MAGISTRATE’S COURT ‘Reckless enterprise’ ends in prison, Borstal sentences

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33655, 3 October 1974, Page 7

MAGISTRATE’S COURT ‘Reckless enterprise’ ends in prison, Borstal sentences

"This was a wilful andj reckless enterprise in open, defiance of the law,” Mr P.l L. Molineaux, S.M. said when sentencing Darryl Ivor Sampson in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday to imprisonment for two years.

Sampson, aged 20, unemployed (Mrs D. J. Rotherham), was appearing for; sentence on three charges of burglary, two charges of I unlawfully taking a motor- 1 vehicle, and a charge of theft of diving equipment,! clothing, and other articles! worth $198.40. He had previously pleaded! guilty to the charges, which' arose from offences com-! mined between September 8 and September 14 while the defendant and two associates were travelling in unlaw-fully-taken vehicles between Dunedin, Kaikoura, Hawarden and Clinton. The Magistrate said Sampson had twice been sentenced to Borstal training and had been sentenced to imprisonment earlier this year for burglary. He had later been ordered to do community work on another charge of burglary, but had refused to do this. “He has shown a regular, determined, and hardened pattern of recidivism,” the Magistrate said. Russell Ringdahl. aged 21, unemployed <Mr I. C. J. Polson), who was associated with Sampson in some of the offences, was sentenced to imprisonment for one year. He had previously pleaded guilty to charges of burglary, unlawfully taking a truck, and of unlawfully getting into a station waggon. The Magistrate said Ringdahl had a history of unlawfully taking motor vehicles and burglary. He had been sentenced to Borstal training. Alistair Aitcheson, aged 19, unemployed (Mr Polson), the third offender, was sentenced to Borstal training on two charges of unlawfully getting into a motor vehicle and a charge of stealing a driver's licence. He had previously pleaded guilty. The Magistrate said Altcheson’s offences were part and parcel of the whole escapade. OFFENSIVE WEAPON A youth who was found to have a motor-cycle chain wrapped round his waist when he was questioned by the police in the Club Tavern on September 17 pleaded guilty to a charge oi being in possession of an offensive weapon. Daniel Ernest Robinson, aged 19, an unemployed storemar (Mr M. J. Glue), was convicted on the charge and remanded or ball to October 9 for sentence Senior-Sergeant L. M. Sim monds said Robinson wai arrested in the tavern at 5.1( p.m. after a complaint hac earlier been received that tw< persons were seen behaving in i threatening manner in Atlai Lane. The chain had one end sharp ened to a fine edge and point Robinson said the chain wai intended for use in his defenci if he was attacked by members of a motor-cycle gang. TWO CHARGES Brian Charles Leathern, agec 87, a barman (Mr M. J. Glue) pleaded guilty to charges of re ceivlng a stolen sewing tnachini on July 18 and of carrying oi the business of a bookmaker be tween July 1 and August 6. H<

was convicted and remanded on. bail to October 9 for sentence. Senior-Sergeant Simmonds said the machine, worth $275, was one of two stolen from a consignment for Dunedin at Christchurch on July 18. It was recovered the same day from a person who had bought it for $5O from Leathern in a hotel.

When Leathern was interviewed by the ptdice on August 6 he was employed as a driver by the Railways Department. He said he bought the machine from another person in the hotel for S3O. and sold it almost immediately for $5O. When the police searched his | house the same day they found 1 evidence indicating that he was ' carrying on business as a book- • maker. He admitted that he had . been taking bets on a small ’scale since July 1. His trans- , actions totalled about $lOO, $4O (of which was profit.

ASSAULT CHANGES Peri Matia, aged 23, a lineiman (Mr G. T. Mahon), was convicted and fined a total of sBo’ when he pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting his fiance, Elaine Florence Christie, on September 29, and assaulting Constable Terence Moore on the same date. Senior-Sergeant Simmonds said Matia telephoned the police at 1.45 a.m., and said he had assaulted a woman in a motel where they were staying. When the police arrived at the motel, Matia was holding thel ’woman by the hair with one hand' I and punching her with the I other. The woman was lying on the floor crying. When the constable entered the room, Matia released the woman, punched the constable in the chest, and kicked him on the knee. The complainant said Matia assaulted her when she refused : to allow him to hold a partyin their motel unit. She suffered bruising of the scalp. Matia said he telephoned the police because he was unable to stop himself when he started to j hit the complainant. BURGLARY Terence James Wright, aged 26. unemployed (Mr P. H. B. Hall), pleaded guilty to a charge of burgling the shoo of Beechey and Underwood, Ltd, on September 17. He was convicted and remanded on bail to October 9 for sentence. " Senior-Sergeant Simmonds said Wright and another person were found by staff in the shop. They were pursued' and caught by

members of the staff when they] , ran off. i Wright told the police he was, ’looking for copper wire to sell.; BOTTLE THEFT A man who stole 61 crates and 965 soft drink bottles worth; $119.45 from his employer,’ Ballins Industries, Ltd. with the intention of selling them back to the company, pleaded guilty to a charge of theft. He is Bernard Thomas Allan, aged 21, a truck driver. Allan was convicted and remanded on bail to October 9 for sentence. Senior-Sergeant Simmonds said Allan told the police that he thought what he was iuing was an easy way to make money.

RECEIVING On a charge of receiving a sewing machine, worth $3OO, on July 8 knowing it had been dishonestly obtained, Kathleen Jenkins, aged 22. unemployed (Mr A. W. Robinson), was convicted and remanded on bail to October 9 for sentence. She pleaded guilty;-. Senior-Sergeant Simmonds said a friend of the defendant gave her the sewing machine to sell and told her she could keep the money. The defendant and her associate sold the machine to a dealer for $llO. She gave a false address. The machine had been stolen from a parked car on June 26. i PERIODIC DETENTION Russell James Pirle, aged 18, unemployed (Mr J. E. Burke), was sentenced to six months periodic detention when he appeared for sentence for stealing a jacket worth $85.50. The Magistrate said that Pirle was alreadv undergoing a drug rehabilitation programme, and serving a sentence of periodic detention for burglary. Pirle had earlier pleaded guilty to stealing the jacket from Nicholas Nickleby, Cathedral Square, by walking from the shop with it under his jersey.

NAME SUPPRESSED A man, whose name was suppressed, was fined $lOO when he appeared for sentence on six charge of obscene exposure. He had earlier pleaded guilty to all charges. The Magistrate released him on 12 months probation and ordered that he attend such psychological counselling as directed by the probation officer.

PETROL THEFT On a charge of stealing five gallons of petrol worth $3.50 on September 22. David William ’ Cassidy, aged 19, unemployed, was convicted and fined $4O. He pleaded guilty.

(Before Mr H. J. Evans, S.M.) 1 EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL On charges of driving with an ; excessive blood-alcohol level (247 mg Peter Gordon Alan Kyle, aged 23, a stock agent (Mr C. A. McVeigh), and John Graham Stewart (215 mg aged 35, a roofer (Mr M. J. Glue), were both sentenced to two months periodic detention and disquabtied from driving for 18 months. Ivan Davey (260 mg aged 37, a brewer, was fined $225 and was disqualified from driving for , 18 months. In-other Ministry of Transport prosecutions for driving with an excessive blood-alcohol level, convictions were entered and penalties imposed as follows: Walter Edwin Frank Adams (152 mg fined $l5O, disqualified nine months; Peter Maurice Beaumont (252 mg 18 months, remanded to October 10 for sentence; Alan Kenneth Beckley (184 mg $175, 12 months; Brian William Black (199 mg J? months, remanded to October 10 for sentence; Grenville Howard Beri refusing to give blood specimen to traffic . officer, ,18 months, remanded for sentence to October 10; lan Edwin Crow- | hen (121 mg $lOO, six months; Geoffrey Robert Lee (167 mg remanded to October 10 for sentence; Murray Leo McCloy (277 mg), 18 months, remanded to October 10 for sentence; Peter Nicholas Mallitte (216 mg 18 months, remanded to October 10 for sentence; Francis Nikonma (193 mg $175,12 months; Douglas Edwin Pinnell (178 mg $175, 12 months; Robert James Porter (316 mg 18 months, remanded to October 10 for sentence; Om Prakash Sharma (283 mg 18 months, remanded to October 10 for sentence; Raymond George Smith (248 mg 18 months, remanded to October 10 for sentence; Joseph Michael Carey (270 mg), 18 months, remanded to October 10 for sentence. (Before Mr K. H. J. Headifen, S.M.) BICYCLE THEFT John Frederick King, aged 19, i an unemployed fish-splitter, was ■ convicted and fined $4O On a ■ charge of unlawfully taking a 1 bicycle valued at $7O on June 1. He pleaded not guilty.