POLICE COURT

Evening Star, Issue 19781, 3 February 1928, Page 3

POLICE COURT

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3,

(Before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M.)

UNLICENSED MOTORISTS. Garnet Ball pleaded guilty to being the unlicensed driver of a motor car which he said he had possessed only a short time. Since the date of the information he had obtained a license. —Defendant was fined os and costs.

Sydney Geison, the unlicensed driver of a motor cycle, did not appear, and was fined 10s and costs. Also charged with being the jinhcensed driver of a motor cycle, Neville Robert Grounds said that ho was riding a friend’s cycle, and at the time was merely “going for a packet ot cigarettes.”—Fined ss, without costs.

SPEEDING

Reginald G Fraser, who did not appear, was charged with driving a motor vehicle at a speed dangerous to the public, Chief Traffic Inspector M'Nicoll stating that on January 14 the defendant had travelled along Crawford street at 10 p.m. at a speed of thirtyfive miles an hour. —Defendant was fined 30s and costs (12s). Geiald Shicl did not appear to answer a charge of driving a motor car at a speed dangerous to tho public.— Evidence was given that defendant drove along Crawlord street and over the intersection at Manor place at a speed of thirty-three miles an hour. — He was fined 20s and costs. PILLION RIDING.

Charges of pillion riding were dealt with as follow Thomas Adams, convicted and discharged: Alexander Emslie, fined os and costs (10s); Patrick Casserly and Thomas Mnrecbal, each convicted and discharged; John R. Hughes, fined 5s and costs; William Peart, convicted and discharged; Leysen Oben, fined 5s and costs. UNLICENSED WIRELESS. C

John Melscr, charged with having established a wireless plant capable of receiving telegraphic signals other than in accordance with his license, pleaded “ guilty to not having a license.” Defendant said he bought a crystal set for his boy just before Christmas, and did not think it would be necessary to take out a license immediately. There was no intention to evade the matter. A license had now been procured. The Magistrate; These obligations have been "well ventilated by the_ department; a license should be obtained immediately the installation takes place. It is merely a case of carelessness. Fined 10s and costs. ILLEGALLY ON RACECOURSE. George Thomas Burgess, being a person excluded from admission to a racecourse, made the mistake of attending the first day's racing at Forbury on Friday last. He admitted being there when charged with the offence, pleading ignorance of the regulations. He was fined 20s. with costs. DRUNKENNESS. Mary Burrell was fined 20s, in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment. OTHER CASES. For cycling on the footpath, John Mortimer Cruickshanks, who had knocked, a woman down, was fined 10s and costs. For being in charge of a, motor car at night without a light Eric M'Sherry was fined 5s and costs; and on two similar charges Horace Wilson was fined 5s and costs on the first, and convicted and discharged on tho other. Thomas Casserly, for leaving his car in Dowling street for a period longer than fifteen minutes, was fined 5s and costs. For passing a stationary tramcar while driving a motor car, Margaret Gustafson was fined 40s and costs.

For leaving their cars for a longer period than fifteen minutes in Dowling street, John Alexander Pearce and Arthur Alexander Reid were each fined 5s and costs.