MAGISTRATE’S COURT Warning to drivers who commit crimes

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33002, 23 August 1972, Page 15

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Warning to drivers who commit crimes

“The Court will not hesitate to put off the road any person who uses a car to commit criminal offences,” Mr W. F. Brown, SAI., said in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. “A lot of offences committed by youths are facilitated by their mobility.” Before the Court were Brian Terrence Smith, aged 17 (Mr R. F. Powell), and Perry Thain Andrews, aged 18 (Mr A. N. Robinson), who were appearing for sentence for 12 thefts and six burglaries.

Each defendant was fined $l2O, placed on probation for three years, and disqualified from driving for two years. Both were ordered to pay restitution of $145.60. The defendants and another youth came from Auckland in a car. They committed the offences at Auckland, National Park, Lower Hutt, Blenheim. Clarence, Kaikoura, and Christchurch. They were arrested at Kaikoura on July 31. Mr Robinson said that An-

drews had been employed by JBL Fisheries and lost his job with the collapse of the company. He ran out of money and decided to come to Christchurch. Mr Powell said Mai Smith regretted his actions and intended to return home to live with his parents. He had fallen into bad company. ASSAULTS AT PARTY loane Alofavla, aged 22, a factory worker, was convicted and fined $6O on a charge of assaulting Kevin Barry Newberry-John-son on June 6. He pleaded guilty. Sergeant R. S. Morgan said that Aiofavia picked up a stone from the street and threw it at the complainant when he refused him entry to a party. The stone struck the complainant on the head and caused a cut which needed eight stitches. Namell Luciano, aged 25, a motor assembler pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting James Samuel on the same occasion. He was convicted and fined $5O.

Sergeant Morgan said that Luciano struck the complainant on the side of the neck when he was refused entry to the party. Mr R. de R. Flesher, who appeared for both defendants, said they had been drinking in the Halswell Hotel before the incident. While there they were mis-

informed that they were welcome at the party. They could not

understand why they were refused entry. PERIODIC DETENTION Robert Norman Campbell Wells, aged 23, unemployed (Mr W. D. Moultrie), was sentenced to periodic detention for seven months and disqualified from driving for two years when he appeared for sentence on two charges of unlawfully taking a car and a charge of stealing $1.02. The sentence of periodic detention adds two months to a sentence at present being served. The Magistrate told Wells that In offending again while at the work centre he took the risk of going to prison. Mr Moultrie said that Wells played a passive role in the car offences. He sat in the back seat and went for the ride. FORGERY Andrew Stanley Fodie, aged 40. a painter, pleaded guilty to charges of forging a totalisator doubles ticket and causing a person to act upon it as if it were genuine on July 24. He was convicted on both charges and remanded in custody to August 29 for sentence. Fodie was convicted on a charge of failing to pay a taxi hire of $3O on July 13. He S leaded guilty and was remanded > the same date for sentence. Sergeant Morgan said that Fodie altered the doubles ticket so that it appeared to be worth $27. He used it as part payment for a taxi fare of $33.20 and promised to pay the balance to the taxi-driver the next day. Some days later the driver, Lawrence Newberry Johnson, saw Fodie in Manchester Street. He took him into custody and handed him over to the police. The charge of falling to pay a taxi fare on July 13 related to a taxi hire between Hamner Springs and Christchurch. Fodie was ordered to be medically examined to determine Ms fitness for periodic detention centre training. DEPORTATION ORDER A deportation order was made when Paulo Falefia Vao, a factory worker (Mr M. G. L. Loughnan), appeared on a charge of remaining in New Zealand beyond the term of a temporary permit. For the immigration authorities, Mr A. N. Mackay said that Vao was expected to leave the country after the expiration of his three-month temporary residence permit on August 2. 1971. Vao is a citizen of Western Samoa. Mr Loughnan said that Vao remained in New Zealand to earn money to support his family in Samoa. In this country he had worked consistently and well. Vao was allowed bail and told he must leave the country within two months. RECKLESS DRIVING Michael Patrick Kenneally, aged 45, a quartermaster (Mr P. F. Tempero), was remanded in custody to August 29 for a medical examination, with a view to a sentence of periodic detention, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless driving. The Court was told that a traffic officer saw Kenneally drive through a red traffic light in Invercargill at 12.5 a.m. on January 1, 1969. The officer chased Kenneally at speeds up to 110 miles an hour, but was outdistanced. The defendant was arrested when Ms car hit a telegraph pole. The defendant failed to appear in the Invercargill Magistrate’s Court on January 29 and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was arrested on August 15 of tMs year. PRIVATE PROSECUTION Paul Egerton Piesse, a civil servant (Mr D. M. Palmer), pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting Anna Smythe Robinson and assaulting Margaret Elizabeth McClelland with intent to Injure her. Both offences are alleged to have occurred during a demonstration in Christchurch on February 4. The informations i were laid by Mr W. McClelland, 1 represented by Mr C. A. McVeigh. Piesse was remanded at large until September 14. (Before Mr F. G. Paterson. S.M.) RECEIVING Eric Leslie Ross, aged 30 (Mr I. J. D. Hall), pleaded not guilty to a charge of receiving copper, brass and lead, knowing they were dishonestly obtained, while he was employed as manager of a scrap-metal firm. He was convicted and remanded to August 29 for sentence.