MAGISTRATES COURT Man Committed For Trial On Charge Of Forgery

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31225, 24 November 1966, Page 8

MAGISTRATES COURT Man Committed For Trial On Charge Of Forgery

Anzac Robert Williams, aged 22, a wool store labourer, was committed for trial in the Supreme Court on a charge of forgery after depositions had been taken in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Messrs P. A. Le Brun and J. T. Bisman, Justices of the Peace. Williams, who was represented by Mr D. H. Stringer, pleaded not guilty. Miles James Thomas Auton, the manager of the Linwood branch of the Canterbury Savings Bank, said that Williams came into the bank on October 4 and presented a withdrawal slip for £34, which was cashed. Auton said that Williams had produced a Hornby branch passbook, and filled in a special signature card, signing it “M. Knox.” Michael Knox, of Lower Hutt, said that when he was living in Christchurch, he had opened an account at the Hornby branch of the Canterbury Savings Bank on June 17 and deposited, he thought, £4O.

Withdrawals and deposits were made from time to time. On October 12, Knox said, he went to the bank to withdraw £2O, but there was only £1 10s left in credit. His bank book plus a form containing his signature were missing from his home in Sherboume street. “The teller showed me a withdrawal slip for £34 with what was supposed to be my signature. The teller said it had been withdrawn from the Lin Wood branch,” said Knox. “I did not make out the withdrawal slip, and no person had authority to make out the slip.” Mr Stringer did not make any submissions. Bail was allowed. BURGLARY CHARGE Murphy Komene Cassidy, aged 24, a truck driver, was committed to the Supreme Court for trial on two charges of car conversion and one of burglary. Cassidy was represented by Mr R. J. Allan. A driver employed by Farrier Waimak, Ltd., Bruce Bull, said he had taken a company runabout van to his home in Sherbourne street on the evening of October 10. It had gone in the morning. lan Gavin Smith, the proprietor of Smith’s garage in Springs road, Prebbleton, said he went to work at 6.30 a.m. on October 11, and found that someone had gained entry to the premises by breaking a window. A 1965 model car bad gone and the doors of the garage were wide open. Detective-Constable William Patrick Creasy said that on October 12 he had interviewed Cassidy who made a statement admitting the offences. Cassidy said in the statement that he was accompanied by a friend, but declined to name him.

(Before Messrs W. H. Small and R. H. Harris, Justices of the Peace.) RECEIVING CHARGE

Kevin Aubrey Anderson, aged 44, a company director (Mr C. B. Aitkinson) was committed to the Supreme Court for trial on a charge of receiving household goods and appliances to the value of £7OO 19s 6d from Smiths City Market, Ltd. The alleged offence occurred between July 5 and October 4. The defendant pleaded not guilty.

(Before Mr E. S. J. Crutchley,

S.M.) REMANDED

Paul Pancho Dewes, aged 17, a shearer, appeared on a charge that on November 13 with intent to avoid detection in the commission of a burglary he wounded Nina Mary Harper. He also appeared on charges that on November 13 he broke and entered a house at 493 Gloucester street and that on November 13 he broke and entered a garage at 243 Lichfield street, the property of John Leo Redden.

Dewes pleaded guilty to the charge of breaking and entering the garage. On all charges he was remanded in custody till today. Detective-Sergeant D. Porteous said that the side door of the garage had been forced and a vent on the car in the garage had been smashed. Salad bowls had been taken from the rear seat of the car.

Charles Lennos Dewes, aged 22, a carpenter, appeared on a charge that on November 13 he received from Paul Pancho Dewes salad Bowls of a total value of £1 10s knowing them to have been dishonestly obtained.

He was remanded on bail till November 24 for a probation officer’s report and sentence.

A charge against him that on November 12 he had broken and entered Redden’s garage was withdrawn by the police. TRAFFIC CHARGES

In traffic charges brought by the Transport Department, convictions were entered and penalties imposed as follows, with Court costs of £1 10s on each charge.

Exceeded 30 m.p.h.: Markham John McGilligan. £5 (no driver's licence. £5): William Joker, £4: Owen David Woods, £3; Francis Murray Boggs, £7: Terence McDonald, £3: Andrew Martin Hansen, £4: Peter Courtney Allpress. £3: Michael John Flynn, £3: Cedric Alexander Benny, £4: Alistair John McKenzie. £4: Robin James Mundy. £4: Christine Joyce Rose, £7; Vincent Llewellyn Davies. £4: Reginald Clarence Beck. £4 (no driver's licence. £3): Cornelius van der Lee, £4; Robert Alistair Dawber, £4: Arthur Hilary Bradley, £5: Henri Marcus Kemper, £4: Michael John Newbold. £4; John Arthur Rowline, £5: Kevin Charles Serra, £4; Wayne Morris Hastie, £6. Drove in a manner which might have been dangerous: George Arthur Kirner, £l5, disqualified for 18 months. Failed to stop at a compulsory stop: Shirley Ulyate. £2: Raymond John Alfred Cawkill, costs only: Eoin Latyner Page Coutts, £3: Douglas Neame. £3; Stewart Noble Perry, £3: Thomas James McGillavray, £1; Neville John McPherson. £3: Neville John Richan. £5; Michael Patrick Earl. £5. Proceeded from a stop sign before the way was clear: Warren Gilbert Upjohn. £B. disqualified for three months. No warrant of fitness: Kevin William Rowe, £3 (no warning device, £2): Thelma Noeline Dawson, £1 (no driver's licence, £5).

No headlight on power cycle: Maurice Hooper. £5. Exceeded temporary speed limit: Leonora June Ellern, £3. Insecure trailer: Douglas Arnold Suckling, £3. Unable to stop in half clear distance: Ronald Bernard Sherlock, £7 10s.

No brake on bicycle: John Wright Liddell, £l.

Insufficient lights: Allan Ronald Beck, £3.

No light on cycle: Keith Wayne Savage, £l. Failed to keep to the left when turning: David Arthur Couch, £2. Exceeded heavy traffic licence: Certified Concrete Ltd., £4; Frews Motors Ltd., £3 (exceeded axle weight, £5). Exceeded 55 m.p.h.: Bernard Joseph Jackson £lO (gave false particulars, £3).’ Failed to comply with traffic lights: lan Ross McMillan, £3: Kevin Alexander Buckley. £4. No heavy traffic licence: Blake Bros., Ltd., £3. (Before Mr K. H. J. Headifen,

S.M.) TRAFFIC CASES

In traffic charges brought by the Transport Department convictions were entered and penalties imposed as follows, with Court costs of £1 10s on each charge: Exceeded 30 m.p.h.: Joan Patricia Clegg, £5; Neil Edwin Smith, £8; Anthony John Rogers, £5; John Leonard Stutheridge, £7; Mavis Alice Taylor, £5; Rex Barry Baker, £8 (failed to keep left, £5, disqualified for two months, failed to surrender keys £7); Anthony Dennis Bartley, £l5; Jack Joseph, £5; Ann Margaret Jamieson, £6; Ina Winifred Timms, £5; Mary Browne, £2; Stuart Gordon Birss. £5; Joan Cowan, £8; Maureen Elaine Ha'mpton, £8; John Herbert Holmes, £5; Bryan Stewart Lloyd, £8; Douglas Frederick Mclvor, £6; Terence Ivan Murdoch, £l5; Robert Boyce Richardson. £8; Bruce Edward Sunney, £8; Peter John Cook, £5: Eric Christopher Freeman, £8; Esmeralda Mary Hall £6; Rodney John Hider, £6; Kevin Charles Johnson, £8; Dudley Harman Knox, £8; Neil Stewart Moore, £7; Jesse Albert Skepper. £6.

Failed to stop at a compulsory stop: Frederick William Duff, £6; Michael Robert Thorpe, £3; Colin Sumner, £6; Graham Martin Beddie, £5. Permitted use of unlicensed motor-vehicle: Bruce William Geboie, £4; Desmond Allan Wickes. £3 (no warrant of fitness, £2). No warrant of fitness: Montague Anthony Jackson, £5; Neil Cleland Packmay, £2. Failed to keep left: William Michael Foster, £6 (disqualified for one month). Licence plates not affixed: Robert Anthony Pearson, £5 (no red rear light, £5). No driver’s licence: George Charles Mather, £5; Wilfred Robert Ward, £6.

Exceeding 55 m.p.h.: David Charles Tilley, £lO. Failed to comply with traffic lights: William James Mclvor. £lO.

Rode cycle on footpath: Peter £2) ( n ° on cycle, No rear red light on goods service vehicle, Trevor Leath Taylor, £lO. Exceeded axle weight: Rhind Transport Ltd., £6. Insufficient lights: Michael Thomas Lawson, £7 (no warrant of fitness, £3). Failed to present driver’s licence: Raymond Standish Field, £4. (Before Mr E. A. Lee, S.M.) CHARGE DISMISSED A charge against Harvey Christopher Taylor, a production controller, of permitting the use of an unregistered motor vehicle was dismissed. He pleaded not guilty and conducted his own defence. Taylor said he was in New Guinea at the time of the alleged offence. OTHER TRAFFIC CHARGES On other traffic charges brought by the Transport Department fines were imposed as follows with costs of £1 10s on each charge: Exceeded 30 miles an hour: Robert Sydney Buckley, £7; John Hampton Davis, £4; John Spencer Tarpey Ellis, £4; Christopher Emil Hall, £4: Robert Paul Hundleby, £4; Bruce Russell Hyde, £4; Alister Lindsay Kerslake, £4; Graham Peter Richards, £4; Robert Nichol Robertson, £4; Richard Seddon, £4; James Roland Smith, £6; Ailsa Eva Ruth Barnett, £4; Patricia Maureen Crawford, £4; Gwendoline Duske, £4; Thomas Noel Johnson, £4; Lloyd David Bertie, £4; Graeme Fraser Richards, £6; Roland Alwyn Whitchurch, £5; Merryl Edna Wright, £4. Failed to keep left: Brian Lawrence Diamond, £4; Graeme Sydney McKinley, £6 and ordered to attend traffic lectures and licence cancelled for two months; Walter Morgan Lester William, £5; Graeme Carson Wilson, £3.

No driver’s licence: Cyril William Edwards, £2; Istvan Gall, £2; lan Charles Munt, £1 (exceeded 30 miles an hour, £4); Maurice Julius Moody, £2. Failed to stop at stop sign: Stewart James Harris, £5; John Reginald Hooper, £4: Maurice Frederick Stanton. £6. Exceeded 40 miles an hour with trailer: Peter Henry Sibley, £4. Exceeded 55 miles an hour: John Joseph Poelman, £5 (exceeded 30 miles an hour, £3 and ordered to attend course of traffic lectures). No warrant of fitness: Milford Eugene Busch, £1 (did not wear glasses when driving, £3). Permitted unlicensed person to ride motor-cycle: Peter Lome Campbell, £l. Exceeded temporary speed limit: Brian Leslie Dixon, £4: Carl Trevor Foulsham, £4; Lawrence Patrick Kiesanowskii, £5; Duncan William Rout, £4. Excessive width of load: John Ernest Flutey, £5.

Vehicle insecurely loaded: Donald Hosking, £7. Heavy traffic licence not carried: Phillip Leslie Barr, trading as Barris Motors. £5 (no cer. tificate of fitness. £5; Scar gill Transport, Ltd., £5. Unregistered motor-vehicle: David James Alexander, convicted and discharged (no warrant of fitness, convicted and discharged).

No effective rear vision mirror: John Charles Dymock, £l. Failed to dip lights: lan Stewart McLeod, £5.

Rode cycle on footpath: Barry Peter Mountford, £1 (no brakes on cycle, costs).