Magistrate’s Court MAIN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL ON CANNABIS CHARGE

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32563, 24 March 1971, Page 23

Magistrate’s Court MAIN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL ON CANNABIS CHARGE

A plastic bag containing almost 250 z of hashish, which a detective said he found buried in a back garden, was produced in evidence when Robert Kenyon Goode, aged 22, a photographer (Mr C. A. McVeigh), appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Mt R. W. Gormack and Mr C. H. Clemens, Justices of the Peace, on a charge of possessing cannabis. Goode pleaded not guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. Detective Senior-Sergeant Barry lan Stanley Kimber said that on February 18 he searched a house at 60 Brisbane Street occupied by Goode. In the back garden he scraped aside the topsoil of a freshly dug patch of ground, exposing the top of a plastic bag. Goode came outside and before the witness could question him said: “What is that? Did you put it there? I have never seen it before.”

The plastic bag contained 25 envelopes, themselves wrapped in smaller plastic bags, in which were large pieces of hashish. Arthur Gordon John Wilkins, a detective in the fingerprint and photographic section at police headquarters in Wellington, said that when he examined the envelopes and plastic bags he found two thumbprints which he had no hesitation in saying were identical with those on Goode’s fingerprint sheet. The dark-brown substance found in the bags was hashish, resin of cannabis, said Peter Hentschel, a scientist with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. The envelopes contained 24.940 z.

Detective Sergeant Trevor Owen Tozer, in charge of the Christchurch drug squad, said it was common practice for persons supplying drugs of that nature to pack them in about joz packets, which normally sold illicitly for $25 to $3O each. THREE CHARGES Michael Joseph Pullin, aged 29, a driver (Mr A. K. Grant), was committed to the Supreme Court for trial after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent assault and two charges of sodomy on boys under 11 years. He was remanded in custody. (Before Mr W. F. Brown, S.M.) ASSAULT A girl who became involved in an argument with another girl over the return of clothing pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and was remanded to March 31 on bail for sentence. She was Heather Marie Pullan, aged 17, a waitress. Sergeant R. S. Morgan said that Pullan called at the Ches* ter Street flat of the complainant, Margaret Gay Mora, about 2.15 pan. on February 13. She asked the complainant to return to her some clothing she had in her possession. This was re* fused on the ground that the de* fendant had some of the complainant’s clothing. A fight then developed in which both girls fell to the kitchen floor. Fullan kicked the complainant on the legs and in the stomach while she was on the floor.

Pullan told the police that she got wild when she knew she was not going to get her cloth* ing back.

CHANGE OF PLEA Dave Ruke, aged 20, a panelbeater (Mr P. N. Duncan), was again remanded on bail to April 14, when he appeared for sentence on charges of obstructing the footpath in Worcester Street and escaping from custody.

He had previously pleaded guilty and been convicted on both charges, but was granted a rehearing of both. The convictions were vacated by the Magistrate and Ruke entered pleas of not guilty.

DETENTION “Having regard to the number of offences and your failure io attend for periodic detention, the Court has no alternative but to impose some period of detention,” the Magistrate said when sentencing Grant Douglas McLeod, aged 18, unemployed, to detention at the Waikeria Detention Centre.

McLeod appeared for sentence on six charges of false pretences and charges of attempted false pretences, failing to report while on periodic detention and theft of a suit worth $7O. OBSTRUCTED CONSTABLE Rex Martin, aged 20, an apprentice panel-beater, was fined $75 and placed on probation for one year when he was sentenced on a charge of wilfully obstructing a constable on March 12. He had previously pleaded guilty. The Magistrate said that the Court took a very serious view of such offences.

THEFT OF GLASSWARE This theft was a miserable one committed when you were In a position of trust ... It Is only because you are a first offender and because of other matters mentioned in the probation officer’s report that you escape detention,” the Magistrate said when fining Hunter Craig Nicholson $6O on a charge of theft of glassware worth $34.19 from Crown Crystal Glass, Ltd, on March 12. Nicholson, aged 18, a storeman (Mr B. S. McLaughlin), had previously pleaded guilty and been convicted.

William Allan Walker, aged 19, a driver (Mr P. G. Benseman), was fined $lOO and placed on probation for 18 months when he was sentenced on the charge of stealing goods worth $34.19 from Crown Crystal Glass, Ltd. He had previously pleaded guilty and been convicted.

ASSAULTED CONSTABLE Thomas John Rlki. aged 20, unemployed, was sentenced to training at the Waikeria Detention Centre when he appeared on a charge of assaulting Constable Paul Francis Kane on March 12. He had previously pleaded guilty. The offence arose from a disturbance outside the Clarendon Hotel about 10.15 p.m. in which two other persons were arrested. THEFT OF TROUSERS Catherine Knapman, aged 19, a cafeteria assistant, was remanded until March 29 for sentence when she pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of a pair of women's trousers valued at $l9 from Fiesta Young Fashions on February 15. Sergeant Morgan said that Knapman went into a cubicle with two trouser suits and came out with only one. She offered to buy only the jacket and, when questioned, ran from the shop. The trousers were found at the bottom of her shopping bag. When questioned by the police, Knapman gave a false name. THEFT FROM FLAT Judith Ann Shaw, aged 19, a factory hand (Miss J. M. Manson), was placed on probation for one year when she appeared for sentence on a charge of stealing two mattresses, a bookcase and an iron worth $42 from a flat owned by Mona Bernadette Rodgerson on January 21. Shaw had previously pleaded guilty and been convicted. Miss Manson said that Shaw had to move to an unfurnished flat in a hurry and committed the offence almost out of necessity. OBSCENE EXPOSURE William Robert Woodcock, aged 61, a retired clerk (Mr D. H. Stringer), pleaded guilty to charges of obscene exposure and using obscene language. He was convicted and remanded on bail to March 31 for sentence. REMANDED Thomas Argyle Mills, aged 21, a labourer (Mr G. R. Lascelles), was again remanded in custody, to March 26, for sentence when he appeared on a charge of burglary. He had previously pleaded guilty and been convicted.

MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES In miscellaneous police prosecutions convictions were entered and fines imposed as follows, with costs of $5 in each case: Crossed against traffic lights: Raymond Douglas Henderson, $3O, disqualified for three months and ordered to attend three traffic lectures. Failed to give way to the right: David Forbes Thompson, $3O, disqualified for three months from April 7. . . Failed to stop after accident: Terrence Eric Tomlinson, $25, disqualified for six months and ordered to attend three traffic lectures (careless use, $l5). Drove carelessly: Charles William Milligan, $25. (Before Mr P. L. Molineaux, S.M.) OBSCENE EXPOSURE A man, whose name was suppressed, was convicted and fined $lOO on a charge of obscene exposure. He was represented by Mr A. P. C. Tipping. THEFT Frederick James Raymond, aged 51, a photographic operator (Mr G. T. Mahon), was fined $25 when he was convicted on a charge of stealing tea and fruit drink worth 58c from a suburban wholesale grocery in January. Raymond pleaded not guilty. (Before Mr E. S. J. Crutchley, S.M.)

DECISION RESERVED Ronald Fraser Stead, a farmer (Mr B. McClelland), pleaded not guilty to a charge of leaving sheep carcases where they were accessible to dogs at Amberley on September 18. Decision was reserved. Peter Jacob van ‘T Wout, a livestock Inspector, said that he saw a heap of 10 sheep carcases in a comer of the defendant’s property. They were “pretty smelly.’’ There were dogs on neighbouring properties that

could have got through to the defendant’s property without difficulty. The witness said that when he saw the defendant, the latter said that he had two offal pits which he used mostly during the fire-restriction season. He understood that if he poured dieseltne over the carcases they would be all right. Mr McClelland said that a previous hydatids officer had told the , defendant that dieseline would keep dogs away. It was the practice in Canterbury to get lambs in a pile and then bury them-at the end of the lambing season. . The defendant said In evidence that he had 1800 Cw.es on his property and between 20 and 40 died each year. None of those in the pUe had been there longer than three weeks. Dogs Would not be interested In the carcases dosed in dieseline if the dogs were well fed. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES In miscellaneous prosecutions brought by Government departments, convictions and fines were entered aS follows, with court costs of $5 in each case:— Excessive alcohol concentration: Gordon Rex Orr, $l5O, disqualified for one year from March 30. Exceeded 30 miles an hour tn road tunnel: Patrick Graham Achilles, $lO. Offered lousy sheep for sale: Jdhn Fitzsimmons; $lO. Exceeded 50 miles an hour: M. Bugg, $lO, disqualified for six weeks. Exceeded 45 miles an hour: P. J. Dldham, $lO (no safety helmet, $3: no tail-light, $2). Drove too close to another vehicle: W. Reynish, $l5. Failed to clear noxious weeds: Clifford Mannings, $5; William Henry Willis. $10; Martin Joseph Whittaker, $10; Robert Freeman Murray, $2O; Crimond (Blenheim), Ltd, $2(l. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES The following orders were made on judgment summonses:— Wayne Barrett, workman. Wildberry Street, to pay D. A. O’Brien, trading as Monk and Peryer, $58.60, in default 32 days imprisonment, warrant suspended while $5 a week is paid; H. D. Brawley, workman, Grimseys Road, to pay Robert Turner, Ltd, $49 (28 days or $2 a week); O. Cessford, workman, Curletts Road, to pay Mayfield Stores, Ltd, trading as European Hotel, Dunedin, $3B (21 days or $2 a week) F. L. Ching, worker, Greenhaven Drive, to pay G. E. Humphreys $113.35 (61 days or $2 a week); Doris Margaret Craven, married, Cashel Street, to pay E. J. Wood $192.25 (90 days or $2 a week); Cyril Robert Cron, workman, Burwood Road, to pay the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association of Canterbury, Ltd, $10.95 (six days or $2 a week). G. G. Culliford, labourer, Gebbies Pass Road, to pay Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd, $66.41 (36 days or $2 a week); L. W. H. Giles, labourer, Bridge Street, to pay Alton Builders, Ltd. $85.70 (35 days or $1 a week); Anthony Richard Green, driver, Heathcote Street, to pay Macfarlane- Son and Partners $180.50 (90 days or $2 a week). Gerard Haverland, traveller, Harakeke Street, to pay the Commissioner of Inland Revenue $512.33 (90 days or $3 a week); Stanley Frank Hullah, Oxford Street, Lyttelton, .to pay M.E.D. $94.87 (50 days dr $2 a week); George Jonathan, workman, Halswell Road, to pay the Post Office $35.73 (20 days or $2 a week). T. Jongejans, workman, Keyes Road, to pay Mutual Rental Cars,, Ltd, $17.52 (10 days or $2 a week); W. Kersten, mechanic, Woodgrove Avenue, to pay Moody’s Hire Service, Ltd, $19.50 (12 days or $2 a week); John Kururangi, Wingate Street, to pay Warren Auto Electrical, Ltd, $24.90 (14 days or $2 a week). T. Mason, labourer, Yarmouth Street, to pay Alpine Sawmills, Ltd, $17.76 (10 days or $2 a week); M. J. P. Mullaly, workman, Willocks Street, Kalapol, to pay P. Stokes, Ltd, $30.75 (17 days or $2 a week); C. G. OwenJones, charge hand, Angus Street, to pay Tyre Sales and Services, Ltd, $4l (24 days or $2 a week). William Allan Palmer, carpet layer, Santa Rosa Avenue, to pay the Commissioner of Inland Revenue $67.31 (37 days or $2 a week); H. Puha, driver, Rowley Avenue, to pay Radley Auto Services, Ltd, $71.25 (39 days or $2 a week); P. G. Sinclair, driver, Guildford Street, to pay Robert Francis, Ltd, $5O (28 days or $2 a week). William Leonard Stevens, salesman, Office Road, to pay John David Mills, trading as Speedwell Garage, $152.65 (80 days or $2 a week); R. Tawhai, worker, Warblington Street, to pay Blake Bros, Ltd, $17.10 (10 days or $1 a . week), and to pay Asso-

dated Concrete, Ltd, $35 (20 days or sl'a week).

Peter Ward, labourer, Cutts Road, to pay the Christchurch Press Company, Ltd, $13.97 (eight days or $2 a week); Thomas George Watts, labourer, Woodham Road, to pay Steel Brothers Towing Division $l9 (11 days or $1 a week); Ernest Cedric Wipiti, labourer, Todd Avenue, to pay Williams Motor Electrics, Ltd, $62-25 (35 days or $2 a week).