POLICE COURT

Evening Star, Issue 23130, 2 December 1938, Page 1

POLICE COURT

FRIDAY, DECEAIBER 2. (Before Air H. W. Bundle, S.AI.) CHIAINEY ON FIRE. Arthur Pqape was fined 10s and costs for allowing a chimney to catch fire. RECKLESS DRIVING. “If you drive like this with two other people on your motor cycle they will be attending your funeral or you will be attending theirs,” said Air Bundle after Gordon AA’illiam Lamond had admitted a charge of reckless driving on the Green Island-Brighton road. A traffic inspector said that Lamond had two other people on his machine, and at one stage reached a speed of 65 miles an hour. The charge was adjourned for three months, conditional upon Lamond attending ‘ the classes conducted by the traffic department. The Alagistrate directed that he must not drive in the meantime. DID NOT STOP. Douglas Huia Shand, who was involved in a collision with a stationary car between Green Island and Fairfield, was fined £3 8s and costs, for driving without due care and attention and 5s and costs for not having a license. Senior-sergeant Claasen said that Shand did not stop after the accident, a passer-by taking his number. Shand, in a letter, said that he did not know an accident had occurred until he found his running board dragging. flhe Alagistrate: He must have known he hit the other car. TRAFFIC OFFENCES. Barry George MacAvoy, who collided with a van in the Octagon, was fined 10s and costs for driving without due care and attention. Hector Londin Strang, a motor cyclist, 'admitted a charge of exceeding the speed limit at Green Island, and was ordered to attend the traffic department’s classes, the case being adjourned for three months. On a charge of not having a license he was convicted and ordered to pay costs of 10s. Fergus Still, charged with negligent driving, was convicted and discharged. John Clutterbuck _ was fined £3 8s and costs for operating a truck without a heavy traffic license, and was ordered to pay court costs of 10s for not having a classification plate on the vehicle. Henry Hugh Donald Hamilton, who was charged with riding a motor cycle without a warrant of fitness, was convicted and discharged. Arthur Bruce Robertson, charged with driving without due care and attention at the corner of Princes and Stafford streets, was fined 40s and costs. '. .; Henry; Thomas uiiO'' \ylls' charged with leaving sand on a public highway, was fined 5s and costs. Sen-ior-sergeant Calasen said the load of sand constituted an obstruction on the roadway. , Charles John AVilber Stevens pleaded guilty through his counsel (Mr M. Joel) to a charge of driving without due care and attention, and was fined 20s and costs. Senior-sergeant Claasen said the defendant came into collision with a stationary car owned by a man named AVaugh, at the corner of Bradshaw and Osborne streets. Investigations showed that AVaugh had no warrant of fitness. Air Joel stated the collision occurred owing to defendant endeavouring to avoid another passing car. Henry AVilliam AVaugh, the owner of the stationary car, pleading guilty to having no warrant of fitness, was convicted and discharged. Arthur AVilson (Mr G. T. Baylee) was fined £1 and costs for exceeding the speed limit at Concord. Clifford AA’alter Adamson _ was fined 5s and costs for parking his car over a fire plug. A fine of 30s and costs was imposed on Leslie _ Bishop for exceeding the speed limit on Anderson’s Bay road. Robertson John Brown admitted a charge of negligent driving (the sequel to a collision with a Alornington cable tram), and was fined_ £2 6s and costs. Jack Kane, for driving a heavy traffic vehicle at a speed exceeding 25 miles an hour, was fined 30s and costs. Robert Alexander Robertson, for driving a motor cycle in excess of 30 miles an hour was fined 40s and costs. AVarren Alarshall, pleading fuilty to being an unlicensed driver, and also to driving a motor cycle without a warrant of fitness was fined 5s and costs on the first charge, and convicted and ordered to pay costs on the second. George Lucas Nelson (Air J. B. Stevenson) pleaded not guilty to driving a car without due care and attention, a charge arising from a collision with another car on the Main South road. After hearing evidence, the Magistrate said he was unable to find that defendant had been driving without due care and attention. The charge was dismissed.