MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 90, 12 October 1940, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

A fine of £2;and- costs i\vas-imposed upon • Jphann, George . Hammel,' ■ an alien, who. appeared before Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, charged'with having a motorcar - without permission.' Seriior-Ser-! geant G. J,. Paine isaid; that.in-fairhess to the. defendant it must be stated- that he came, to the police station. after he had read; in .the' "Evening Post" of a similar% prosecution,', reported- the matter, and asked for.a .permit. >. A remand''until'Wednesday next was granted in the case; of Neville Raymond Austin, a labourer,.aged-17, who was charged with. breaking and entering the<shop of L.: Evans,-Cuba Street,'and committing.theft.■ • . • , . '■ . John ' O'Grady, a labourer, aged 55, who pleaded guilty to the'theft- of an overcoat valued, at £4, ,the property of S. G. Reid, was convicted and sentenced to one-month's imprisonment with, hard labour. . . • .. . . i ' Robert Bennett,"aged 59,' who pleaded guilty : to the" theft at various dates bf-sums ,of- money... totalling-.,£.11 -7s- 2d, the jjrbpe'rty of- the Ridgway, School Committee, ' was .'admitted to probation fqr -.twelve- month.s,' a- condition-. being .tHat'he pay back the amount involved. Detective-Sergeant "W.. McLennan said that • the accused . w. as.. honorary secretary for 'the' committee', and apparently '. he: got;ink) difSculties and' commenced .;ssuing .\., false .. receipts. •He had not been before the Court before.