin Longstaffe, £5 (no warrant of fitness, £5): John Stephen Lunn, £5 10s; Brian Duncan McMillan, £8; Reginald Joseph Millington, £6: Neil Sydney Mitchell, £5; Hazil John Morgan, £5: Joan Portbury North, £5; Broz Gugich, £5. Parking offences: Gyens Cross (2 charges), £l, £1 (failed to supply information. £2): William Flewellyn, £1; Ronald Victor Hutchinson, £3; Leo George Devine, £l. Failed to notify change of ownership: John Edward Adams, £3 10s. Drove unlicensed motor vehicle: lan Ewing MacDonald, £6 (no warrant of fitness, £1 10s) Careless use of a motor vehicle: Neville Joseph Buxton, £8 10s: Gerrit Lubbers, £4. Failed to yield the right of way: Gordon Dale Spittle, £8 10s: Arthur Daniel Smith. £4 10s; Denis John Fife, £8 (no warrant of fitness, £1). Failed to carry a certificate of fitness: Rapid Dispatch Carriers, £2 10s; Percy Moore. Ltd., £5. Rode cycle without using hands: Brian Bernard Hall, £1; Raymond John Lucas. £l. Rode unlicensed power cycle: Vincent Flynn, £8 10s. Failed to display L plates: Paul Charles Harris, £3 10s. (Before Mr E. A. Lee, S.M.) ASSAULT Norman Charles Munro, aged 30, an unemployed labourer (Mr J. W. Dalmer), was convicted and remanded in custody until November 29 for a probation officer’s report and sentence on charges of assaulting a woman on November 18 and 20. He pleaded guilty to the earlier charge and not guilty to the latter charge. TRAFFIC CASES In traffic prosecutions brought by the Christchurch City Council traffic department convictions were entered and penalties imposed as follows, with Court costs £1 10s on each charge. Exceeded 30 miles an hour: David William Benjamin Anderson, £4; Robert Henderson Barbour, £5; Terrence John Bradbury, £4; Ralph Martin Coe, £4; Neil Combe, £4; Dennis Anthony Crafts, £5; Lester Joseph Cutler, £4; Ralph Patrick Dillon, £4; Malcolm Ellis Eagle, £4; Maurice Evans. £4; David Maitland Findlay, £4; Graeme Flatman, £3; Thomas Andrew Forrester, £4; Alan Jon Gotlieb, £6; Graham Noel Frank Hanham,- £6; Sidney William Harrison, £4; Derek Baines Roberts, £3; Colin George Johnson, £4; Neville John McKenzie, £7 10s: Michael Allan Mora, £4; Peter Robert Nichol, £4: Daniel Alexius O’Brien, £5; Alan Schooner, £4; Harold William Stevens. £4; Roger George Richard Stewart. £4; James Edward Upston, £4; Dennis John Blewett, £4 (failed to stop for a traffic officer, £lO and licence cancelled for three months); Andrew Douglas Paterson, £4; Graham Hunter Perkins, £4; Gary Raymond Poulton, £4; Arend Van Der Piles, £4; Christopher Basil Vesty, £4; George Frederick Waine, £4; Laurence Rapley Sadler, £4; Roelof Allan Witting, convicted and discharged; Raymond Vincent, £5; John Vaughan Richards, £4; James Riley, £4. Parking offences: Anne Mary Beaven, £1: Derek James Bird, £1; John Spencer Cowper, £1; John Rex Dench, £1; John Lindsay Grant, £1; Robert Sidney King, £1; John McLeod Little, £10: David Alexander McPhail, £1; James David Myles, £3; John Neville Nelson, £3; Gavin Ernest Pateman, £1; Raymond Andrew Paulsen, £1; Alistair Finlay Robb, £3; Leslie Roberts, £3; Alien Terence Robinson, £1; Ronald Thomas Shiels-, £6; James Robert Center, £1; Ahnfeldt Anders Steenild, £1; Stewart Owens, £1; Jacob Schriek (2 charges), £l, £3; Kenneth Sydney Roberts, £l. No warrant of fitness: Christopher Thomas Holtne, £3; Paul Richard McGarry, £1: Graham William McNickel, £1 (failed to comply with traffic lights, £5): Allan William Russell, £3: John Annefisley Wlrltcombe, £3; Colleen Anne Williams, £3. Failed to stop at a compulsory stop: Ernest James Easter, £5; John Richard Green, £5; James Pocock, £7; John Sayn, £5; lan Harvey Torrens, £5; Graeme Albert Williams, £5; Kenneth Paterson, £5; Ralph William Symington, £5; Peter William Ronald Williams, £5. Unlicensed motor-vehicle: Errol Thomas Adam Sheehan, £10; Peter James Antony Austin, £5 (no warrant of fitness, £3, inappropriate licence, £3); Marion Hughes, £5 (no warrant of fitness, £3); Alan Roger Boult, £5 (no warrant of fitness, £3): Kevin Edward Passmore, £3 (no warrant of fitness, £1); Warren Garth Pugh, £3. Not displaying headlights: Arthur George Searle, £B. Failed to give way to the right: Bruce William Ward, £lO. Failed to comply with traffic lights: Alan Duncan Stewart, £5. Failed to supply information: Charles Erik Paterson, £5. Exceeded temporary speed limit: Jack William Atkinson Newall, £3; Hendrlckus Quax, £3; Charles Edward O’Bery, £3.

No rear red light on a goods service vehicle: Dome Hamilton. £8: Bruce Gerald Hoskins, £10; Mick Kaputoni Pahl, £7; Robert John Schmidt, £B. Exceeded heavy traffic licence: Guthreys Freightways, Ltd., £7 10s: RM nds Transport, Lyttelton, Ltd., £5." Failed to produce licence; Paul Michael Glasson, £3 (no warrant of fitness, £8).

No safety chain; Leslie William Gibbons. £5.

Failed to carry a heavy traffic licence: Errol Henry, Ltd., £5: Robin Edward Gibson, £4. No driver’s licence: Murray Eder, £4; Rangl Temoana, £3; Anthony Hes Stoneman, £3. Failed to keep to the left when turning: Paika Henare Toka, £5. (Before Mr E S. J. Crutchley, S.M.) FINED £5 lan Howard MacPherson was fined £5 and disqualified for three months on a charge of carelessly using a motor-cycle in Colombo street on March 25. “PIECE OF BAD DRIVING” "The coal truck should have been seen and passed safely by an ordinary prudent driver,” the Magistrate told Christopher Vai Skellerup. "It was a piece of bad driving." Skellerup (Mr K. M. Hampton) pleaded not guilty to a charge of carelessly using a motor-vehicle. He was convicted and fined £8 and disqualified for three months. On June 27, about 1.30 p.m. or 2 p.m., his coal truck was parked by the kerb in Pages road, said Thomas Henry PhilMpson, a driver. When he got back into the truck before driving off, it was struck from behind by a van driven by Skellerup. FAILED TO KEEP LEFT Thomas Netlings Thomson appeared on a charge of carelessly using a motor-vehicle on Bliigbs road. He pleaded not guilty. The Magistrate amended the charge to one of failing to keep as far as practicable to the left. Thomson was convicted and fined £5. RODE BICYCLE CARELESSLY William Charles Skews, aged 19, a draughtsman, was convicted and fined £2 for carelessly riding a bicycle in Barrington street on September 22.

CIVIL CASES (Before Mr K. H. J. Headlfen, S.M:) JUDGMENT SUMMONSES The following orders were made on judgment summonses: N. Richard, Fenchurch street, to pay Hamer Electrical Company, Ltd. £209 3s sd. in default three months' imprisonment, warrant suspended while £1 a week is paid; J. G. Rogers, worker, Mackenzie avenue, to pay Queenstone Fire Surrounds. £27 15s (30 days or £1 a week): G. E. Hooper, labourer, Yarmouth street, to pay T. A. Gill. £l2 8s 8d (15 days or £1 a week). A. A. Dryden, builder. Canon street, to pay Associated Displays, Ltd. £6O 3s 9d (65 days or £1 a week); A. Gage, labourer, Darvel street, to pay Whitby Motors, Ltd. £54 14s 2d (59 days or £1 a week); Evelyn Annabelle Konlngs, also known as Christine Carstairs, electrotherapist, Gore street, to pay Peter Henry Thorwald Alpers £47 4s 6d (50 days or £3 a week). J. Frost, workman. Ferner street, to pay J. H. Lewis and Partners, Ltd. £4B 5s lid <5O days or £1 a week); E. Cowlinshaw. married woman, Bealey avenue, to pay Elaine V. Osmond £8 15s (seven days or £1 a week); M. J. Gibson, workman, Basingstoke street, to pay Gibsons Motors (Darfield), Ltd. £7 Os 5d (eight days or 10s a week).

S. G. Miles, worker, Lyndhurst crescent, to pay Reese Bros., Ltd. £l7 16s fid (19 days or £1 a week); J. Stokes, foreman, Bordesley street, to pay Brian Stanley Wood £lO3 8s 7d (three months or £2 a week); Harold Sutherland, labourer, Heath street, to pay Wairakei Sawmills. Ltd. £B3 14s (88 days or £1 a M. ’P. McAlister, labourer, Cranford street, to pay Amalgamated Tele-Hire New Zealand, Ltd. £9 5s (11 days or £1 a week); M. Tauphare, married woman, Hampshire street, to pay Calder Mackay Company, Ltd. £46 14s lid (49 days or 5s a week); M. Crowe, married woman, Farquhars road, to pay Beath and Company, Ltd. £ll 17s (13 days or 5s a week). T. Tait, married woman, Battersea street, to pay Dillons the Kowhal Florists, Ltd. £4 5s (six days or 10s a week); R. Leonard, married woman, Beach road, to pay Dillons the Kowhai Florists, Ltd. £2 15s (four days or 10s a week); Edith Pearl Ford, married woman, care of Sheffield Motors, to pay Calder Mackay Company, Ltd. £Bl 6s Ud (85 days or 10s a week). S, C. Johnstone, labourer, Disralel street, to pay Kalapoi T.V. Hire Service £l4 Ils (17 days or £1 a week); P. Beale, labourer. Burwood road, to pay Russell Watts Food Centre. Ltd., £lO 12s 3d (13 days or £1 a week): E. M. Sadler, labourer, corner of Selwyn and Waterhole roads, Selwyn. to pay Christchurch Press Company, Ltd., £4 12s 8d (six days or 5s a week). R. S. Trowbridge, driver. Bower avenue, to pay Quill Morris, Ltd. £6 14s 9d (eight days or £1 a week); E. Barkle, labourer, Wellington street, to pay Julia Gray Florist £3 17s (six days or £1 a week); D. A. McLintoch, labourer. Lambreth crescent, to pay Symes Service Store £3l 17s Id (35 days or £1 a week); T. Black, care of Glencannon Farm, Ltd., Dunsandei, to pay Oxford Transport Services, Ltd. £6 15s 6d (eight days). B. Perreau, workman, Avonside drive, to pay Calverts, Ltd., £52 17s 6d (56 days or £1 a week); G. Bryant, butcher, Yarmouth street, to pay Electronic Rentals, Ltd., £l9 2s (21 days or 10s a week); H. M. Wanstalt, married woman, Clyde road, to pay Drayton-Jones, Ltd., £22 6s 6d (26 days or £1 a week); J. H. W. Mcllraith, freezing worker, Beswick street, Kaiapoi, to pay Drayton-Jones, Ltd., £4l 12s (45 days or £2 a week). G. M. Bryant, butcher, Yarmouth street, to pay Malrehau Sawmills Company, Ltd., £l2 13s (14 days or 10s a week); D. Cargill, Rutherford street, to pay Addington Timber Company, Ltd., £5l 16s (56 days or £1 a week); Claude Robert McQuoid, dealer, Acheson avenue, to pay Desmond Leo Hogan, £8 16s fid (10 days or £1 a week). A. G. Southen, Post Office employee, Charon street, to pay Cliveray Services £24 17s 6d (28 days or 5s a week); P. White, workman, Selwyn street, to pay Charles Begg and Company. Ltd., £B3 0s 6d (87 days or 5s a week); C. D. McCarthy, labourer, Kingsly street, to pay Vera Logan £34 10s (38 days or J. T. McKltterlck, salesman, Hewlings street, to pay C.M.L. Fire and General Insurance Company, Ltd., £1 10s (three days); David John McLaren, Dunstan crescent, to pay the Christchurch City Council £lB 15s Id (21 days or £1 a week); Powhlri Love, shearing contractor, Glenfield crescent, to pay the Commissioner of Inland Revenue £327 15s 7d (three months or £3 a week).

Aubrey Hay. plasterer, McFaddens road, to pay the Commisioner of Inland Revenue £772 4s 7d (three months or £5 a week); Stewart D. McMurdo, linesman, Heather place, to pay Rickstan Distributors (Invercargill), Ltd., £32 5s (36 days or £1 a week); P. Purchase, jeweller, Russley street, to pay Arthur Cocks and Company (New Zealand). Ltd., £lO7 19s 5d (three months or £3 a week). V. M. Jeffries, safety engineer, Devon street, to pay G. McNaught, £3O 8s (34 days or £1 a week); E. H. Schiaadt, also known as Ted Slatt, spray painter, Wairoa street, to pay Jim McCormick, Ltd., £l2O 8s 9d (three months or £3 a week); Leslie Robert Clarke, footwear operator, Kalwara street, to pay New Zealand Land Development Company, Ltd., £4O 8s (44 days or 10s a week); C. T. Glendenning, welder, Buckleys road, to pay Julia Gray Florist £3 17s (five days or £1 a week).