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MAGISTRATE’S COURT Man To Stand Trial On Charge Of Threatening To Kill

A man had threatened to kill a pensioner after hitting him on the head with a heavy door chain and punching him about the body, Messrs S E. Boanas and A. J. Henderson, Justices of the Peace, were told in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Ned Rimini lhaka, aged 34, a labourer (Mr J. M. Wilson), was charged with threatening to kill, assault, and injuring with intent. After depositions were taken, he was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. On two charges of assault he was remanded to February 18 on bail. Percival Denys Mahoney, aged 64. an age beneficiary, said lhaka used to board in a house near his bach at 343 Hereford Street. Two hours after he went

to bed on January 16 the door of his bach crashed open, Mr Mahoney said. He woke and sat on the edge of his bed wondering what was happening. “Then Ned came in and hit me right in the face with his fist. From then on it was just a matter of a proper thrashing. He took to me properly, hit and hit and hit and hit.” Witness described the attack and said he lost consciousness. When he came round he went to the police station.

Under cross-examination, Mr Mahoney said he had to leave his bach last Saturday because his landlord had told him that lhaka, who had been released on bail, would be back to “put him out as quickly as possible.” lhaka and he had previously been on good terms. He had made the complaint because lhaka had hit him on January 15, the night before the assault Mr Mahoney said he had been drunk "now and then” but denied being an alcoholic. (Before Mr W. F. Brown, S.M.) ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE Dardanelles Paraniht, aged 59, a prisoner (Mr R. F. Powell), was remanded to February 18 on a charge of attempting to murder John William King, a prisoner, at Paparua Prison on January 17. No plea was taken. FIVE THEFT CHARGES lan Francis Garrick, aged 30, an extruder operator, was remanded on bail to February 11 for sentence on five charges of theft of sums amounting to 1159.83 from Butlands Industries, Ltd, by failing to account. He pleaded guilty to all charges. Senior-Sergeant F. G. Mulcare said that between September 8 and January 15, Garrick was employed by Butland Industries, Ltd, to make regular calls on 200 shops to obtain orders. In January shop proprietors complained that Garrick had not called on them for some time. Six obsolete order forms were found and it was discovered that none of the money involved in these transactions had been paid into the firm by Garrick. When seen by the police Garrick frankly admitted the offences and said that he had just built a new house and had been unable to make ends meet. CHARGES ADMITTED A youth who twice converted a car while the owner was at work told the police after the second occasion that he had intended returning it before it was found to be missing, said Sergeant V. F. Townshend. Kenneth Raymond Prior, aged 17, a workman (Mr G. R. Lascelles). pleaded guilty to two charges of unlawfully taking a car belonging to Ross Alexander Smith and one charge of burglary of a flat at 154 Worcester Street. He was convicted and remanded on bail to February 11 for sentence.

On December 17 Mr Smith told the police that the previous day he had left his car parked and locked in Wilsons Road while he went to work. When he returned he found that the car had been dented and the gearbox damaged. The speedometer showed an extra 100 miles. On January 27 a traffic officer stopped Prior driving a car which was found to belong to Mr Smith and had been taken from behind the Woolston Railway Station. Prior did not have permission to drive the car and thought he could return it before Mr Smith returned from work.

Prior knew Mr Smith and had obtained the number of the key for the car. He then bought a key from a shop and used it to unlock and start the car. On the first occasion he had had a minor collision with a truck. He claimed he knew nothing about damage to the gearbox. It was learnt that Prior and three other youths had entered a flat at 154 Worcester Street by an unlocked window. Prior had taken a ring and a bottle :»f champagne. The ring, worth $250, was sold to a dealer for $7 but was later recovered. ATTEMPTED BURGLARY Michael John Kinnaird, aged 15, a cook, was remanded on bail to February 11 for senence on a charge of attempted burglary of the shop of Eric Gray and Company, Ltd, at Kai xpoi on Tuesday. He pleaded guilty. Sergeant Townshend said that it 11.30 p.m. a Kaiapoi resident saw Kinnaird run from the 'ront door of the shop in Cra •en Street and drive off in e car. The number was taken and a ring spanner was found in he doorway. When seen by the police, Kin laird said that he had been irinking at home arid then vent to a hamburger bar for a meal fcut it was closed. On his vay home he attempted to break into the shop and set off i burglar alarm, said Sergeant Townshend.

THEFT OF MAGNETO Peter Graham Smith, aged 20, i workman, was remanded on jail to February 11 for senence on a charge of stealing i tractor magneto valued at $37, the property of Nelson John Counsell. Smith pleaded guilty. Sergeant Townshend said hat the magneto was stolen ’rom a vintage tractor at the ear of the Christchurch Air»ort, in August of last year. >n August 23, Mr Conn sell saw ■ n advertisement in a newsjaper offering a similar mag leto for sale. When he mswered the advertisement smith, who had placed the ad 'ertisement, told Mr Counsel! hat it had been given to him >y a friend and asked $5 for To the police Smith said that he magneto had been given to him by an unknown youth who had called at his home. When asked how he knew it was a magneto for the particular model of vintage tractor; Smith said he had shown it to his uncle and he had told him. The uncle had denied this, Sergeant Townshend said. FINED $75 A youth, whose name was suppressed, was fined $75 when he appeared for sentence on a charge of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl, aged 15 years and nine months, on March 7. 1969. Mr D. J. Boyle, for the accused,, said it was an isolated offence and the accused had since returned to live with his parents. The girl had had sexual intercourse with a number of other boys and there was some doubt that the accused was the father of her child which was born towards the end of last year. The Magistrate said that the accused had known that the girl was under 16 and he should have known better. He was working well and had a good report from the probation officer. SHOPLIFTING A young woman, whose name was suppressed, was remanded on bail to February 11 for sentence on charges of stealing groceries valued at 94c and 22c from the Self-Help Co-op., Ltd. She pleaded guilty to both charges. DISCHARGED

An elderly woman whose name was suppressed was discharged without conviction under section 42 of the Crim-

inal Justice Act on a charge of stealing a packet of tobacco valued at 60c, the property of the Self Help Co-op., Ltd, on November 28. She pleaded guilty and was represented by Mr L. M O’Reilly.

Sergeant Townshend said that the accused told the police that she had been talking to a person she had not seen for some time and forgot to pay for the tobacco.

Mr O’Reilly said that the accused suffered from a depressive illness and produced a medical report. She was a first offender.

PROBATION FOR ASSAULT Colin James Williams, aged 38, a telegraphist, was admitted to probation for 18 months and was ordered to take medical treatment for alcoholism as directed by the probation officer, when Williams appeared for sentence on a charge of assaulting a woman whose name was suppressed. Williams said that drink had been the cause of most of his trouble and he had sought medical treatment.

ASSAULTED WIFE A man, whose name was suppressed, was admitted to probation for one year when he appeared for sentence on a charge of assaulting his wife on January 26. Mr D. M. Palmer appeared for the accused.

The Magistrate said that the Court took ,a very serious view of assault, but was glad to bear that the marriage would continue.

OBSCENE LANGUAGE Peter Thomas Davey, aged 17, unemployed, was fined $45 on a charge of using obscene language in Cathedral Square on Tuesday. He pleaded guilty. Sergeant Townshend said that about 4.45 p.m. a constable asked a group of youths who were blocking the footpath to move along. Davey used the language when speaking to one of his friends. “Try it again, and you will be on the way to a detention centre,’’ the Magistrate said.

REMANDED Christopher Wayne Jordan, aged 17, unemployed, was further remanded on bail to February 18 for a medical examination when he appeared for sentence on a charge of being in possession of an unlawful weapon—a knife—on January 6. CHARGE DISMISSED A charge against Kevin Patrick Kearns, a salesman, of owning a Labrador-Alsatian cross dog which injured Jon Rua in Basingstoke Street on October 24 was dismissed. Kearns, who pleaded not guilty, was represented by Mr M. J. Glue. BURGLARY Colin Robert Shortcliffe, aged 45, a shearer (Mr J. M. Boyle), was convicted and remanded on bail to February 11 for sentence on a charge of burglary of Robin Smith Garage, Ltd, on November 5. Shortcliffe pleaded guilty. About $2BO in cash, cheques and petrol vouchers and other items of a total value of $467 were stolen from the garage, said Sergeant Townshend. Entry had been gained by cutting a padlock from a door. Four days later the safe was found cut open in a plantation in the Waimakariri riverbed. Shortcliffe was interviewed on January 20 and he frankly admitted the burglary. He said he had been asked to assist a friend because of the weight of the safe. He said he had been reluctant to do it, and for his efforts he received about $7O. REMANDED Three soldiers charged with

the rape of a woman on or about January 24 were remanded to March 12 for the taking of depositions. They were allowed bail, but were ordered to be kept in Army custody. They are Royal Charles Harema, aged 22 (Mr L. G. Holder), Raymond Douglas Macdonald, aged 20 (Mr-R. F. B. Perry), and Lloyd Blake West, aged 22 (Mr J. R. Milligan). CHARGE DISMISSED A charge against Patrick Gerard Stewart, aged 21, a student teacher (Mr J. M. Wilson), of wilful trespass on January 16, was dismissed. Stewart pleaded not guilty. The Magistrate said there was some doubt whether Stewart had been a trespasser in the strict sense of the law at the time he was asked to leave. MINOR IN HOTEL Person under 20 drank in hotel: Trevor Wayne Sykes, $B. (Before Mr H. J. Evans, S.M.) REMANDED Bruce Douglas Chalmers was remanded to February 12 for a probation officer’s report and sentence when he pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified and failing to stop after an accident on November 28. The Magistrate was told Chalmers drove off after colliding with the rear of another car on the New Brighton car park and when interviewed by a traffic officer became abusive about the Incident. He said that he had been provoked by another driver earlier in the day and was teaching someone else the lesson he had received. He admitted being a disqualified driver. DROVE WHILE DISQUALIFIED Guido Beullens was remanded on ball to February 12 when he pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified and exceeding 30 miles an hour on November 1. The Magistrate was told that Beullens was checked at 45 miles an hour by a microwave unit, but failed to produce his licence. He later admitted being disqualified. Also appearing on a charge of driving while disqualified. Glen Murray Herbert was fined $BO and further disqualified for one year. TRAFFIC CHARGES In Ministry of Transport prosecutions. convictions were entered and fines imposed, with $5 Court costs in each case, on the following: Exceeded heavy-traffic licence: Edward Richard Sheenan. $7: Oxford Transport (Christchurch). Ltd. $5. Exceeded temporary speed limit: Rodney Allan Green, $10: Huphfe McCosh. $lO. Failed to yield right of way when turning Brian Robert Emerson, $l2. disqualified for three months, to take effect from February 19. Failed to ston at stop sign: Leonard Gavin Kirton, $6: Roger Charles Berry, $2O; Malcolm David Kitchen. $10: John Darroch Bell, $5 (no warrant of fitness. $5): Ethel Muriel Clark snn. $2O: Robert John Havward <6 (wrong class of driver’s licence. $4); Dennis James Powell. $7): Allen Russell °earr e . $10: Brent Stanley, $l2: Rosalie Francis Suckling, $8: Kathryn Switzer $l2; Stephen Tr*»vor Tucker. $6. Drove carelesslv: Eileen Frances Brown. $l5: Trevor Patrick Kerr. $2O: Edna Florence Schrneder. $10: Henry Benfield Hamlin. $l5: Merlyn Joy Courtney. $l5: Frederick James Staples, $l5; George Frederick Smith. $7.

Unable to stop in half the distance of clear road ahead: Brian David Walsh, $l5: Hiki Takuiramita. $l5 (no driver’s licence, $lO, disqualified for three months).

Exceeded 30 miles an hour: Frank Clifford Raven, $l2: Thomas Anthony Crannitch. $lO

(exceeded 15 m.p.h. over railway crossing, $10); Brian Garry Collins, $25; John Michael Shiras, $l4; Gregory Norman Scott, $l3: Lionel Ramsay Ackerley, $10: John Christie, $lO (failed to dip lights, $10); Rex Henry Dacombe, $9; Bryce Gerard Paterson, $l2: Dudley Cecil Hartnell, $l5: Kathleen Mavis McGill, $10; Dennis Bruce Skilling, $10: Conrad Frederick Strlcke, $l2: David Thomas Taylor, $9; Richard Mark Taylor, $9; Graham George Taylor, $l6; David John Williams, $18; David Charles Raymond Morrall. $25; Stanley John Harris, $7; Graham Arthur Henley, $9; Hilary Claire Hughes, $10; Henry Mao, $6 (no L plate, $4); Susan Mavis Mercer, $11; Douglas Malcolm Muir, 111; Wayne Douglas Nicholson, $11; Helen Mary Shaw, $11; Wendy Patricia Spencer, $5: Dennis John Stanley-Joblin, $11: William Lynn Stokes. $l3; Robert Sutherland, 113; Peter Timuaki Tatnui, $lO. Failed to give way to right: Allan Bernard Anderson, 120. Front licence plate not affixed: Roger James Bainbridge, $lO. Failed to produce driver's licence: Leonard Francis Batchelor, $5: Richard Evan Howley, $5: Donald Miller, $5 (no warrant of fitness. $5): Francis Jones, $lO (no warrant of fitness, $2); Ralph Joyce, $5; Trevor Kamu, 15; Barrie Robin Woodfield, $5. Insufficient tyre tread: Lucille Grace Berryman, $8; Ngaire Ruth Sparrows, $6: Benjamin Stanley Taylor, 15 (no warrant of fitness, 15). No warrant of fitness: Daryl David James Blair, $5: Robert Bruce Carpenter, $1 (unlicensed vehicle. 14); Noel Carlton Dennison, $4; Ray. Gibbs, $5; Raymond Millard' Keys, $5; David Henderson Karst, $2; Peter Beaton Slater, $5; Mark Robert Spears, $l. Wrong class of licence: Peter Anthony Bonnington, $5 (defective silencer, $25): James Gllston Kemble Carroll, 17; Bruce Alfred McLintock, $6. Failed to keep left: Elizabeth Chambers, 115. Aided commission of crime: Peter Te Aueroa Brown, $lO. Failed to pay infringement fee: Beverly Marion Tones, 12. Failed to keep left when turning left; Barry Milton Sinclair, $lO. Unlicensed vehicle: lan Williams, $6; George James Hicks, $6. Used worn or damaged tyres: Ronald Leslie Humm, $B. Exceeded 60 miles an hour: Robert Alan Roy, $2O. No driver’s licence: Alexander Alistair Hamilton, $5. Failed to display L sign: Patrick Bryce McLaughlan, $6. Failed to supply information: Maryin Anderson, $2: Bruce William Gillespie. $2: Graham Coumbe Jacobs, $2. Cycled on footpath: Denys Fitzhardinge Jones, $2. Noisy vehicle: Robert George Leonard Dean, $25: Lindsay Karl Watts, $35, disqualified for two months. No front light on bicycle: Gregory David Martyn, $2: Neil Hugh Weallens, $4 (no rear red light, costs: failed to stop at ston sign. $3). Failed to comply with traffic tights: Ray Clifford Pullar, $5: Arthur Ronald Topp, $7; Cyril i Martin Twiss, $5. Insufficient lights: Garry lan Tavlor, $lO. Trailer not safely secured: Ravmond Ernest Welch, $5. t Failed to give way to pedestrian on crossing: Janice Muriel Wilson, $3O. MADE IN ERROR A judgment summons order In favour of Grahams Garage, Ltd, t v. A. Green, a workman, of • Stewart’s Gully, made on Tuesday in the Magistrate’s Court was made in error, as the matter was set down for • February 10.

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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32214, 5 February 1970, Page 8

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MAGISTRATE’S COURT Man To Stand Trial On Charge Of Threatening To Kill Press, Volume CX, Issue 32214, 5 February 1970, Page 8

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Man To Stand Trial On Charge Of Threatening To Kill Press, Volume CX, Issue 32214, 5 February 1970, Page 8