POLICE COURT

Evening Star, Issue 22892, 25 February 1938, Page 2

POLICE COURT

FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 25. (Before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Thomas Hector M'Caugban, a statutory first offender, was ordered to come up for sentence within three months, and to pay cab fare (3s). A similar charge against a first offender, a female, was adjourned for 12 months. ' UNREGISTERED RIFLES* Robert M‘lntyre pleaded guilty to being the owner of three rifles for which he did not possess permits. He was fined 5s and costs, and one of the rifles was ordered to be retained by the police. MOTORISTS CHARGED. Basil Maurice MaePherson, who pleaded guilty to a charge of being an unlicensed motor driver, was fined 10s and costs (3s). Fred Arnett, who pleaded guilty to driving a motor car without due care and attention, was fined 20s and costs. “ Tho report is satisfactory,” said the Magistrate in respect of John Moore against whom a charge of passing a vehicle on an intersection had been adjourned to enable him to attend the motorists’ school. Moore was convicted and ordered to pay court costs. Cyril Leonard Arthur Palmer, who parked his motor car so that it caused an obstruction, was fined 10s and costs. The sequel to a collision near Waitati, a charge of failing to keep to the left of the centre line of the road was admitted by Clement Wynn Humphreys. He was fined £2 and ■costs. Herbert Barclay Ewing was fined 30s and costs on. a charge of dangerous driving. For driving a motor car without a warrant of fitness Michael Costello was fined 3s and costs. For exceeding a speed of 30 miles per hour William Douglas Allan was fined £3 and costs, and for driving a motor car without a warrant of fitness he was fined & and costs. Harold Muir pleaded not guilty to a charge of negligent driving, and after hearing evidence the Magistrate entered a conviction, the question of penalty being adjourned until April 8. His Worship intimated that if the damage to the other car were made good in the meantime, the defendant would he ordered to pay costs only. _lf not. a substantial penalty would he imposed. UNLICENSED BAKEHOUSE. A fine of 5s and costs was imposed on Stanley Mulqueen on a charge of using a building as a bakehouse without permission. CASTING OFFENSIVE MATTER. Pleading guilty to a charge of casting offensive matter in a public place, William Henry Grimsey was fined 20s and costs.