MAGISTRATE’S COVRT Illegal immigrant sent to gaol

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33091, 5 December 1972, Page 13

MAGISTRATE’S COVRT Illegal immigrant sent to gaol

Levita Leha, aged 21, a fish splitter (Mr R. B. Leete), was convicted and sentenced to one month’s imprisonment and detained pending deportation when he pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday to charges of entering New Zealand without a permit, assault, and resisting a constable in the execution of duty. Leha pleaded guilty to all charges. For the Department of Labour, Mr G. K. Panckhurst said that Leha arrived at Auckland on July 1 as a stowaway from Tonga. He came to the notice of the authorities as a result of fingerprinting on the other charges. Detective Sergeant P. L. Ward said that Leha punched a man in the face after a dispute about the ownership of a shirt button at a hotel on November 25. The complainant, Terry Whata Green, suffered a bleeding nose as a result of the assault. The defendant had to be arrested and resisted being placed in the police car. Mr Leete said that Leha had been drinking since 10 a.m. on the day of the assault. He was sure that the button on the floor was his. Mr E. S. J. Crutchley, S.M., was on the bench. THREATENED WITH KNIFE Ross Alexander Dunbar, aged 19, a warehouseman (Mr P. F. , Whiteside), was convicted and > remanded on ball to December 11 for sentence when he pleai ded guilty to charges of behav- > ing in a threatening manner and > possessing an offensive weapon l Without lawful purpose. He ; pleaded guilty to both charges. | Detective-Sergeant Ward said j that two young men went into ' a chip bar in Cathedral Square ; at 11.45 p.m. on November 18. j One of them accidentally bumped ' into the defendant and apolo- | gised. The defendant produced i a sheath knife and menaced the i complainant, who caUed for as- ' sistance. After a struggle the i defendant’s knife was taken and ' the police were called. IMPRISONMENT Kevin James Garlick, aged 22, : a drainlayer’s labourer (Mr J. ■ L. Woodward), pleaded guilty to , failing to report for adult perlo--1 die detention. He was sentenced ! to two months imprisonment. FINES FOR BURGLARY i Fines of $5O were Imposed on i Peter Hyde and Tony Joseph ( Tehua Pohlo (Mr C. L. Bufi), both aged 17 and employed as I panel-beaters, when they appeared for sentence on charges of burglary. The defendants were also disqualified from driving for six months. Hyde and Pohio had earlier pleaded guilty to breaking into Leithfield Motors at Leithfield. The Magistrate said Hyde, who was not represented, had previously appeared only on a minor charge of theft. The probation officer’s report showed Hyde was a good worker and otherwise well thought of. A term of probation was not considered neces- . sary. The offence was probably 1 a spontaneous one, the MagisMr Bull said that Pohio played : only a minor part in the offence. His only previous conviction was for blocking a footpath. REMANDED IN CUSTODY William Towson Lorraine Lowther, aged 52, unemployed (Mr J. L. Woodward), was convicted and remanded in custody to December 11 when he pleaded guilty to charges of being found unlawfully in an enclosed yard and failing to report to the adult work centre. Detective Sergeant Ward said that the defendant tried to enter the back door of a dwelling < house in Rudds Road at 11.20 , p.m. on November 25. When the police arrived the defendant was « found asleep in the complain- ] ant’s car in the driveway. He . said the house belonged to a friend and that he was waiting for him to return. He Was under < the influence of alcohol, said - Detective Sergeant Ward.

MISAPPROPRIATION Clifford Frederick Warr, aged 27, a social security beneficiary (Mr R. B. Leete), was convicted and released on probation for 18 months after pleading not guilty to a charge of stealing $5O by misappropriating a cheque from Evan Dalgliesh Wilson. PROBATION Pauline Ann Taylor, aged 26, a housewife (Mr P. F. Whiteside), was released on probation for 12 months when she pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing clothing worth $27.18 from a Christchurch store. Mr Whiteside said that the offence was committed on the spur of the moment and the defendant was a first offender. (Before Mr W. F. Brown, S.M.GUIDES FINED $lO The Girl Guides’ Association of New Zealand was fined $lO after an adjournment 6f two weeks following a conviction for using a boarding house when not licensed in accordance with the appropriate Heathcote County Council by-law.

The prosecution referred to a building occupied by the association known as “The Bam” in Heathcote. Mr R. A. Young appeared for the informant and Messrs D. Quigley and B. S. McLaughlin for the defendant association.