MAGISTRATE’S COURT Frauds a feature of man’s car dealing

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33625, 29 August 1974, Page 5

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Frauds a feature of man’s car dealing

A man who bought three I cars on hire-purchase and sold or traded them m before he had completed the pay-' ments was convicted and sen-> tenced to six months periodic i detention when he appeared: on four charges in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Keith Leslie Bradshaw, aged 21. an apprentice motormechanic. pleaded guilty to two charges of fraud, one charge of false pretence, and one charge of theft, relating to offences between April 19 i and June 11.

Senior-Sergeant B. F. Hodge L •aid that the defendant had ad- f znitted producing a false certi- f ficate of registration when he I traded in a car he did not own r for another. The defendant thought the second car was “no good mechanically” so he made a false 1 statement that it was free from 1 financial encumbrances and! c traded it in for another. I s Without making any further!' payments he sold the third carl? for 525 to a person at a wreck- *. ing yard. He also stole a rear seat ® worth $3O from another car to replace the damaged seat in his I < third car, the Court was told. Mr H. J. Evans, S.M., said that ' Bradshaw was lucky all these! l offences were committed before ■ his present term of periodic de- 1 tention. “You had better see that you’ l get rid of this pretty grim re-, cord that lies behind you,” the,’ Magistrate said. 1 i UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY Seven persons appeared before' the Court and were remanded j on bail on charges arising from incidents in Eversleigh Street, St Albans, on Sunday. Dallas Richard Arthur, aged 18, an apprentice engineer (Mr M P. Boyle), Graeme Murray Stone, aged 18, an assembler <Mr A. W. Robinson, as duty solicitor). Susan Francis Murphv, ' aged 17, unemployed (Mr S. P 1 Graham), and Heather Theresa! Spring, aged 19, a receptionist. I were remanded without a plea: being entered to September 4 on a charge of being a member of' an unlawful assembly at 20 Eversleigh Street on August 25. Aldo Solano, aged 20, a workman (Mr Graham), was remanded without plea to September 4 on charges of being a member of an unlawful assembly, assaulting lan Joseph Purdon, and assaulting Bruce Robert Cameron. John James Crawford, aged 18, a blocklayer, was remanded to October 8 for a fixture on charges of being a member of an unlawful assembly, wilful I damage, assault, and having an offensive weapon. Kenneth Arnold Averis, aged 18. an apprentice carpenter, was remanded to the same date for • fixture on charges of being a member of an unlawful as•embly and attempted theft of, a sack of coal. ASSAULT ON WIFE Sydney Tui Simon, aged 24, a driver (Mr R. L. Kerr), pleaded! guilty to a charge of assaulting! his wife, Lesley Anzita Simon, on August 20. He was convicted and fined S2O.

Senior-Sergeant Hodge said that the defendant struck his wife at least six heavy blows to the face and stomach during an argument about 11.50 p.m. on August 20. He was a passenger in the back of a car being driven on Pages Road bv

a relative. His wife was in the front seat. STOLE BLOUSE Helen Erena Barlow, aged 18, an unemployed machinist (Mr T. M. Abbott), was convicted and fined $3O when she pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a lace blouse, valued at $13.99 from Sydney Separates, Ltd. on August 13. Senior-Sergeant Hodge said that the defendant was in the shop with two friends and put the blouse in her bag when she noticed that no-one was looking. •Hr Abbott said that Barlow was a first offender who had been out of work and was hardup at the time of the offence. UNLAWFUL TAKING Alan Reginald Taylor, aged 18. unemployed, was convicted and fined $4O on a charge of unlawfully taking a van on August 16. He pleaded guilty. (Before Mr W. F. Brown, S.M.) ASSAULT AND THEFT Richard Clifford Brunton, aged 19. unemployed (Mr D. J. MacKay), was sent to detention centre, ordered to pay compensation not exceeding $155. and was disqualified from driving for one year on charges of assaulting Alan Grant Hamilton on July’ 22 and stealing a car valued at $l3OO on August 3. He had previously pleaded guilty and had been convicted. “He seems to have a problem with alcohol and a personality problem,” Mr Mac Kay said. “The offence of assault was a very serious one — one of the worst I have seen,” the Magistrate said. He said that at 9 p.m. a person was walking across Cathedral Square — a complete stranger to the defendant — when Brunton came up to him, said he was going to “do” him, and started punching him about the head. THEFT Paul David Tyson, aged 26, a painter (Mr S. R. Maling), pleaded guiltv and was convicted and fined $5O on a charge of stealing $2O from the Silver Grill Restaurant on August 11.

Sergeant N. W. Mcßae said, that the defendant entered the', restaurant at 4 a.m.. leaned across the counter, took $2O inj SI bills from the till, and ran out. Six customers ran after Tyson and he was caught in St Asaph Street. When he ran out of the shop he threw the money into the gutter. FAILED TO STOP Trevor Albert Wright, aged 25. a motor-cycle mechanic iMr' J. G Fogarty), was convicted, and remanded on bail until September 4 for sentence on: charges of failing to stop when! signalled to do so by a con-[ stable, failing to stop after an! accident, and failing to ascertain! whether any person had been; injured in an accident on July 24. | He pleaded not guilty to fail-1 ing to stop when signalled to do so and guilty to the other! charges. Sergeant Mcßae said that the defendant was driving north! along High Street about 11 p.m. when he hit two persons who! were fighting on the road. He! continued along High Street. About 10 minutes later the defendant’s car was seen near! the scene of the accident by the; police and a traffic officer who; were attending the accident. ! Constable P. J. Kissell said that he and Traffic Officer E. R. | Lewis ran towards the vehicle. The constable said he grabbed the driver’s door and opened it while the car was moving about; 5 m.p.h. and yelled, "Stop.” The' defendant accelerated through al red light and down High Street.. (Before M. K. H. J. Headifen, S.M.) EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL Percival Harry Cooper, aged 44, was sentenced to periodic detention for -three months and ; disqualified from driving for 18months on a charge of driving; with an excessive blood-alcohol < level (304ing). He had previously , been convicted on the charge. OTHER CHARGES

: In other Ministry of Transport I prosecutions for driving with an excessive blood-aleoliol level, 'convictions were entered and . penalties imposed as follows: Paul Desmond Hughes (117 mg | fined $lOO, disqualified from ■ driving for six months; Peter ! Gordon Jolly (170mg>, $l5O, nine months; Brian Richard O’Dell (199 mg $175, one year.