Man hit about face with hearth shovel

Press, 23 February 1977, Page 4

Man hit about face with hearth shovel

I Because he thought a man I was supplying a relative of I hi., with drugs, Robert I Ernest Troon and four I I friends visited the man and I 'hit him about the face with I ,a hearth shovel, the Magislltrate's Court was told. I Troon, aged 29, pleaded I (guilty to a charge of assault-' I ing Steffan John Browning I (with intent to injure him on I January 28. I He was convicted and fined I $lOO by Mr K. W. Frampton. I S.M. I Sergeant M. Paton said I that at 2 a.m. the defendant: I and four of his friends visited I Browning at 378 Worcester I Street, Browning was| I punched by the defendant I (and then was struck about I 'the face with a hearth shovel. | Browning required two. I stitches to a facial cut, and I had suffered bruising. I ' (Before Mr F. G. Paterson, i S.M.) I DIRTY HAMBURGER BAR I The proprietor of a ham-. I !burger bar in Ferry Road was'

i|convicted on a charge of perEmitting the premises to be t in such a state that they r'were likely to be injurious to 1 health, when he appeared in t court yesterday. Allan James Sharplin pleaded guilty to the charge, l and was fined $5O. Mr G. R. Lascelles, appeart ing for the Health Departi ment, told the Court that on October 20 last, a health in--1 Spector had visited the ham- . burger bar and found it to be in. a filthy condition, as L staff from the previous night t(had left without cleaning up. 1 Mr Lascelles said that the ’ floors were dirty, there were ’'particles of old food lying | about, and the cooker had Hold fat and burnt bits of food •on it. !’ He said that the premises had been in such a condition for some time; as health inspectors had visited the Idefendant’s shop before. Mr Lascelles said that the .Health Department regarded I the premises as being so dirty that there was a strong) possibility of food contamination. The defendant, who was unrepresented, submitted in mitigation that hfe had not been in charge of the shop (when the offence occurred.;

He told the Magistrate that his wife was expecting a baby at the time, and he had 'employed another man to run the business so that he could I look after his children. On the night in question. ) the man whom the defendant had hired to run the shop had cut his finger and had left for home without cleaning up. The defendant said, that he went to the shop oni the same day as the inspector and saw the filthy mess, which he cleaned up. He said I the premises had since been painted and cleaned, and were in a much better state. When the Magistrate asked Mr Lascelles whether he knew if that was the' case, Mr Lascelles said that; an inspector had visited the, shop in the last week, and ; found the shop still in much the same condition as on previous occasions. '(Before Mr B. A. Palmer, S.M.) PERIODIC DETENTION A man who “shouldered”! a police constable through a glass door while he was being arrested was sen-1 fenced to four months' periodic detention yesterday. ■ Peter John Bennett, aged 26, a truck-driver, had previously pleaded guilty to one charge each of driving under: the influence of drink orj

■ drugs, and assaulting a in the execution ' of his duty. i The Court had heard that ijabout 11.35 p.m. on January ill, the defendant was seen i travelling along Opawa Road labour 85 km/h. He was followed by a police patrol, and was seen to swerve on ito the wrong side of the road several times. The defendant was followed by the police to his address, where he tried to iorder the police off his pro'perty. When he was told the police had a right to be : there he became abusive, 'and lashed out and hit a policeman with his fist. He I hit the policeman a second time and while being arrested for this “shouldered” the policeman through a glass door. BENCH WARRANT A warrant for the arrest Of a member of the Hampshire Street Mob was 'ordered by the Magistrate after the accused failed to .appear for sentencing yester'day. Geoffrey Alexander Boyd.i aged 21, a builder's labourer, had previously been con-, victed on a charge of in-' citing violence. The charge arose from an; incident where Boyd encouraged his companions to attack a policeman, by shout- j ing “kick his bloody head in.” The accused told the police that he and his! friends were members of the! Hampshire Street Mob, andj he did not like seeing one of} them arrested. ;