POLICE COURT

Evening Star, Issue 21315, 20 January 1933, Page 11

POLICE COURT

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20; (Before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M.) REMAND GRANTED.' Raymond Leslie Robertson was charged with breaking and entering by day the house of Marion Elizabeth Flack at Plimmerton (near Wellington) and stealing goods valued at £l2 17s Gd. On the application of Detective-ser-geant Nuttall, Robertson was remanded for one week. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Charged with using obscene language on the North Ground, Frederick Webster Coding (for whom Mr O’Shea appeared) was fined £2 and costs, His Worship remarking that young men should keen a restraint on, their tongues. THEFT CASE ADJOURNED. A youth, whose name was suppressed, appeared for sentence on a charge of the theft of £1 17s Cd from his employer. He was represented by Mr B. S. Irwin. His Worship said that, considering all the circumstances, he would adjourn the case for twelve months, subject to the accused keeping in touch with the probation officer. TWO YEARS’ PROBATION. Sydney Alfred Eustace and Howard 'William Reeves appeared for sentence on a charge of the theft of confectionery valued at 10s, the property of Cadbury, Fry, Hudson Ltd. Mr P. S. Anderson appeared for Eustace, and Mr C. J. L. White for Reeves. After hearing counsel, the Magistrate said that the probation officer’s report in both cases was a bad one. However, His Worship proposed to give them a further chance, and admitted them to probation for two years, subject to special conditions laid down by Mr Garbutt. CHARGES UNDER UNEMPLOYMENT ACT. Alexander Rose Taylor pleaded guilty to a charge of making a false statement under the Unemployment Act, De-tective-sergeant Nuttall stating that in filling in a form the defendant said his wife was earning no money at all, which was found to be incorrect. He was seen by the Labour Department authorities, and admitted that his wife was working. His wife had earned £l3 from the time the accused filled in the form till the time of his suspension from relief works. The defendant was fined the amount of costs, 10s. A charge was heard against Albert Tretheway of making a false statement under the Unemployment Act, this having previously been adjourned to enable inquiries to be made concerning the defendant’s earnings. After commenting on the evidence, the Magistrate imposed a fine of the amount of costs, 30s. MOTORISTS DEALT WITH. For operating a motor car at night without lights, Charles Haddon Spurgeon Johnston was fined 5s and costs. Charged with dangerous driving, William M'Cutrheon pleaded guilty, and was fined 40s and costs. Christopher Francis Dosales O’Toole,, charged with failing to stop at the signal of a constable, and driving without lights, was convicted in each case and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon. Charged riding a motor cycle without- an exhaust silencer, and without a license, David Smart was fined 5s and costs on the first count and convicted only on the second. Gordon Osborne Sutherland was charged with negligent driving (the result of which was a collision with a tramcar), and was fined £1 and costs. John Howard William Tapp was con-

victed only for driving without lights, and fined 10s and costs for driving without a license. Alexander Boag, jun., was fined 5s and costs for failing to keep a motor van to the left side of the road_. Ronald Orange was similarly dealt ■ with. Alexander William Crawford', for driving without a license, was fined 10s and costs. Henry Hornby was fined 5s and costs for leaving his van on the wrong side of the road. Minnie Ford, for leaving her car longer than lomin in George street, was fined 10s and costs, Ewen A. M. M‘Donald was charged with carrying more than two persons on a motor cycle (there were five people on the machine altogether), and was fined £1 and costs. Archibald J. Walker pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driving (proceeding against the rad lights in Cumberland street at 20 miles an hour), and was fined £1 and costs. CHINAMAN CHARGED. Arthur James Laiting was charged with stealing two. sums of £1 each from Wing On Brothers. He was represented by Mr C. J. L. White and pleaded not guilty. Detective-sergeant Nuttall told the court that for the past six months the accused had been employed by the complainants at £3 10s per week. ’ The latter had noticed shortages in. the tak-, ings and in January 11'set.a trap, placing marked notes in the till and taking their numbers. Subsequently some of the notes went missing. Laiting was then interviewed by the detectives, and when he was asked to turn out his pockets the marked notes were found. The accused denied that he had stolen the money, and claimed that he had got the notes from another CJiinaman as' change in a Mali Jongg school. Evidence along these lines was then heard. Cross-examined by Mr White, Kan Wing Kai, manager of the complainant firm, admitted that he Owed the accused £6O for wages. He said that the accused could have had the money at any time. Witness had a lot of debts owing to him; and with these collected he could have paid the accused. Wit-' ness said he was unwilling to let the accused go, as witness did not have enough men working for him, but he could have gone had he secured a business. Mr'White; ‘j But you would have had. to pay him his £6o—where was it coming frbm ? ” . Witness said ho could borrow the money. “ You give it to me and I’ll pay it to him? ” said the witness amid laughter. Wong Sue Moon, a partner of the previous witness, and Detective Gibson also gave evidence. . (Proceeding.)