MAGISTRATE’S COURT Burglary Charge Admitted; Man Remanded For Sentence

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31662, 24 April 1968, Page 11

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Burglary Charge Admitted; Man Remanded For Sentence

On a charge of breaking and entering a house at 492 Gloucester Street on April 11. Allan Robert Jackson, aged 27, a labourer, was convicted and remanded on bail to May 1 for sentence by Mr H. J. Evans, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. He pleaded guilty. Detective Sergeant N. J. Stokes said property valued at $9O and $4 in money were stolen from the house? The defendant was later found in possession of a radio taken from the house. Restitution of $54 was sought from the defendant. ASSAULTED WIFE

Geoffrey Andrew Cox, aged 31, a mechanic-driver (Mr M. J. Glue) was convicted and fined $5 on a charge of assaulting his wife, Shirley, Ann Cox, on February 8. He pleaded guilty. Detective Sergeant Stokes said the defendant was living apart from his wife. At 7.20 p.m. on February 8 he called on her and demanded their four children to take away. He then slapped her across the face a number of times. Mr Glue submitted the incident was simply of a demesne nature. It did not warrant a severe penally. TWO WEEKS GAOL Desmond Robert Deraine, aged 44, a sales agent (Mr R F. B. Perry), was convicted and sentenced to 14 days Imprisonment and disqualified from driving for four years when he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving on Durham Street on April 14 while under the influence of drink or drugs. He was convicted and ordered to pay costs only on a charge of careless driving on the same date. Detective Sergeant Stokes said the defendant was certi Red by a doctor as unfit to drive zfter he had been involved in a collision with a motor scooter.

GUILTY PLEAS Paul Charles Harris, aged 19. a farmhand, Rodney Neil Harris aged 17, a farmhand, and Kevin David Gardener, aged 17, a farm labourer, were convicted and remanded to May 1 for sentence on a charge of unlawful sexual intercourse on March 14. They pleaded guilty. Paul Harris and Rodney Harris were remanded on bail, and Gardener was remanded in custody. . , Detective Sergeant stokes said a girl who absconded from the Ferry Road receiving home admitted having sexual intercourse with five youths on March 14. When interviewed, the defendants admitted the offence. A youth, whose name was suppressed, pleaded not guilty to a similar charge. The hearing was adjourned to May 23. FINED $l2 Peter James Smith, aged 18, a plasterer (Mr D. M. Palmer), was convicted and fined $l2 on a charge of drinking liquor in Cathedral Square while a minor on February 2. He pleaded not guilty to the charge on Monday, and the decision was reserved until yesterday. PROBATION Rex Campbell, aged 28, an unemployed tussock grubber (Mr J E. Butler), was fined $75 and placed on probation for 18 months when he appeared for sentence on a charge of assaulting Anne Wilson on March 22. He had previously been convicted of the offence. The Magistrate said the assault was a nasty one. Had it not been for the probation officer’s favourable report he would have had no hesitation in sending the defendant to prison. FAILED TO REPORT Kevin James Garlick, aged 19, a labourer (Mr J. E. Butler), was convicted and remanded on bail until today for sentence on a charge of failing to report at the Periodic Detention Work

Centre on March 29, He pleaded guilty. RESERVED DECISION A widow (Mr G. T. Mahon), whose name was suppressed, pleaded not guilty on two charges of theft. Decision was reserved. The woman was charged with stealing a bag of tomatoes, valued at 20c, and a packet of women’s underwear, valued at $1.29, from a shop on January OBSCENE EXPOSURE A man, whose name was suppressed (Mr S. G. Erber), was convicted and remanded on bail to May 1 for sentence on a charge of obscene exposure on March 26. He pleaded guilty. WARRANT ISSUED A Bench warrant was issued for the arrest of Pamela Louise McLeod, aged 21, an unemployed shearing hand, when she failed to appear on charges of being idle and disorderly and breach of probation. Detective Sergeant Stokes said the defendant had failed to report since her release on probation. REMANDED Francis Mowat Byrne, aged 21. an unemployed workman (Mr W. F. Smith), pleaded not guilty to a charge of breaking and entering the New Brighton Hotel on April 16. He was remanded on bail to May 22. John Arthur McKee, aged 51, a general workman, was further remanded to May 1 on a charge of attempting to murder Noreen Thomas on March 15. TRAFFIC OFFENCES In police traffic prosecutions convictions were entered and tines imposed as follows: Failed to comply with traffic lights: Roy John Brown, $l5, disqualified for one month. Careless use of motor vehicle: Frank Gage, $l5. (Before Mr K. H. J. Headifen, S.M.) CHARGE DISMISSED A charge against a young man, whose name was suppressed, of wilfully giving a false alarm of fire to the Christchurch Fire Brigade on February 10 was dismissed. He pleaded not guilty and was represented by Mr P. H. T. Alpers. DROVE WHILE DISQUALIFIED On a charge of driving while disqualified on April 15 Ernest Jakob Ronner, aged 32, a sheet metal worker, was remanded on bail to April 30 for sentence. He pleaded guilty. TRAFFIC CHARGES On traffic charges brought by the Christchurch City Council traffic department fines were imposed as follows with costs of $5 on each charge:— Exceeded 30 miles an hour: Alexander Richard Galloway, $l4; Herbert Ernest Bolitho. $10; Warren John Good, $10; Jeffrey Howard Mills, $l4 (no safety helmet, $12); Bruce Hugh Roberts, $l4 (no safety helmet, $5, no driver’s licence, $lO and prohibited from obtaining a licence for six months); Arion Bela Safi, §10; James Martin Ward. $l4; Colin Alexander Robertson, $l2; Francis Edward Coies, $l4; Alan Robert Agnew, $10; Enn Elizabeth Atkinson, $8; Frits Josef Beumers, $10; Kevin James Braden, $10; Jean Margaret Cairns, $10; Barry Noel Dalzell $l4; Edward Hemblen Dawson, $10; Robert Herbert Greening, $10; Noel Edward Hawkins. $l4; Rodney John Hider, $l4; Brian Morris, $l2; Leonard Murphy, $10; Richard James Pearson, $l2; John Douglas Philip, $l2 (no safety helmet, $5); James Stephen Piggott. $10; Barry Michael Rayner, £l4; Delmar Hugh Richards, $l2; George Rex Robinson, $l2; Robert Johnson Ross, $10; Maurice Stanley John Rossiter, $25; John McKenzie Scott, $18; Lindsay Bowden Sharr, $10; Ross Kenneth Taylor, $l2; Geoffrey Edgar Twiss, $10; Rex Douglas Turner, $lO (parked over time limit, $8; L sign not displayed, $8); Stephen Bernard Turner, $lO (failed to indicate right turn, $8); Robert Taylor, $10; Mannie Alfred Underwood, $lO (no warrant of fitness. $8); Petrus Johannes Van Haltern, $l5: Roger Downs White, $lO (pillion passenger without safety helmet, $8); George Clifford Whitehouse, $10; Gary John Hill. $l4 (no safety helmet. $6). Cyril Gordon Kenworthy. $l2. Failed to display L sign: Peter Stephen Fletcher, costs; Roger Raymond Cockfield, $8; Murray Christopher Cook. $4; Noel Robert Dick, $l2; Anthony Walter Dowell, $l2: Maria Gabrielle Fraser, $10; Robin Harrison. $l2; John Paul Adrian Moran. $10: Carole Elizabeth Page, $5; Paul Stephen Strang, $l2. No warrant of fitness: Robert Walker. $6; Dorice Emma Berryman, $6: Charles Leonard Dunstan, $10; Ronald George Goss, $6: Kevin Grace, $l5: Edward Rickard Loversidge, $10; John Millar, $10; Bruce Philpott, $6: Alan Maitland Richards. $B. Owen Basil Riley, $6: Richard John Venis, $6 (no safety chain on trailer, $8). Unlicensed motor vehicle: David Morris Joseph Richardson, $2O (no warrant of fitness, $l5; inefficient service brake, $5: no driver’s licence, $25 and prohibited from obtaining a licence for one year); Jesse Bettridge. $8 (no drivers licence, $5); Hendrikus Antonius Walroven. $lO (no endorsed certificate of ownership, $8). Failed to give way; Eileen Monica Fincham, $l5: Leslie Arthur Rawlings, $l2 (no warrant of fitness, $4); Wayne Thomas Smith, $l2; Murray John Stewart, $l5; Katherine Mary Holland. $l5. Failed to keep left: Trevor James May, $2O; William Neal Robertson, $l2. _ t No driver’s licence: Kevin Arthur Mathews, $8: John Garth Austin, two charges, $lO and $2O; Maurice Barrington, $10: Thomas John Pearson, $8; Susan Kirner, $B. Careless driving: Frederick Joseph Macey, $8 (exceeded 30 miles an hour, $10; no safety helmet. $5 and ordered to attend three traffic lectures); Bettv Amy Knight, $lO. Vehicle with worn tvres: Grahame William Gidley, $l2. Sounded horn unnecessarily between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.: David Arthur Hammont, $B. Failed to give way at give way sign: Peter Joseph Mangos, $2O. Failed to stop at compulsory stop: John Marshall Bennett, $l5; Samuel Frank McHarg, $l4; Raymond Farrell Svkes. $l5; Terence John Lake, $l4. Failed to notify change of ownership of vehicle: Winifred Jane Campbell. $4. Parking . offences: David Steohen Diver. $6; Alexander Marshall Menzies, $4; Dennis Limmer, $6. Towed cvclist: Steven James Frew, $l5: Anthony James Stewart. $2O; Laurence Keith Lagan, $lO.

No heavy traffic licence: Growers Direct Market. Ltd. $l2 (exceeded heavy traffic licence, $l2). No red rear light on goods service vehicle parked at night: Malcolm Robert Hamilton, $l5 (no heavy traffic licence. $10; employed unlicensed driver, $l5). Exceeded heavy traffic licence: Hay’s. Ltd, $l2; New Zealand Express Company. Ltd. $18; Frederick Bruce Trim. $lB. Insufficient lights: John William Malzard, $l5. No safety chain on trailer: Murray James Morgan, $10: Stanlev Burford Wallis. $lO. No red rear light on trailer: Denis Francis Murphy. $lO No front light* on car: Grant James Rhodes, $l5.

Permitted unlicensed person lb drive: Lois May Simcox. *B. Failed to comnly with traffic lights: George Angus Simnson. $2O (wrong class of driver’s licence. $5). , , _ Drove at speed which might have been dangerous: Stephen Robert Smith, $4O and licence cancelled for one year; Bruce

Alexander Hood, $4O ahd licence cancelled for a year. Proceeded from compulsory stop sign before way was clear: Daphne Phyllis Steers, $8 and licence cancelled for one month. Cyclist accepted tow: Norman Ralph Taylor. $2O. Wrong class of driver’s licence: Gary John Hill, $lO. No front registration plate: Roger Maxwell King, $lO. CIVIL CASES (Before Mr E. S. J. Crutchley. S.M.) JUDGMENT SUMMONSES The following orders were made on judgment summonses: Stewart Adamson, labourer. Moorhouse Avenue, to pay Wrights Washing Machine Sales and Service $20.63, In default 12 days imprisonment, warrant suspended while $2 a week is paid; Robert Amai, plant oper ator, Avonside Drive, to pay Mason Struthers, Ltd. $117.5 (63 days or $2 a week); A. L. Atyes, worker, Oxford Terrace, to pay C. and M. A. Spillane $B6 (46 days or $2 a week). P. M. Beadle, worker, Totara Street, to pay Hay’a, Ltd, $20.45 (12 days or $2 a week): Bert Van Belhom. decorator, Bowenvale Avenue, to pay Robert Francis McFarlane $174.50 (90 days or $2 a week): Estelle Bolt, married woman, Bellbrook Crescent, to pay Vincent Precision Radio, Ltd, $75.80 (40 days nr 50c a week). T. D. Bradshaw, labourer. Marine Parade, to pay A. Cox and Son $11.50 (seven days or $2 a week); Rodney Roy Brain, demolition worker, Ferry Road, to pay Mauger’s Garage, Ltd, $504.50 (90 days or $2 a week); Robert Broughton, taxi driver, Armagh Street, to pay H. Simpson, Ltd. $70.75 (35 days or $2 a week).

Gordon Maxwell Bryant, workman, Yarmouth Street, to pay G. H. Schulte $73.75 (40 days or $2 a week); Kevin Barry Carroll, labourer, Bellbrook Crescent, to pay Belfast Motor and Engineering Company $13.40 (eight days or $2 a week): Andrew Carstairs, painter, Sandown Crescent, to pay P. M. Shaw $14.90 (eight days or $2 a week).

Keith Moeroa Cummings, labourer, Stapletons Road, to Dillons, The Kowhai Florists, Ltd, $ll (seven days or $2 a week): Peter Graham Fuldseth, labourer, Farquhars Road, to pay Wise’s Grocery, Ltd, $14.78 (eight days or $2 a week): lan Stuart Gardner, butcher. Sandwich Road, to pay Burnwell Coal and Wood Supply $10.20 (six days or $2 a week).

Desmond James Gentleman, labourer, Uxbridge Street, to pay Belfast Motors. Ltd. $104.68 (56 days or $2 a week); L. C. Gillard, labourer. Rex Street, to pay Tyreways 1960. Ltd, $61.10 (34 days or $4 a week): L. E. Halligan, worker. Newport Street, to pay Briscoe’s (New Zealand). Ltd, $39 67 (22 days or $2 a week).

N. Halligan, workman. Short land Street, to pay North Canterbury Hospital Board $19.45 <ll days or $2 a week): K. S. Hannatin, radio electrician, Yaldhurst Road, to pay Leatham Motors. Ltd. $43.27 (25 days or $2 a week); lan Johnstone, driver, Ferry Road, to pay P. and A. Riley $11.60 (seven days or $2 a week).

Michael Eric Kawana. fish splitter, Milton Street, to pay B and B Loversuch $19.48 <ll days or $2 a week); E. H. Kennedy, driver, c/o New Zealand Breweries, Ltd, to pay Rex Radio and Television. Ltd, $48.90 (17 days or $2 a week); Allan Loucas, gasworks employee, The Esplanade, to pay Bateman Television, Ltd, $92.50 (44 days or $2 a week).

D. McDonald, labourer. Aidershot Street, to pay McFarlane and Baxter $10.20 (six days or $2 a week); R. E. Milligan, painter, Ngata Place, to pay Ashby Bergh and Company, Ltd, $35.59 (20 days or $lO a week); Richard Patrick, factory hand, Blake Street, to pay New Zealand Newspapers, Ltd. $19.18 (11 days or $2 a week).

A. M. Sculphur, workman, Dyers Road, to pay A. J. Allen, Ltd, $55.25 (31 days or $2 a week); A. Sharp, labourer. Nottingham Avenue, to pay Burnwell Coal and Wood Supply $9.50 (six days or $2 a week); Garry Francis Sheppard, labourer. Cardrona Street, to pay Welkut Garments, Ltd, $14.75 (eight days or $2 a week).

Ivan Desmond Smitheram, shoe clicker. Vivian Street, to pay R. G. Mauger, Ltd. $115.88 (61 days or $2 a week); T. Waller, carpenter. McKenzie Avenue. to pay Suburban News papers (Christchurch), Ltd, $89.60 (48 days or $1.50 a week) and to pay Winstone (South Island), Ltd. $71.68 (39 days or $1.50 a week); Samuel I. Whanau, machinist. Cardome Street, to pay Amurt Motors, Ltd, $93 (50 days or $2 a week).