MAGISTRATE’S COURT Man Fined $20 For Upsetting Dustbins

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32233, 27 February 1970, Page 16

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Man Fined $20 For Upsetting Dustbins

Graham George Roderick, I aged 27, unemployed, was fined $2O when he appeared before Mr H. J. Evans, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a charge of behaving in a disorderly manner in Oram Avenue on February 2d. He pleaded guilty Sergeant V. F. Townshend said that shortly after 11 p.m. on Wednesday the police went to Oram Avenue, New Brighton, after a complaint had been received that a man was upsetting dustbins which had been left out for collection the following morning. An occupant of one of the houses had seen Roderick tipping the contents of a rubbish tin into the gutter. About 20 yards up the road two other rubbish tins had been emptied into the gutter. When interviewed by the police Roderick denied upsetting the tins and was arrested after he refused to clean up the litter, said Sergeant Townshend. In reply to a question from the Magistrate, Sergeant Townshend said that the householders had to clean up the mess. Asked why he was out of work Roderick said that he was waiting to get a job in Invercargill. FINED SSU John Dereek McLenaghen. aged 20. a farmer, was lined $BO, ordered to pay a medical fee of $10.50 and his driver s licence was cancelled for 15 months on a charge of driving with more than 100 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. He pleaded guilty Sergeant Townshend said that at 7.50 p.m. on January 17 a car driven by McLenaghen struck a car stopped wailing to make a right turn in Royd- | vale Avenue into the Russley Hotel. He said that he saw i the car but could not stop in time. He was found io have 185 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. Mr B. McClelland, for the defendant, said that the offence occurred on the day of the Lady Wigram Trophy Race. McLenaghen left the Russley Hotel after drinking about two jugs of beer. No-one was hurt in the accident and it was McLenaghen who telephoned a traffic officer. He farmed with his brother in South Canterbury. DISCHARGED Francis John Simmonds, aged 20, a factory worker, was discharged without conviction under section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act on a charge of failing to clean up glass in Victoria Street. Simmonds. i who pleaded guilty. was 1 ordered to pay $lO towards the i cost of prosecution.

Sergeant Townshend said that about 11.35 p.m. on Febru ary 18, Simmonds inadvertently smashed a large window in a business premises in Victoria Street. Simmonds, who was

intoxicatea, nad been exchang | ing friendly blows with a friend ! who was standing by the window. When he saw he had smashed the window he ran off. Glass was spread over a wide area on the footpath. Simmonds said to the police: "1 did not mean to break Lhe window, and! when I saw it was broken 1' ran away because 1 didn’t want to gel caught,'' Sergeant Townshend said. Mr G. T. Mahon, for the defendant, said that Simmonds and his friend had been shadow boxing and to his surprise and horror Simmonds smashed the window. He ran round the block and then returned to the car which was waiting outside a hamburger bar. When the constable asked who had broken the window Simmonds immediately owned up. He went to the proprietor of the shop and offered to make full res titution. Simmonds had no opportunity to clean up the glass because as soon as he admitted breaking the window he was arrested and spent some hours in a cell. Mr Mahon said. “On the facts this case widely differs from that of a person who smashes a bottle on the road and does not clean up the glass," the Magistrate said. DISQUALIFIED Christine Eleanor Atkinson, aged 17, a student, was ordered to pay costs and her driver’s licence was cancelled for three 1 months on a charge of failing to give way to the right at the corner of Hereford Street and Oxford Terrace on December 13. She originally pleaded not guilty to the charge but altered her plea to one of guilty during the hearing. Mr R. W. de Nicolo appeared for the defendant. NAME SUPPRESSED A girl whose name was suppressed, was remanded in custody of the Child Welfare Department until March 5 on a charge of escaping from the custody of the department. She pleaded guilty. Sergeant Townshend said that at 1.30 p.m. on January 1 the girl escaped from the Kingslea Centre by climbing over a fence. She and two other girls hitch-hiked to Timaru and after staying there a couple of days went to Dunedin and then to Invercargill. She was a ward of the State. CHARGE PART-HEARD George Rutene, aged 65, a labourer (Mr J. M. Wilson), was remanded on bail until today on a charge of aiding Trevor George Brockenshire to commit a burglary. He pleaded not guilty and the remand was granted to enable the defence to call further evidence. The burglary involved in the alleged offence was of the premises of the Dominion Radio and Electrical Corporation, Ltd, in Symes Road, on January 31. MISCELLANEOUS CASES In miscellaneous cases brought by the Police, fines were imposed as follows, with Court costs $5 in each case: Careless use of motor vehicle: Kieron Riddell Platt, $25 and ilicence cancelled for six months. No driver’s licence. Murray McPherson Eyles, $6 (no warsrant of fitness, $1). Person under 20 found in bar:

i Robin George Dungey, aged 17. $lO (gave false information. $10) Aided person under 20 to drink liquor in public place: Raymond Gray, a seaman, $2 (Before Mr M. C. Astley, S.M.) DISCHARGED Herbert Peter Guilford, a bus driver, was discharged under I Section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act when he appeared on a charge of careless driving. Guildford (Mr J. R. Fox), pleaded not guilty. Pauline Leonere Rudde said she was knocked to the ground by a car driven by the defend aht as it reversed along Buck ley’s Road near the intersection with Linwood Avenue. Witness, who was carrying a child as she crossed the road, suffered slight injuries. The child was not injured. In evidence, the defendant said he struck the woman as he reversed toward the Canterbury Savings Bank. When he began the manoeuvre the way was clear but after about three car lengths he heard a bump and saw, a woman’s arm reflected in’ his rear vision mirror. He was travelling very slowly. The Magistrate said that the case might have been different had the defendant been rever sing into an authorised parking area, but he was backing up where he was not expected to. The defendant, however, acted admirably in the case He was a bus driver of some years ex- , perience, and had been driving , many years CARELESS USE Allan Owen Scott Carlaw (Mr ID. M. Palmer), was fined $2 . and ordered to pay $3.25 wit nesses’ expenses for carelesf use of a motor vehicle at thi f intersection of Papanui Road • and Weston Road on October 17 ■ At 1.50 a.m. Carlow, driving a van towing a heavy trailer, struck the rear of a car sta Itionary in Papanui Road anC I’ intending to turn right mtc Weston Road. The driver of the car was taken to hospital with minor injuries. The Magistrate said the defendant wanted to throw some iblame on to the vehicle he was [driving. He simply could not -accept that. But because of ‘•the defendant’s good driving re- ‘ cord, his occupation as a driver j and the possibility of civil pro 'ceedings. he would not deal ‘(with Carlaw’s licence. 11 (Before Mr W. F Brown, S.M.? CARELESS USE A youth who drove his car t along Colombo Street on August j 17 last with his female passen r ger sitting between him and the . steering wheel, and with his i left arm around her, had some I difficulty in stopping his car be . cause he had to “untangle” » from his girl friend, the Court was told. » The youth. Edward George ' Rogers, aged 17, an engineer, jjwas convicted of careless driving and fined $2O and dis''qualified from driving for three months 5 CARELESS USE ; Thomas lan Eggleton, aged 19. i,a television production assistant. successfully conducted hi? own defence on a charge of carei less use of a power cycle on Riccarton Avenue on November 6, but was convicted and fined $l2 on a charge of exceeding 30 m.p.h., to which he pleaded i guilty.