MAGISTRATE’S COURT Men Admit Assault On Proprietor Of Hotel

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31865, 18 December 1968, Page 25

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Men Admit Assault On Proprietor Of Hotel

This was a particularly vicious assault on the proprietor of the hotel and has made him incapable of work for about six weeks, said Senior-Sergeant F. G. Mulcare, in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday when two men appeared on charges of assault.

Michael Eddy Pomana. aged 25, a labourer, pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting Edward Albert Smith with intent to injure. Edward Bloomfield Munro, aged 25, a labourer, pleaded guilty to assaulting Mr Smith. They were remanded on bail to December 23 for sentence by Mr E. S. J. Crutchley, S.M. About midday on Saturday, December 14, a group of Maoris were drinking in His Lordships Hotel. When they left it was found three glasses were missing. The proprietor, Mr Smith, approached the group and asked them if they had the glasses. Two glasses were produced and they were placed on the office shelf, said Senior-Sergeant Mulcare.

Mr Smith was informed that there was another glass missing and he again approached the group. He asked Munro if he had the glass and an argument developed. Munro pushed Mr Smith and at the same time Pomana tackled him from behind. When Pomana punched Mr Smith twice in the head Mr Smith fell to the footpath and suffered severe injuries. While he was lying on the ground he was kicked in the head and knocked semiunconscious.

The group got into a car and drove off along Lichfield Street, but Mr Smith took the number, Senior-Sergeant Muicare said. Mr Smith was taken to the Christchurch Hospital and was found to be suffering from two fractures of the right arm, cuts about the head which required several stitches, and had a punctured ear which was bleeding profusely. When Pomana was interviewed he admitted tackling Mr Smith and punching him twice on the head, and Munro admitted pushing him on the shoulder. Inquiries were still being made for the person who kicked Mr Smith in the head. Both accused had previous convictions. Senior-Ser-geant Mulcare said. BURGLARY ADMITTED

Owen Leslie Pugh, aged 46, a labourer (Mr D. M. Palmer), and Morris Frederick Barr, aged 34, a glass sorter (Mr M. J. Glue), pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary of the tobacconist shop of Gilmore Clifford Woodham, 368 Riccarton Road. They were remanded on bail to December 23 for sentence.

Senior - Sergeant Mulcare said that about 11.15 p.m. on December 13 the front plate-glass window of Mr Woodham’s shop was smashed with a hammer and watches valued at 858.75 were taken. Two youths and a girl who heard the sound of smashing glass took the number of a car which drove away without its lights on. At first the two accused denied being involved in the offence, but later admitted it. Both accused had previous convictions.

FINE AND PROBATION Martin Donald Steele, aged [ 18, a carpenter, was admitted ; to probation for two years, i was ordered to take psychi- i atric treatment, and was fined [ a total of $l5O when he ap- : peared for sentence on a : charge of receiving rifles and ; Meccano parts of a total value , of $475 when he knew they i had been dishonestly ob- [ tained. Mr R. J. Allan, for the ac- I cused, said Steele was a youth of unusually strong character who had made some notable personal achievements. The Magistrate said Steele had come close to being given some form of detention. FALSE PRETENCES Peter John Bennett, aged 18, an unemployed farmhand (Mr R. M. Wilkes), was remanded in custody to December 18 for sentence on three charges of false oretences and three of aiding in false pretences. He pleaded Iguilty to the charges which involved the presentation of valueless cheques. FAILED TO STOP When Kent william Vaux, aged 19. a concrete worker, went to .sleep while driving at Sockburn at 1.15 a.m. on October 20, he veered left and crashed into a parked car, which cannoned for- ! ward into another, causing a I $825 damage, said SeniorSergeant Mulcare. 1 The accused did not stop i after the accident, said the sen-ior-sergeant, but was found by police about two miles further ’on. Vaux admitted striking the car. and said he had fallen asleep but the collision had woken him up. He had seen noone in the car so had driven off, stopping to telephone his father who had told him to go to the police. He had then been arrested before he could do this. On a charge of falling to stop after an accident, Vaux was fined $4O and disqualified for three months. On a charge of driving carelessly he was fined $l5 and disqualified for three months. For failing to ascertain if any person was injured after the accident, he was ordered to pay costs only. The accused's counsel, Mrj !R. F. Boland, said the cost of i damage to the other cars had been met by Vaux. WILFUL DAMAGE Morris Joseph Kennedy, aged 21, a soldier, who threw a lemonade bottle through the windscreen of a car which had earlier beaten him to a parking space, was fined $25 on a charge of wilful damage and ordered to pay restitution. He pleaded guilty. The offence occurred about 11.45 p.m. on August 23. For Kennedy, Mr K. W. Hampton said he had been drinking and when the complainant. Mr T. Kahiu, had taken a parking space he was preparing to move into he had become annoyed. At a later stage he had thrown the bottle, smashing the windscreen, but there was no-one in the c»r at that time. FINED. DISQUALIFIED On a charge of , driving while I under the inllutnce of drink or

drugs on November 15. Gary William Henham, aged 17, unemployed (Mr R. F. B. Perry), pleaded not guilty, was convicted and fined $5O and disqualified for three years. For driving without a licence he was fined $5 and disqualified for six months. He pleaded guilty to this charge. The charges were laid after an accident at the intersection at Bealey Avenue and Colombo Street. SUSPENDED SENTENCE A man, whose name was suppressed. was ordered to come up for sentence within one year If called upon and was ordered lo take out a prohibition order, after he pleaded guilty to a charge of being found without lawful excuse on an enclosed yard In Marine Parade. Mr J. W. Dalmer appeared for the [accused. DISCHARGED WITHOUT CONVICTION A youth, whose name was suppressed. was discharged without conviction under section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act after he pleaded guilty to a charge of peering into the window of a dwelling In Salisbury Street at night. Mr M. J. Glue appeared for the accused. MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES On miscellaneous charges brought by the police fines were Imposed as follows with costs of $5 on each charge: Minor found in bar: Wyn Francis Drabble, $lO (supplied liquor to minor, *10): Malcolm Ralph Mehlhopt, $l5: Brian Stanley Robinson, $l3: Desmond George Rowley. *l3: Llndsav Francis Squire. *5; Peter Anthony Williams. *5. Minor drank liquor in public place: Calvin David Street, *lO. No warrant of fitness: Kelvin John Raymond .Croat, $5. Exceeded 30 miles an hour: John Joseph Paul Halllnan $45.Failed to give way to right: John David Hedley, *2O. (Before Mr W. F. Brown. S.M.) DISCHARGED Nine persons were discharged without conviction when they appeared for sentence on charges ranging from unlawful parking to the theft of a potato peeler valued at 25 cents. All had their names suppressed. In each case the detendants were discharged under Section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act, which empowers the Magistrate to dismiss a defendant without conviction. The matter of sentencing on the charges had been adjourned by the Magistrate for several months with a view to discharge, provided the defendants’ behaviour had been satisfactory in the meantime. The Magistrate told each defendant that the discharge was a rare indulgence which they would only be given once because of the special circumstances of their case. Those dealt with were: A young married woman charged with stealing two pillow cases and four towels worth $l2. A youth aged 18 charged with stealing car parts worth $l6O. Evidence was given that the youth had assisted with the theft but had not gained materially from it. ' A youth aged 17 who stole a rug worth $5 at Westport. A man who stole cigarettes valued at $15.60. A man who parked his vehicle In an area marked as no stopping or parking. A student aged 18 who stole a long-playing record valued at $4.25. He had since been making satisfactory progress with physcho-therapv treatment. his counsel said. A girl aged 18 who stole bedding valued at *33.30. A youth aged 19 who had stolen sums of money amounting to *25. A man aged 22 who had been charged with receiving a carton of cigarettes valued at *1.30 knowing at the time that they had been dishonestly obtained. A woman who stole a potato peeler valued at 25 cents from a shop in May. Her counsel said she had been taking medical treatment and would not get into the same emotional state again. (Before Mr P. L. Molineaux, S.M.) TRAFFIC OFFENCES In traffic prosecutions brought by the Christchurch City Council’s traffic department convictions were entered and fines imposed as follows with Court costs of $5 in each case: Exceeding 30 miles an hour: John Woodcock Shield, $2O; Maurice James Hay, $l2: James Lawrence Iremonger, $lO (no warrant of fitness, two charges. Court costs and $6); Kevin John Southern S 10: Peter Montgomery $10; Wayne Pierre Tourell, $l5: Gavin Warwick Tlsch. *l5: Gary Robert Cuttris, *10; Wavne Frederick Hurrell, S 10; David John Archbold. $2O; George Thomas Baker, $lO (no warrant of fitness, $2); Anthony William Chamberlain, $l2; Michael John Coughlan, $10; John Cummings, $l5; Antonues Petrus Hoek, $l2: Philip Francis Hunt, $10; Paul Gary Jayet, $10; Arthur Ladkln, $10; Ivan Gerald Mauger, $l5; Manfred Maxllian Remberger,, $10; Garry Kelvin Roberts, $l5; John Kenneth James Roberts, $l5: Paul David Robertson, $10; John Stewart Russell, $10: Murray David Smith. $10; Robin Barrett Smith, $10; Francis Henry Steel, Sl2: Clark Colin Thomas. $10; John William Vine, $25;. Louis Agatha Waasdotp, $10; Garry Raymond Ward, $10; Robert William Watson. $lO. No warrant of fitness: John Alexander Urquhart, $4; Ronald John Harvey, $4; Karel Mulder, $2: Bruce Henry Luclnsky. $2: lan William John Begg, $2: Lillian Alice Clarke, $4; Donald

Graham Corbin, $6; Robert Malcolm Cully, $10: Norman Davey, $6; Lynn Mark Everett, $4; Walter Freer, $6; Robin John Galvin. $4: Alan Ernest Hall. $2; John William Hansen, *4; Dennis George Hillmer. $6; Anthony Charles Leonard Hodgson, $4: Albert Leggett, $4 (no warrant of fitness for caravan. $4); Lionel Hubert Logan, $4; Bernard John Mora, $2: Michael Allan Mora, $6; Terence William Muicay. $10: Judith Ann Nee, $6; Trevor Desmond Painter. $2; John Raymond Priestly, $2: Warren Francis Puller, $4: Martin Richard. $6: Lyndsay Morris Robin. $4; William John Salt, $6: John Anthony Sepie, $6; Brian Spencer, $6: Raeburn William Stevens, $6; Brian Desmond Watson. $2: Denise Margaret Williams, $10: John Burnett Wilson. $4: Brian Stanley Wood, $4; Brent Lindsay Woods, $6. No drivers licence: Christine Anne Dawker. $l3, disqualified for three months (obstructing a traffic officer, $15); Herbert William Spicer, $B. (no warrant of fitness. $6): Christopher Thomas Holme, $0: Horace Sydney Cross, $6; Michael John Hutching. $l5, disqualified for three months; Christopher Charles Burgls Kerrlson, $10; Robert John Lepper. $l5. disqualified for three months (no warrant of fitness, $8): Michael Thomas Martin. $l5, disqualified for three months; Roy Mcßobert, $2O, disqualified for three months; Geoff Wayne Witt, $l5; Murray Eder, $2O, disqualified lor three months. Parking offences: Peter Michael Redstone, $2; John Rex Dench, $2; Roger Reid Blair, *6; Enid Margaret Ellis, $2: Robyn Leon Hunt, $6; James Bernard Lenihan, $6; John Gerard Mannix, $2: David Boyd McCulloch, $6; Theo Papageorge, $2; Christopher John Perrin, $2; Mavis Frances Potter $2; Charles Jameson Sewell, $6; Elwin Bowes Keith Sharp, $2: Patrick Edward Trott. $2: Haydn Noel Moore, $6. Falling to stop at compulsory stop: Charles Henry Neville, $l5; Arthur Walton McWhannell. $l5; 1 Pierre Alfred Lucien Lods, $l5 (exceeding 30 miles an hour. $10): Rowan John Mabln, $2O; Alan Craig Duane. $l5; Lawrence Angus McLachlan, $l5, Ngaire Ellen Shaw, *l5; David Allan Stevens, $2O; Herbert Stuart Weston, $l4. Failing to display "L signs: Frederick Aberdeen, $8; David Clyde Birchfield, $8 (no warrant of fitness, $0); Denis Jeremy Britten, $6: lan Malcolm Densen. $0; Noel Eley, $10; Suzanne Elizabeth Hawkins, $8; Anthony Paul Philpot. $6; Grant William Sumner, *6 (no warrant ot fitness. $6). . , , Unlicenced motor vehicle: Neville Hatwell, Court costs; Ido Bongers, Court costs (Inappropriate driver's licence, Court costs, ordered to attend a course ot lectures conducted by the Christchurch City Council). Failing to display rear red light: Noel Leslie Jarden. $l5; lan Selwyn Hume, $8 (no rear number plate light, $6); Eric Percy Mace, two charges, $lO and $l5; Boyd Munro. $l5.

Failing to give way: Leila Anne Hastings, $2O; Innes Welch Campbell. $2O: Myrie June Hlgginbottom, $2O, disqualified for one month.

Unauthorised registration plate: Frank James Menzies, $lO (no driver's licence, $6; no warrant of fitness for goods service vehicle, $6; no warrant ot fitness for trailer, $4; unregistered trailer, $2)

Falling to carry heavy traffic licence: Alan Crosble Berg, $8; New Zealand Express Company. Limited, $6; Perham Crump and Company. Limited, $8; Preston Contracting. Limited, $2; Reese Brothers, Limited, $2.

Failing to stop after an accident: Henry James Shaw, $2O, disqualified for one month (careless use. $l5).

No safety chain: Pierre Guyan Alexandre, $6; Brian John Phillips, $4; Barry William Smart, $lO (no warrant of fitness for trailer, $2). Proceeding from stop sign before the way was clear: Emily Wehner. $l5.

Unable to stop in distance between vehicles: Lynthea Jean Margaret Smith. $l4, disqualified for three months.

Overloading rear axle: Port Carriers. Ltd, $l2 (overloading certificate of fitness, $10).

Failing to keep left: Gerald Douglas Gordon, S2O. disqualified for three months. Inappropriate driver’s licence: Edward Alfred Aldridge. $4: Terence Allan Davidson, Court costs; Jennifer Ann Ponsonby. $4. Noisy vehicle: Russell James Brown, $2O.

Failing to produce driver’s licence: Gerald Garth Scott, $8 (no warrant of fitness, $2).

Unlicenced power cycle: An thony Lucien Brocherle, $l5.

Carless use of a motor vehicle: Kathleen Brenda Kane. $l5; Claudia May Smitherain, $l4. Overloading rear axle: Central Carrying Company. Limited. $lO. Failing to comply with traffic lights: Kenneth Edward Godfrey, *2O; Trevor Harry King. *l5. Carrying pillion passenger with provisional licence: Lynette Faye Blair, $6. Overloading heavy traffic licence: Christchurch Suppliers, Ltd, $B. Insufficient lights: Paul William Bohan. $0: Roger Charles Crawford, $B.

Failing to comply with road Markings: Allan Edward Poulsen. $6.

Permitting an unlicenced person to drive: Frank Albert Hutching, $O. Riding bicycle on footpath: Geoffrey Arthur Joseph McKee, $4. Operating motor cycle without foot rests: Murray Ernest Smith, $2.