MAGISTRATE’S COURT Young woman admits $600 sale of cannabis

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32587, 22 April 1971, Page 15

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Young woman admits $600 sale of cannabis

Most of 20oz of cannabis sent to the defendant through the post from Penang,’ Malaysia, by a friend living there had been sold to other friends for S6OO, Mr E. S. J. Crutchley, S.M., was told in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Before him was Jennifer Carol Aitken, aged 21, a student teacher (Mr B. McClelland), who pleaded guilty to a charge of selling cannabis

to persons unknown on or about April 3. She also pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing cannabis on April 7 and guilty to a charge of possessing a pipe for smoking cannabis on the same date. On all charges she was convicted and remanded on bail to April 29 for sentence. Sergeant O. A. Hume said that a police drug squad searched a house in Sherborne Street on April 7. Thq defendant had been living there and was present at the time of the search. A pipe was found and the defendant admitted that this was used for smoking cannabis. She then showed the police 12.15 grams of cannabis hidden in

the back of a radio in the living-room. The defendant told the police that a friend who had gone to Penang six months previously had written to her in February saying that he was short of money and would send her cannabis to sell for him. She said she heard no more until she received a telegram saying that the cannabis had been posted. Twenty ounces of the drug arrived and she sold most of. it to persons she knew would be interested. She received $6OO, and sent $5OO to her friend by a bank draft. The other $lOO she kept to cover expenses, Sergeant Hume said.

The defendant, whose parents live in Auckland, told the police that she had not wanted to become involved, but could think of nothing Use to do with the cannabis when it arrived but sell it She had been most co-opera-tive with the police. Sergeant Hume said.

FORGERY Peter K&imoana, aged 32, a carpenter (Mr J. G. Atkinson), was convicted and remanded on bail to April 28 for sentence on three charges of forging Post Office Savings Bank withdrawal slips and two charges of causing persons to act on them as genuine.

Sergeant Hume said that on April 2 a house in Christchurch was broken into and a driver's licence and a Post Office Savings Bank account book stolen. On April 5 Kaimoana drew S3O from the account at Kaikoura. The following day he drew *SO at Greymouth and on April 7 he was arrested at Hokitika while attempting to cash another slip for *SO. Restitution of *BO was asked for. ASSAULT

Gary Michael Bromley, aged 28, a machinist (Mr M. J. Glue), was convicted and remanded on ball to April 28 for sentence when he pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting Roy Mervyn Sandford. The Magistrate ordered that Bromley be medically examined to decide his fitness for the Periodic Detention Centre.

Sergeant Hume said that the assault occurred on February 19 and resulted from a disagreement between the defendant and a work-mate about the purchase of lunch. Bromley struck the complainant three times.

DISORDERLY “If you like to get yourself silly with drink you can’t expect to get suppression of your name,’’ the Magistrate said when convicting a young woman on a charge of behaving in a disorderly manner in the foyer of the Gladstone Hotel on April 15. She was Shona Joy Cossar, aged 18, a dry-cleaner’s assistant (Mr M J. Glue). Cossar pleaded guilty and was fined *2O. Sergeant Hume said that Cossar entered the foyer of the hotel at 10.15 p.m. and asked a barman If she could use the toilet She then returned to the foyer and was asked to leave the hotel. She refused, and the police were called. Cossar grabbed a barmans bow-tie and threw it outside. She began yelling and screaming and was restrained by three barmen. When the police arrived she attacked one of the constables. RESISTED ARREST

Rex Wayne Ash, aged 19, a builder’s labourer (Mr E. T. Turbott), was fined *3O for resisting arrest and *2O for wilful trespass. He pleaded not guilty to both charges. Senior-Sergeant W. J. Prentice said that the offences were committed on March 27. The defendant was asked to leave a party, but refused, and broke a pane of glass in the front door of the property. When Ash was arrested he became violent. Mr TUrbptt said that Ash was arrested with his trousers round his ankles and his struggling was not an intentional act to delay an officer carrying out his duty. He could not remember very much about the incident, as he was intoxicated. The Magistrate said that Ash was on probation and had been to Borstal. He had had too much to drink at the party and been told to leave, and had come back to get cigarettes which were not his. The Magistrate said of the charge of resisting arrest that the defendant had refused to come out of a toilet and faced the police with his fists . NAME SUPPRESSED A young woman, whose name was suppressed, was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence within one year if called upon when she pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing *43 on March 4. She was ordered to make full restitution. Sergeant Hume said that the defendant took the money from a friend’s handbag while the friend was visiting her. She said she saw her friend counting the money while they were shopping together that day. She took It to pay two outstanding accounts. In asking for suppression of her name, the defendant said that her husband often thrashed her and she was frightened of what he would do if he found out she had been before the Court. She was also concerned for her children.

OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR , Garry Benjamin Taylor, aged 35, an unemployed cleaner, was convicted and fined S2O when he pleaded guilty to a charge of offensive behaviour in Norwich Quay. Lyttelton, on April 20. Sergeant Hume said that Taylor urinated in the gutter outside a dairy, which was open. The area was well lit and men and women were about.

OBSTRUCTED FOOTPATH Raymond Vernon Williamson, aged 19, an unemployed workman, was fined 525 for obstructing the footpath in Cathedral Square on April 21. He pleaded guilty. Senior-Sergeant W. J. Prentice said that a large group of youths congregated outside the Post Office at 12.10 p.m., blocking the footpath. The defendant refused

to move, saying he would do so when he was ready. Williamson told the Magistrate that he had gone to see his girlfriend and was ■ not obstructing anyone; CHARGES DISMISSED ‘There is a very sharp conflict of evidence,” the Magistrate said when he dismissed, without prejudice, charges of assault'and insulting language brought against Michael Anthony Brown, aged 22, a musician (Mr S. R. Mating). Constable Quinton Ewan Taylor said that he saw the defendant riding along ' Springfield Road Without a light on his bicycle. He told the defendant to stop and caught him, by an elbow. A scuffle ensued and the offences were committed. The defendant said that the constable stepped out from behind a car and pulled him from his bicycle by his hair. He raised his voice, but did not use Insulting language. DEPORTATION On a charge of remaining in New Zealand beyond the period of an entry permit, i Chlnaiya, aged 29. a factory worker, was convicted and released on ball ! pending his deportation. He pleaded guilty. Mr J. L. Woodward, who appeared, for the Immigration Department, said that Chinaiya came to New Zealand from Fiji on a temporary permit which had expired. He gave himself up. OBSTRUCTED POLICE 1 Andrew Hannah, aged 44, a shed hand, was convicted and , fined W5 when he pleaded guilty 'to a charge of wilfully obstructing Constable Robert Keith Mili lard oh April 21. i Sergeant Hume said that Hannah was a passenger in a car 1 stopped by the police to Fite- ' gerald Avenue at 1.15 a.m. The i driver of the car was being spo i ken to about a breath test when 1 Hannah persisted in interrupting 1 and trying to drown the voice of the constable.

! OBSCENE LANGUAGE . “The language could hardly I have been worse,” the Magistrate told Charles Thomas Wes- > ley, aged 21, a fisherman, when > Wesley pleaded guilty to a charge ;of obscene language in the Lyt- ’ telton-Chrlstchurch train on April . 20. Wesley was fined $3O. t Sergeant Hume said that Wes. . ley tried to push passengers oft ‘ their seats in the train and when ! told to stop used obscene lan- . guage. Wesley told the Court he had been drinking too .much. I PROBATION > Walter Watson, also known as : Walter Wilson, aged 3s. an oyster opener was admitted to pro- ’ bation for a year when he ap- [ peared for sentence on a charge lof unlawfully taking a car. on April 6. He had previously plea- ' ded guilty. OTHER CHARGES In other prosecutions brought by the police, convictions were entered and penalties imposed as follows, with court costs of $5 ion each charge: • Failed to give way to right: 1 Ronald William Butcher, $2O; 1 Ernest Omella Braithwaite, $3O. : Careless use: Terrence Percy Cliff. $2O, disqualified for three ■ months and ordered to attend ' traffic lectures. Falsely represtend to police that he was entitled to be supplied with liquor: Maurice Raymond Leonard. $2O (procured . liquor after hours, $10; found tn private bar, costs). , Dog rushed at person: Betty > Irene Coker, court costs on two I charges and ordered to keep the . dog under control and to pay . expenses to the complainant of 1 Supplied Uquor when not authorised to do so: Gregory James I Healey, $25 (made false entry ,in register. $25). i Drove in manner which might i have been dangerous: Murray i Lewis Waghorn. $5O, disqualified i for one year and ordered to at- . tend traffic lectures. r Overtook In no-overtaking area: I Keith William Rowe. $l5. I (Before Mr W. F. Brown S.M.) DETENTION : Edward John Harrison, aged 21, a metal polisher (Mr J. M. , Wilson), was sentenced to perio- ! die detention for seven months and placed on probation for 19 months when he appeared on two charges of burglar}’ and , charges of unlawfully taking a I ear and breach of probation. He ‘ was disqualified from driving for one year. "You have eome very very > close to going to prison for a - substantial period, the Magls- > trate said. PROBATION ’ “It she comes before the

Court again there will be no alternative to a long term of Impriionment,” the Magistrate said when placing Linda Judith Benton, aged 21, unemployed (Miss J. M. Manson), on probation for two years.

Benton was appearing for sentence on five charges of obtaining credit by fraud. She had previously pleaded guilty and been convicted. The Magistrate said It was with considerable hesitation that he did not Impose a prison sentence. The defendant was ordered to undertake psychiatric treat, ment as directed by the probation officer and to make restitution of *56.25.

REMANDED Robert Douglas Simpson, aged 22, a drainlayer (Mr M. J. Glue), and Kevin Francis Slater, aged 18, were remanded on ball to April 28 for sentence on a charge of having an excessive blood-alcohol concentration while driving. Both were convicted on their pleas of guilty. TRAFFIC OFFENCES In other Ministry of Transport prosecutions, convictions were entered and fines imposed as follows, with costs of *5 -In each case: Excessive blood-alcohol con tent: Charles Geoffrey Waters, *2OO, disqualified from driving for one year (careless use, *25, disqualified for three months, disqualifications to be concur rent); Trevor Wayne McCuoid, *6O, disqualified for nine months 'failed to yield right of way, *ls, disqualified for three months, concurrent); Alan David Little, *2OO, disqualified for 18 months: Brian William Gilbert, *75, disqualified for one year (failed to comply with traffic lights, *lO disqualified for three months, concurrent, ordered to attend traffic lectures); Geoffrey Ronald

Baldwin, *175, disqualified for 18 months; Christopher Cleave, *65, disqualified for six months ano ordered to attend traffic lee lures; John Grefstad, $2OO, dis qualified for 18 months; Chris topher John Dawson, $75, disqualified for six months; Patrick Joseph McSharry, *175, disquall lied for 18 months (careless use, *25, disqualified for six months, concurrent); Paul Edgington, *lOO, disqualified ' for nine months; Leonard Francis Harrington, $l5O, disqualified for one year (careless use, $25, disqualified for six months, concurrent); Arthur John Dalzell, $225, disqualified for two years six months (careless use, $25); Wayne John Prlsk, $2OO, disqualified for three years and ordered to attend traffic lectures. Exceeded 55 miles an hour: Lewis Noel Austin, $lO. Exceeded 40 miles an hour: Richard Cranlelgh Morrish, $2O; Margaret Rachel Corbett, $10; Stephen Jeffrey Creighton, $3O; Clifford Auburn Crowe, $8; Te Rahui Harata Denny, *l2; Rex Sholto Douglas, $l4. Exceeded 40 miles an hour in heavy motor-vehicle: Andrew Hugh McDougall, *B. Exceeded 40 miles an hour with trailer: Ronald William McPhail, $6; Gerardus Van Haandel, $8; Gary Colin Ayers, $lO. Exceeded 30 miles an hour: John Neville Abbot, $10; Robert Desmond Anderson. $25; Peter John Brown, $l5; Mary Winifred Candlish. $l2: Maurice John Hale, *10; Garry Frank John Harris, $2O; Patricia O’Connor Hart, $l4; Ronald Harvey Kellam, $10; John Sutherland Kelly, $10; Bruce Bertie Milne. $10; Stanley Edward Mlsh-Wells, $l2; Graeme John Muggeridge, $10; Paul William O’Connor, $3O; Charles Allen Phipps, $l2; Sasa Tevata. *10; Arthur Edward Betts, $2O; Selwyn Frank Clement, $25; David Harold Costigan, $10; Gordon Foster, $l5; Shona Elizabeth Good. $10; Norma Lorraine Hall, $l4; Wayne Allan Hardcastle, *l2; Jack Raymond Harman, $l5; Keith Wesley Jenkin. $l2; Norman Barry Johnstone, $25; Ronald Ernest Legg, *10; Brian Clifford Malzard, *10; Grace Julia Oliver, $10; Dennis Gordon Phillips, *l2; Barry Thomas, *l5; Grant Lester Thompson, $8; Warren Wayne Thompson, $10; Barry John Whear. $25; Bruce Norman Windleburn, *3O; Anthony John Yates, *2O; Bevan William Boyle. *10; Graham Kendall Bryce, *10; David Joseph Hannah. *10; Murray Barker. *10; David Allan Barlass, $23; Tim Barns-Graham, *10; Bruce McLaughlan, *25: Graeme Reginald Church. $23: David Martin John Clark, *l2; Carol Mary Crawford, *l2; John Bernard Crequer, *l2; Donald Charles Emmes. *25; Robert James Forrester. *25; Lyal Brent Freeman, $10: George Alexander Graham, *23; Barry Raymond Hunt, *l2; Rossmore Irving. *10; Sharon Gale Johnstone, *10; Betty Amy Knight. *10; Theodorous Johannes Loman, *6; Tony Brent Miller, *10; Charles Powell. *25; Kath erine May Richards. $25; Margaret Ellen Smith *25; Brian James Welsh, $10; Lawrence Walsh. $10; Maurice Frederick White, $l2; Ronald Frederick Williams, *10; Bernard Francis Basan, *l5; David Gerald Brown, *8; Kenneth Noel Donaldson. *10; Bruce Allen Hancox, *10; David Bruce Kettle, *l2; Brian Frederick McNicholl, *l5; Hamilton ■ Eden J. Moanaroa, $10; Dlleep Naik, *25; Desmond Bruce Smiths, *l3; Allan Ross Tomlinson, *2O; Paul Anthony Tucker. *8; Brian Eric White, *l2; Caroll* ■ Anne Williams. *lO. i Failed to stop at stop sign: Julie Ann Creedy, *10; Reginald James Ford, *10: John Hakarala. *10; Graham Robert Payne, *10: Stuart James Lawson. *2O; David John Archbold, *l5. „ ,*<» comply with traffic llKhts: Rita Colleen Flsken, *25. : Overtook at no-passing lines: Glen Samuel Richards. *25. ‘ to keep lett: Douglas Allen Kerr, *lO. Insemire loading: Warren David Kerr, *25. 3O miles an hour without safety helmet: John JS ckTO I!» W: Thomas Paul Keenanan. $2O.