CITY POLICE COURT

Evening Star, Issue 18717, 20 August 1924, Page 9

CITY POLICE COURT

Wednesday, August 20. (Before Mr J, E. Bartholomew, S.M.) 11EMAN DED. Clarence Joseph. Bernard Ward was proceeded against on a charge of having been drunk whilst driving a motor ear in Princes street. Mr Hanlon, who appeared for accused, said that a charge of a similar nature would be taken on Monday next against Ward, and he asked that the accused should be remanded until then. The accused had only been arrested yesterday, and counsel had not had time to prepare the defence. Sub-inspector Fraser said that he had no objection to the remand asked for being granted, although all the witnesses were in court. -Accused was remanded until Monday, bail being granted in self of £SO, and one (surety of £SO. SJi OPT - WEIGH T COAL. D. Add was charged with conveying, on July 29 last, six sacks of coal in a vehicle, such coal having been weighed by an inspector and found to be less than the weight shown on the ticket relating thereto, produced by the driver of the vehicle. Percy Homy Kinsman, inspector of weights and measures, said that, on July 29, ho carried nut. a test on six eacks of coal in Add’s delivery cart. It purported to be a half-ton load, but lie found that there was a shortage of 521 b. The coal was tasted on defendent’s own scales. The accused said that ho had failed to weigh the coal, as ho had received the order late in the afternoon Mr W. G. Hay, for defendant, stated that Add had received a truck of Kaitangata coal that afternoon. He weighed all the sacks except six, and found them to be correct. He. had received an urgent order at 4.30 in the afternoon, and loaded his van with the six unweirrhed sacks, thinking that they would be all right. He bad been in business for many years, and ho always satisfied the inspector until the present lapse. The Magistrate said that supplying short-weight coal was a serious offence, and if it lid not been for the surrounding circumstances and that previous tests had been satisfaelnry, he would have inflicted a substantial penalty. Defendant was fined 40s, and la costs.