MAGISTRAE'S COURT Burglary, Car Conversion And Disqualified Driving Admitted

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32213, 4 February 1970, Page 6

MAGISTRAE'S COURT Burglary, Car Conversion And Disqualified Driving Admitted

After stealing 2000 cigarettes from a locked service station Harrison Te Whiu led police on two high-speed chases in different stolen cars before being arrested, Mr W. F. Brown, S.M., was told in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Te Whiu was remanded in custody to February 10 for sentence after pleading guilty to taking a car/Valued at $6OO belonging/to Raymond Edgar Empson, taking a car valued at $3OO belonging to Edward Gerard Schimanski,. breaking and entering Burrow’s Motors, Ltd, and driving while disqualified. All offences occurred on January 22. Sergeant J. D. Burrell said police were alerted to Te Whiu after the proprietor of the Waimakariri Service Station reported seeing a man lurking.about the station before driving off at high speed toward Christchurch. The car was located and chased by a police patrol car before it ptopped and the driver made off. He was chased on foot over a wide area including private property and open paddocks but was not caught. The car had been stolen from Mr Empson’s garage earlier in the evening. In the car was a carton containing 1350 cigarettes taken from Burrows Motors, Ltd, in Kaiapoi. There was also a jemmy bar and a screwdriver.

Later a Ministry of Transport patrol car saw a vehicle reported missing from the property of Mr Schimanski and gave chase. The driver again abandoned the car but 1 the area was cordoned off and Te Whiu was found hiding in a shed behind a house in the Cranford Street area. He admitted the offences and said he had run for two hours across country after abandoning Mr Empson’s car because he was frightened. He left the other car because he was also frightened by the Ministry of Transport vehicle. Restitution of $8.73 for cigarettes not recovered and $l5 for damage done to the door of Burrows Motors, Ltd, was sought, Sergeant Burrell said. THREE CHARGES An incident outside the pie cart in Victoria Square when John Friars, aged 22, pushed police officers and tried to pull away a youth they had arrested had led to his own arrest on three charges, said Sergeant Burrell. , i Friars, a scaffolder (Mr J. M. Wilson), pleaded guilty to re-| sisting Constable Douglas Gordon John Mannering, in the execution of his duty; wilfully obstructing Constable John Patrick O’Kane; and using obscene language in a public place. He - was convicted and remanded on bail to February 11 for probation report and sentence. BURGLED HOUSE Rangi Samuel Repia, aged 49, a truck driver, was convicted and remanded in custody to February 10 for a probation report and sentence when he appeared on a charge of breaking and entering the house of Janet Stephanie Mills, at 188 Fitzgerald Avenue. He pleaded guilty. The Magistrate said Repia had an extensive criminal record.

Sergeant Burrell said the defendant had entered the house through an unlocked door at 9.30 a.m. on January 29. He stole cash and clothes to a total value of $24, and restitution of this amount was sought. His explanation for the offence was that he had been having domestic troubles. GOT INTO CARS A man who had been placed on suspended sentence for unlawfully getting into a car when he appeared in Court on Monday was caught interfering with two more cars on the evening of the same day, the Court was told. Owen Robert Keane, aged 21, an unemployed driver, pleaded guilty to two charges of unlawfully interfering with cars belonging to the City Wrecking Company. He was convicted and remanded in custody to February 10 for sentence. At 11.20 p.m. on February 2 a security officer saw Keane get into two cars and rummage about inside them, said Sergeant Burrell. Keane was apprehended and he said he had been looking for money. CHARGES ADMITTED Pleading guilty to two charges of interfering with vehicles and one charge of unlawfully taking a vehicle, Joseph Edwards, aged 20. an unemployed tussock grubber, was convicted and remanded on bail to February 10 for sentence.

Sergeant Burrell said that at 4.30 a.m. on January 31, a police patrol saw a light truck turn into Gloucester Street from Manchester Street, cross to the wrong side of the road and stop in the gutter. Edwards was .at the steering wheel and he was somewhat confused. Edwards admitted that before taking the truck he had gone to' the Manchester Street car park and had removed the dash panels from two utility vehicles and attempted to start them by crossing the ignition • wires. Damage worth $35 was

I done to the vehicles, which belonged to the D.S.I.R. ON PROPERTY . Andrew John Heremai Thompson, aged 37. a slaughterman, was convicted and remanded on bail to February 11 for probation report and sentence on a charge of being unlawfully in an enclosed garden at 7 St Albans Street. He pleaded guilty. BROKE BOTTLE Laurence John Mitchell, aged 19, a labourer, was. fined $4O when he pleaded guilty to wilfully breaking a bottle in Cathedral Square on January 1. IDLE, DISORDERLY Kerry Rerlti. aged 17, an unemployed fish processor, was remanded on bail to February 11 for a probiation officer’s report and sentence when he pleaded guilty to being idle and disorderly on January 22. Sergeant Burrell said Reritl admitted not having worked for several weeks and having no money, nor place to spend the night when he was found with others in a car in Cathedral Square. He arrived from the Chatham Islands in October last, and had worked only one week since. REMANDED On a charge of threatening to kill Margaret Dawn Meighan on February 2, Arthur Meighan, aged 24, a steam presser, pleaded not guilty and was remanded on bail to February 23 for a hearing. He was ordered to keep away from' the complainant. MISCELLANEOUS LIST In miscellaneous cases, convictions were entered and fines imposed, with $5 Court costs in each case, on the following: Consumed liquor in a public place: Stephen William Dixon, $lO. No driver’s licence: Warren William Jenkin, $4. Drove carelessly: Royce Winston Syme, $3O (no warrant of fitness, $2); David Allan Rogerson, $l5. and disqualified for three months.

No front light on bicycle: Robert Mark Leyden, $4 (no roar red light, $4). Proceeded from stop sign before way was clear: Austin Lee Watson, $3O and disqualified for one month. Failed to report damage: Maurice Robert Burke. $3O. Failed to give way: Heather Jeanette Tierney, costs only and disqualified for six months (drove without licence, costs only); Iris Adeline Satherley, $3O. Opened car door in way likely to cause injury to another person: Estelle Olive Keys, $l5. (Before Messrs W. H. Small and J. G. Laurenson. Justices of the Peace) THREAT TO KILL Andrew Hugh Cunningham, aged 20. an unemployed truck driver, was committed to the Supreme Court for trial after the taking of depositions on a charge of threatening to kill Gillian Rose Cunningham on January 17. . (Before Mr H. J. Evans, S.M.) WATERED MILK A Kaiapoi dairy farmer pleaded guilty to five charges of selling milk, which did not comply with the prescribed standard in July last year. Robin Alexander Falls (Mr A. P. C. Tipping), was fined $25 on one charge, but solicitor’s fees, Court costs and cost of analysis amounted to $75. Mr W. S. Smith, for the Health Department, said that an inspector went with Mr G. Clearwater, a milk vendor, to the defendant’s farm and took onepint samples from five cans of milk. Analysis of the five samples showed that each can contained nearly 18 per cent of water, or about Hi pints of water in each can. It was found that the hose taking the water to tiie milk cooler was leaking badly w'here it joined the cooler. The department did not allege that the water was added deliberately.

Mr Tipping said it was unfortunate the vendor had not seen fit to tell the defendant about the leak before complaining to the Health Department, as he had apparently noticed the leak earlier. The leak could not have been present for more than four days as that was when the premises had last been inspected. The farm was generally well run. The defendant had been supplying milk for nine years and supplied 90 gallons a day. MISCELLANEOUS CASES In miscellaneous cases brought by local bodies and Government departments, convictions were entered and fines imposed as follows, with costs $5 in each case: Failed to furnish return of income: Christchurch Candles, Ltd, $l5. Unlicensed radio: Lawrence Graham, $lO. Failed to clear noxious weeds: Nicholson Victor John Wilson, $B. Deposited septic tank sludge where offensive: lan Charles Watkins, $l2. (Before Mr M. C. Astley, S.M.) STOLE BOAT

Bexley Benjamin Woolley, aged 23, a car salesman (Mr R. F. B. Perry), was fined $5O on a charge of stealing a runabout boat valued at $5O, the property of Vincent Meynold Dennis, on October 8, 1968. He pleaded not guilty. The Magistrate said that the lift 6in boat was left on a concrete abutment at Redcliffs.for three months and Mr Dennis used it at week-ends to go fishing. It disappeared in October, 1968. Woolley claimed to have purchased the boat from two nine-year-old boys for $3. He knew the boys did not own the boat as they had told him that they had got it from the McCormack’s Bay dump.

Woolley put the boat in the backyard of the premises where he worked and arranged for a friend to sell it and the. money to be paid to his father. His friend had sold the boat in good faith. Articles found in a dump were not common property, and the mere fact that they were left there unguarded did not give a person the right to pick them up. If that was done a person could be charged with theft by finding. Woolley should have been immediately on his guard when he was told that the boat had come from the dump. There was ample evidence to convict Woolley on the charge of theft, the Magistrate said. Mr Perry said that Woolley was a first offender. Woolley was ordered to make restitution of $l6 and to pay witnesses’ expenses of $6.50. (Before Mr M. C. Astley, S.M.) WILFUL TRESPASS William Russell Clifford, aged 48, a factory worker, was fined $5 for wilfully trespassing on property at 154 Fitzgerald Avenue after being told to leave by the owner. He pleaded not guilty. John Kenneth Rankin said Clifford moved his bags into an apartment he was to have leased without authority and refused to leave. He claimed he had paid rent for the apartment to Mrs Patricia Rankin. Clifford was under the influence of alcohol at the time. Mrs Rankin said she had not received any money from Clifford. Clifford said in evidence that he had permission from Mr Rankin to be on the property. He was under the impression he had paid the rent, although his actions could have been affected by liquor. DISMISSED A charge against Geoffrey Butler, aged 18. an apprentice engineer, of failing to stop at a stop sign on September 27 last was dismissed. Butler (Mr G. T. Mahon) pleaded not guiltv. Constable Barry James Geddes said an examination of the

defendant’s car had not revealed any deficiency in the brakes after the collision with William John Beale’s taxi at the intersection of Thackeray Street and Shakespeare Road. Because facilities were not available, only an external examination was carried out. Butler said in evidence that he knew the stop sign was ahead and applied the brakes, but the car did not slow. He had had trouble with his brakes in the past. The Magistrate said it was doubtful that any charge involving mechanical failure could succeed. There was always the element of doubt, he said. CIVIL CASES (Before Mr H. J. Evans, S.M.) JUDGMENT SUMMONSES The following orders were made on judgment summonses: E. Geddes, workman, Hampshire Street, to pay G. M. Wright $26.30, in default 15 days imprisonment, warrant suspended while $1 a week is paid; Gwenneth Nell Gore, married, Sorensen Place, to pay Weston Ward and Lascelles $12.50 (seven days or $1 a week): Peter Lester Graham, labourer, Cunningham Place, to pay S. Harris $46.79 (25 days or $2 a week).

A. Green, workman, Stewarts Gully, to pay Graham Garage, Ltd, $30.01 (17 days or $2 a week); Allan Raymond Green, freezing worker, Westcott Street, to pay Weston Ward and Lascelles $22.50 (13 days or $2 a week); R. T. Guy, Brook Street, to pay the Christchurch City Council $51.96 (four weeks or $2 a week).

Clive Harris, trading as Ace Wood and Coal Company, firewood merchants, Briggs Road, to pay New Zealand Newspapers, Ltd $184.45 (three months or $3 a week); M. C. Harris, trading as Canterbury Belle Shop, Worcester Street, to pay New Zealand Newspapers, Ltd $B2 <45 days or $2 a week): M. Hitchcock, waitress, Armagh Street, to pay Delphinc Florists $11.70 (seevn days or $2 a week).

Wensley Gerald Hurrell, labourer, Quinns Road, to pay L. S. Laycock and Company. Ltd $129.82 (65 days or $2 a week); William G. Kaneen, butcher, Maidstone Road, to pay Emily Elizabeth Harris $51.60 (28 days or $3 a week): Ron G. Kay, panel beater and car painter, Buffon Street, to pay Fuller Brothers, Ltd’ $12.21 (seven days or $2 a week). Henry John Kerr, sawmill hand, Double Bay Road, Kaiapoi, to pay the Post Office $18.09 (10 days or $2 a week); Andrew Kerreweer, gardener, Trafford Street, to pay Park Davis Trading Company, Ltd $65.30 (35 days or $1 a week); William John Kersten, mechanic. Woodgrove Avenue, to pay Charles Begg and Company. Ltd $16.37 (10 days or $1 a week). Ben Kingi. plasterer. Logie Place, to pay Jim Harris, Ltd $18.28 (10 days or $1 a week); Desmond Lewis Brown, glass worker, c/o People’s Palace, Manchester Street, to pay the Christchurch City Council $BO • six weeks or $3 a week); Robert Buckley, driver, Ferry Road, to pay Maurice Kain, Ltd $309.55 (three months or $4 a week).

A. Burton, labourer, Daniels Road, to pay Northcote Foodi market, Ltd $23.01 (14 days or $1 a week); Harry William Butcher, leather boarder. Fenchurch Street, to pay Scargill Stores $49.71 (four weeks or $2 a week); K. Butler, workman, Salisbury Street, to pay Guthrie Bowron and Company. Ltd $25.63 (15 days or $1 a week).

P. H. Carey, Carisbrooke Street, to pay J. R. and L. M. Kissack $24.81 (14 days or $1 a week); Janies Charles Doyle, painter, Portsmouth Street, to pay Colour Service, Ltd $82.92 (45 days or $2 a week): W. J. Duffell, labourer, Clearbrook Street, to pay Bateman Television, Ltd $38.75 (21 days or $2 a week). , Ben F. Freeman, labourer, Dunns Avenue, Pines Beach, to pay the estate of Makareta Te Uruti Jacobs $224.50 (three months to $3 a week); B. O'Shaughnessy, married woman, Wainoni Road, to pay the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative

■ Association of Canterbury, Ltd ; $178.82 (three months or $1.50 i a week); T. H. Oaklev, clerk, t Watts Road, to pay Caltex Oil r (N.Z.), Ltd, $120.81 (65 days or . $2 a week). Russell Wilfred Nolan, farm I worker, Lambeth Crescent, to pay Noel Douglas James $335.57 t (three months or $2 a week); • T. S. Mcllrick, driver, C/o Mus- , grove and Company, Ltd, Peer ) Street, to pay W. E. Hancock i $35 (20 days or $2 a week); B. J. Murrell, labourer, Warbi lington Street, to pav John Burns and Company, Ltd $97.38 (50 days or $1 a week). Maurice Alfred Edward Tomlinson, storeman, Staveley Street, to pay Charles Begg anil Company, Ltd, $25.88 (15 days or $1 a week); Garry W. Vercoe, truck driver, Woodchester Street, to pay T. J. and C. M. Lane, Ltd, $55.25 (30 days or $2 a week); Joyce Noeline Walker, widow, Bamford Street, to pay

Barrie C. Purves and Company, Ltd, $25.50 (15 days or $1 a week). James Little White, labourer, Olllviers Road, to pay Ballins Industries, Ltd, $38.62 (21 days or $1 a week); J. C. Wiliams, spray painter, Leo Street, to pay John Burns and Company, Ltd, $19.24 (11 days or $1 a week); E. T. Wilson, workman, Gibbon Street, to pay Wairewa Motors, Ltd, $109.91 (eight weeks or $2 a week). J. C. Wilson, trading as Staveley Fish Supply, Staveley Street, to pay New Zealand Refrigerating Company, Ltd, $19.50 (11 days or $1 a week); Edward Ralph Wood, crane drive, Upham Street, to pay Century Homes, Ltd, $342.70 (three months or $3 a week); W. S. Wright, process worker, Milton Street, to pay Mussons General Store, Ltd. $15.26 /nine days or $1 a week). Ngaire Martha Starr, married. Cuthbert Road, to pay

11 Brockett, Cameron and O’Reilly >j $4l (24 days or $1 a week); , (Nicholas Bernard Steyn, free 11 lance artist, Hereford Street, to ’ pay the Post Office $38.52 (21 [days or $1 a week); C. L. Sutton, i i worker, Keppel Street, to pay > Riccarton Auto Electric Centre I $56.10 (30 days or $2 a week). Ngahina R. Taylor, railway ■ employee, Cranford Street, to ■ pay P. J. Midgley $66.95 (35 : days or $2 a week); Brian William Thomas, labourer, Condell ■ Avenue, to pay Charles Begg i and Company, Ltd, $118.67 (60 I days or $2 a week); J. Shepherd, workman, Flay Crescent, to pay the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury. Ltd, $64.87 (35 days or $2 a week). D. Seaward, labourer, Locksley Avenue, to pay Batemans Television, Ltd, $62.75 (35 days or $2 a week); G. D. Seaward, carpenter, Locksley Avenue, to pay Wooff and Salvesen, Ltd, $37.53 (21 days or $1 a week); A. Rerlti, Thornton Street, to pay D. Salisbury $135.77 (nine weeks or $2 a week). V. Rattray, workman, Grosvenor Street, to pay Christopher Bede Studios, Ltd, $40.33 (23 days or $1 a week); A. Pyewell, workman, Sherborne Street, to pay F. Lewis and Sons, Ltd, $14.14 (nine days or $1 a week); T. H. Poulsen, married woman, Hoani Street, to pay J. L. Wood $53 (30 days or 50c a week), and to pay G. Kennedy $43.50 (25 days or 50c a week. R. G. Perram, labourer, Camellia Place, to pay Springs Ellesmere Veterinary Club $15.75 (nine days or $1 a week); A. S. Ahrnfeldt. trading as Steam and Oil Firing Equipment, Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi, to pay W. H. Price and Son, Ltd, $322.30 (three months or $4 a week); Allan D. Ashwell, metal dealer, Britannia Street, to pay New Zealand Newspapers, Ltd, $35.49 (20 days or $2 a week). R. M. Bailey, coffee lounge proprietor. Palm Grove Coffee Lounge, to pay J. L. Anderson $417 (three months or $4 a week); I. C. Bauchop, married woman. Grosvenor Street, to pay Calder Mackay Company, Ltd, $14.32 (eight days or $1 a week); S. Blackburn, worker, island Road. Clarkville, to pay G. E. Humphries $36.36 (20 days or $1 a week). Alan Vivian Boal, tractor driver. Lambeth Crescent, to pay Daileys Fruit Grain and Produce, Ltd, $14.10 (eight days or $1 a week): D. J. Bowie. Gloucester Street, to pay Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Ltd, $86.50 (45 days or $2 a week); Douglas Bruce Bradley, security officer, Uxbridge Street, to pay Blackwell Motors, Ltd, $132.10 (three months or $3 a week). Ramon Frederick Knighton, labourer, Momorangi Crescent, to pay Midway Service Station $8.70 (five days or $1 a week); Thomas Dawson. Kokiri, labourer, Morley Street, to pay Batemans Television, Ltd, $35.75 (20 days or $2 a week); L. W. Landery, Murray Place, to pay Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Ltd, $40.87 (48 days or $2 a week). Robert Eric Lee, workman, Arawa Street, to pay John Lee I $279.59 ( three months or $2 a I week'; C. C. L. Lili, married [woman, Two Chain Road, Rol|leston, to pay Andersons Motordrome (Riccarton Road), Ltd, $25.55 <l5 days or 50c a week);! A. L. Manson, farmer. Greenpark. to pay B. J. Abley $37.56 <2O days or $2 a week).