MAGISTRATE’S COURT Youth Admits Breaking And Entering Cigarette Store

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31235, 6 December 1966, Page 11

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Youth Admits Breaking And Entering Cigarette Store

An estimated 50,000 cigarettes were taken when the premises of Dingwall and Paulger, Ltd., 216 Antigua street, v ere entered between 11 p.m. on December 2 and 3 a.m, on December 3, Sergeant F. G. Mulcare told Mr H. J. Evans, S.M., yesterday after Graeme Gosney, aged 19, a roofing specialist (Mr A. P .C. Tipping) had pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and entering the premises.

Gosney’ was convicted and remanded on bail for a probation officer’s report and sentence on December 15. Sergeant Mulcare said that entry to Dingwall and Paulger's premises had been gained by smashing a rear window. Gosney had gone to the premises with two others, one of whom had smashed the window while Gosney waited. Gosney had then entered through a door the windowsmasher had opened. Though a large quantity of the cigarettes taken had been recovered, a large quantity had yet to be recovered, he said. REMANDED David Barry Grant, aged 18, a tyre builder, and Timothy Charles Clare, aged 26, unemployed, appeared on charges of breaking and entering the premises of Dingwall and Paulger, Ltd., 216 Antigua street, on December 3. Each was remanded on bail till December 12. Melville Charles Smith, aged 17, a foundry worker, was charged that between November 21 and December 4 he received from persons unknown 500 cigarettes valued at £2 10s, knowing them to have been dishonestly obtained. He was remanded on bail till December 12. John David Clayton, aged 18, a builder’s labourer, was charged that between November 21 and December 4 he received from persons unknown 20 packets of cigarettes valued at £2 10s, knowing them to have been dishonestly obtained. He also was remanded on bail till December 4. FALSE PRETENCES

When John Patrick Harrison was arrested for drunkenness in Methven, it was found that he had committed seven offences involving goods and money to a total value of £35 4s 6d, said Sergeant Mulcare. Harrison, aged 48, a workman and cook, pleaded guilty to six charges of false pre-

tences and one of theft, all! committed betwen October 31 and November 2. Sergeant Mulcare said Hamson obtained a cheque book belonging to Elsie Edie Barclay from Bonner's Hotel on October 31. He issued cheques in the game of E. E. Barclay to the New City Hotel on two occasions; to Bonner’s Hotel; to Downing’s, Ltd., at 616 Colombo street; and to Thomas Strand Shannon, of Mackie street, Rakaia. Harrison also stole £8 2s 5d from the Rakaia railway station. He had obtained clothing from Shannon, and a pair of shoes and money from Downings, Ltd. The accused had previous convictions, Sergeant Mulcare said. Harrison was convicted and remanded for a probation officer’s report and sentence, until December 15. EIGHT CHARGES “The defendants came from the Chatham Islands apparently with a great deal of money, and when this ran out, they started their thefts and burglaries,” said the Magistrate when two fishermen appeared for sentence on charges of burglary and theft.

They were Buddy William Brown, aged 18, and Frank Alister Harvey, agec 19, who had been jointly charged and convicted on eight charges of theft and three of burglary between October 26 and November 18, at Ashburton, Methyen, Tinwald, Temuka, Rakaia and Winchester.

Each was fined £4O and placed on probation for two years, and each was ordered to make restitution of £5. STOLE RINGS

Eileen Margaret Tremaine, aged 34, unemployed (Mr G. R. Lascelles), was placed on probation for two years, and ordered to pay restitution of £lO, when she appeared for sentence on a charge of theft of two diamond rings, valued at £9O and £lOO, and £lO in money, the property of Y. Humm, between May 4 and May 9. She had previously pleaded guilty. TOOK PROPELLER Gerrit Bom, aged 36, a cleaner (Mr J. K. Fuimaono), was fined £l5 and ordered to pay restitution of £5 7s 6d and was placed on probation for a year when he appeared for sentence on a charge of theft of a propeller valued at

£5O, the property of Lyttelton Engineering, Ltd., on September 2. He had previously pleaded guilty. The Magistrate said that Bom clearly thought he could get away with the offence, and there was no excuse for his action. He appreciated the fact that Bom had been experiencing financial difficulties, but the offence had not improved matters. CREDIT BY FRAUD Gloria Mary-Ann Buyser, aged 26, a housewife (Mr A. C. P. Tipping), was convicted and ordered to take treatment at a mental hospital for a period to be decided by the Probation Officer and the hospital superintendent when she appeared for sentence on three charges of obtaining credit by fraud. She was also ordered to appear for sentence, if called upon, within three years. The offences were committed on September 29, October 10 and 21 at three city motels. The amount obtained by fraud was £ll4.

On a charge of committing a breach of probation in that she failed to report on June 13 as directed, the defendant was ordered to appear for sentence within one year if called upon. ESCAPED FROM CUSTODY Vivian Archie Smith, aged 21, an unemployed cranedriver, was convicted and remanded in custody to December 15 on his pleas of guilty to three charges, one of escaping from custody in Ashburton, one of being idle and disorderly in that he had insufficient lawful means of support, also in Ashburton, both on November 24, and one of theft of a driver’s licence at Te Kuiti on November 22. Sergeant Mulcare said that at 9.20 p.m. on November 24 the defendant was questioned at Ashburton, and he had said he had only 2s 6d in his possession and had not worked for a month. He was arrested and while being taken to the police station had broken away and escaped. On the evening of November 26 Smith surrendered to the Christchurch police. Smith pleaded not guilty to two further charges, one of burglary in Russell between September 9 and October 29, and one of being in possession of a dangerous weapon, a cut down .22 rifle, in Ashburton on November 24. On these charges Smith was

remanded in custody to December 12.

BREAKING AND ENTERING A police constable who discovered glass panels broken in a door of a shop in Kirwee on Sunday, and a rear window smashed, found Mary Rhoda Johnson sitting in a Railways Department shed opposite, said Sergeant Mulcare.

Johnson, aged 54, a cook, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering a building owned by John Strathem Lawrey on December 4.

Sergeant Mulcare said the accused admitted the offence, and told the constable that she was thirsty, and she wanted a cigarette. She had a history of alcoholism and mental breakdown, he said. Johnson was remanded in custody until December 12 for sentence. STOLE DUCKLING A fine of £2O was imposed on John Ngapera Wilcox, a commercial cleaner, aged 24, on a charge of stealing a dressed duckling from Woolworths (N.Z.), Ltd., in New Brighton. Sergeant Mulcare said that Wilcox was seen to take the duckling, valued at £1 9s 2d, from the shop on Saturday, December 3. At first he denied taking it without paying. Wilcox, who pleaded guilty, was not represented by counsel. TRIAL BY JURY Noel James Quirke, aged 25, a panelbeater, elected trial by jury on a charge of breaking and entering Rayner Vile Jewellers, Ltd., on December 3, with intent to commit a crime. He was remanded until December 12 for the taking of depositions. Bail was allowed. On a charge of leaving broken glass in Gloucester street on September 11, Quirke pleaded guilty and was ‘fined £2. In explanation, he said that he was driving along Gloucester street and found it necessary to close the door of his car. A window then fell out. OBSCENE LANGUAGE Barry William Thompson, aged 22, a carpenter, pleaded guilty to a charge of using obscene language in Kilmore street on December 4. He was convicted and fined £6. Sergeant Mulcare said that shortly before midnight on December 3, the defendant was asked to leave the Caledonian dance hall and was spoken to by a plain clothes policeman. Thompson had then suggested that the policeman was bogus and used the words complained of. ROGUES AND VAGABONDS Philip Sidney Hodgson, aged 20, an apprentice fitter (Mr M. J. Glue), and Derek Anthony Parsons, aged 20, a driver (Mr G. R. Lascelles), pleaded guilty to separate charges that on November 26 they were deemed to be rogues and vagabonds in that they were found by night in the enclosed yard of Farrier Walmak, Ltd., and guilty to a joint charge that between November 4 and November 7 they had stolen two batteries and seven gallons of petrol from the company's yard.

Each was convicted of the charges on which he appeared and was remanded on bail for a probation officer's report and sentence on December 15. Orders seeking suppression of their names were refused.

Sergeant Mulcare said that the company had suffered from the theft of petrol and vehicle parts from its Coutts Island yard. As a result staff members had kept a watch and the two youths were apprehended and held till the police arrived. Initially both had said they were crossing the land on a rabbit shooting expedition, but no ammunition could be found. Later, they had said that they had taken the batteries and petrol. ASSAULT A man whose name was suppressed (Mr G. R. Lascelles) was convicted and fined £3, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting his wife. Sergeant Mulcare said the assault was the climax of a domestic dispute. RESERVED DECISION The Magistrate reserved his decision to 2.15 p.m. today when a woman whose name was suppressed (Mr H. W. Thompson) pleaded not guilty to a charge of theft of foodstuffs, valued at 6s Bd, on December 3. WILFUL DAMAGE William Arthur Lewis, aged 25, a soldier (Mr M. J. Glue) pleaded guilty to a charge of wilfully damaging a car aerial, the property of G, E. Broughton, to the extent of £4 6s. He was convicted, ordered to pay Court costs of £1 10s and to make restitution of £4 6s. NAME SUPPRESSED A woman, whose name was suppressed (Mr G. T. Mahon) was placed on probation for 12 months and fined £2O when she appeared for sentence on a charge of theft on November 4 of a pair of panties, the property of Millers, Ltd. The Magistrate ordered that the fine be paid at the direction of the probation officer. OTHER OFFENCES Attempted to procure liquor after hours: Inia Randall, £4. Minor purchased liquor: Nigel Leslie Fleet, £4: Wayne Douglas Ford, £3 (gave false particulars to police, £3); Malcolm Carl Gavin, £4 IDs (procured liquor after hours, £4 10s). Minor drank in public place: Kenneth Noel Ewings, £4; Graham John Fright, £4: John Stanley Hall, £4; Robin Wayne Meier, £4. Procured liquor after hours: Desmond Francis O’Brien, £5. Sold liquor after hours: Gavin Thomas Mills, £l2. Set off a firework in a public place: Michael Thomas Munton, £l. Unlawfully on a race course: lan Alexander Hamilton, court costs £1 10s: Terence McDonald, £7 10s.