MAGISTRATE’S COURT Three youths admit burglary and thefts

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33434, 16 January 1974, Page 18

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Three youths admit burglary and thefts

Three youths were remanded on bail for sentence to January 22 when they pleaded guilty before Mr E. S. J. Crutchley, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday to charges of burglary and theft.

Andrew Stewart, aged 17, unemployed, pleaded guilty to one charge of burglary and six charges of theft. He was convicted on each charge, and was ordered to undergo a medical examination with a view to periodic detention. Samuel James Case, aged 18, a workman, pleaded guilty to a charge of theft. He was convicted on each charge.

Robert Gordon McDermott, aged 17, a workman, pleaded guilty and was convicted on a charge of burglary and five charges of theft. They were represented by Mr D. M. Palmer. Sergeant C. Walsh said that the defendants drove to Templeton Speedway with three juveniles on January 5. There, they entered three cars and stole property worth $261.20.

McDermott and Stewart entered two other cars at Redcliffs and stole goods worth $99. Case took part in the theft of goods worth $63 from one of the cars.

On January 6. the defendants travelled in a car driven by one of the juveniles to the West C6ast. On the return trip, they broke into a forestry hut at Jacksons and took canned food worth $l2O At Lake Lyndon,

Stewart stole a hand-siren valued at $25.

Sergeant Walsh said that most of the stolen property was recovered, but restitution of $2.80 was sought from each defendant.

Mr Palmer, seeking bail for the defendants, said that two of them Intended to get married at the end of this week. "It's a matter of conjecture whether they will have any time for a honeymoon,” said the

Magistrate, granting bail in each case. RAPE CHARGE Carl Western Taingahue. aged 36, a cable layer (Mr K. N. Hampton), was remanded on bail to January 22 on a charge of committing rape at Christchurch on January 9. No plea was entered, and the complainant’s name was suppressed. BORSTAL TRAINING Robert John Haugh, aged 17, unemployed (Mr S. P. Graham) was sentenced to Borstal training and disqualified from driving for two years when he appeared for sentence on two charges of unlawfully taking cars and two charges of theft. He was also convicted on his plea of guilty to a charge of driving while disqualified. Mr Graham said the defendant had a problem with excessive drinking, and it was clear he needed some supervision. ASSAULT CHARGE A 22-year-old company representative. who pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting a fehiale. was convicted and remanded until January 22 for sentence. Sergeant Walsh said the defendant, whose name was suppressed; assaulted a female, pushing her to the floor, kicking her in the back, bruising her arms and shoulder, and giving her two black eyes. The incident occurred on January 14 when the defendant took the complainant home and he refused to leave. POINTED PISTOL James Dale Ramsev, aged 20. a motor mechanic (Mr P. H. B. Hall), who pleaded guilty to a charge of presenting a gasoperated air pistol at David Stuart Wilson, was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence within the next two months if called on. Sergeant Walsh said the defendant pointed the pistol in the general direction of Wilson at an intersection in Manchester Street.

1 Mr Hall said that the defen--1 dant was a passenger in a car i which had been followed by I another. The car in which the [ defendant was travelling stopped ■ at traffic lights, and the following car drew up alongside. The driver got out, and the de- . fendant thought that he was going to be assaulted, and > pointed the pistol in the general ; direction of Wilson. The complainant’s car had been following close behind, and II the occupants had made obscene I signs. They had also shouted - obscenities. I The pistol was in the car > because he and his friend had ■ been having target practice. BURGLARY Anthony John Savage, aged 22. a social security beneficiary, was | convicted and remanded on bail { { to January 22 for sentence when j I he pleaded guilty to a charge, of burgling the garage of Morri{son Brothers, Ltd. Geraldine on: December 16. He was ordered I Ito be medically examined fori i periodic detention. Sergeant Walsh said that I. Savage was a member of al; group which burgled the garage,' A tool kit and contents worth ; $BO were taken. THEFT CHARGES :| A man who stole $383 worth! ■ of clothing and kitchen equipI' ment to furnish his wardrobe { i and flat was convicted and I remanded until January 22 when ■ he pleaded guilty to the charges . i of theft as a servant. 'I Sergeant Walsh said Noel MarI tin Long, aged 24, stole the pro- ' perty from the Public Service ' Investment Society. { STOLE EQUIPMENT Mark Allan Heyman, aged 20, a railway worker (Mr C. H. | McVeigh). appearing for sentence on a charge of stealing {tools and motor-car accessories {valued at $45.99. from his em- ; ployer, was placed on probation for 12 months, concurrent with another term, and fined $5O. FRAUD CHARGE Linda Iris Saunders, aged 17, a machinist (Mr D. J. R. Holder- { ness', was convicted and placed: ;on probation for 12 months when she pleaded guilty to a charge:' of defrauding the Post Office byl' wilfully making three false state-{' ments in the use of a telephone.!, { FALSE PRETENCES { Kathleen Vicki Bush, aged 17, ! unemployed, was convicted andl

| remanded on bail until January 22 for sentence when she pleaded I guilty to three charges of false | pretences and one of burglary. Sergeant Walsh said the defendant had cashed three cheques in October of a total value of! $45. They were from a cheque book she had found in her father’s desk. In December she burgled the property of Frank Albert Bush, in Neil Street, and stole an electric razor and an alarm clock, which she sold for FRAUD CHARGE Brian Charles Dungey, aged 33, a chef (Mr J. R. Woodward), was convicted and fined $6O and placed on probation for 18 months when he pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud. Sergeant Walsh said that Dungey bought a car on hire purchase in Auckland, and on January 7 sold it to a Christchurch car dealer. Mr Woodward said that it was not a calculated fraud, but an impulsive move in which the defendant lost about $5OO. TWO CHARGES Terence James Wright, aged 25, unemployed (Mr M. J. Glue), was convicted and remanded on bail to January 22 when he pleaded guilty to charges of unlawfully taking a car and being a rogue and vagabond in that he was in possession of housebreaking Implements. He was ordered to undergo a medical examination to ascertain his fitness for periodic detention. STOLE SLEEPING BAG

John Stanley Tuck, aged 18, unemployed (Mr D. M. Palmer), pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a sleeping bag worth $72.80 from Cromb and Merritt, Ltd. on January 14. He was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence within 12 months if called upon. Mr Palmer said the defendant was a first offender. The offence was impulsive and pointless. DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR Douglas Morgan Johnson, aged 21, a sickness beneficiary (Mr J. R. Woodward), was sentenced to three months at the work centre when he appeared for sentence on a charge of disorderly behaviour on January 7. The Magistrate said that the defendant had not been deterred from offending by the imposition of substantial fines and probation. EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL Marcus James Wyatt, aged 27, a driver (Mr C. H. McVeigh), was convicted and fined $l5O and disqualified for 12 months from January 26 when he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving with an excessive alcohol content in his blood (187 mg (Before Mr H. J. Evans, S.M.) ATTEMPTED THEFT Daniel Thomas Whibley, aged 19. an unemployed driver, was fined $25 and ordered to pay $3.25 witnesses’ expenses when he was convicted of attempting to take a bicycle from the corner of Wrights Road and Lincoln Road on September 27. Whibley, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, said he was drunk at the time.