POLICE COURT

Evening Star, Issue 23444, 8 December 1939, Page 2

POLICE COURT

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8. (Before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M.) licensincTbreaches. It was stated by the police that this was the first breach by the defendant in 14 years when William Leslie Buddicom, licensee of the Captain Cook Hotel, was charged with selling liquor after hours. A barman, James Hill, was charged with supplying liquor after hours The defendants, who were represented by Mr W. J. Meade, pleaded guilty. Sergeant Johnson, who prosecuted, said that on Sunday, November 19, at 11,30 a.m., when the police visited the Captain Cook Hotel they found two men in a private bar. _ Hill was a casual barman and admitted having supplied both of (he men with liquor. The licensee was absent at the time. The hotel had been well conducted. Mr Meade' said’ that the defendant Buddicom had given a standing instruction that no one was to be served after hours. , Hill was fined £3 and costs and Buddicom 20s and costs. Charles Bedford and Williain Simpson, who were charged with being unlawfully on the premises, were each fined 10s and costs. ■ ■ - James Stuart Ainger was charged with selling liquor after hours oh the licensed premises of the Southern Hotel, and Mary Elizabeth Ainger was charged with supplying liquor after hours, each pleading guilty. Sergeant Johnsen said that when the police entered the bar they found 13 men, most of whom got away. Three had since been before the court and had been dealt with. When the police entered the bar actually no one was in charge, but the wife of the licensee came in and said she was in charge and had supplied liquor to the men. The licensee was absent. Mr J. G. Warrington, who appeared for the defendants, said that the majority of the men in the bar were boarders, but they brought three friends with them, and Mrs Ainger had supplied them at the same time as she did the boarder Ainger was no longer the licensee, the hotel having changed hands in the last few weeks. The defendant j James Stuart Ainger, was fined £7 10s and costs, and Mary Elizabeth Ainger £2 10s and costs. CHIMNEY FIRE. For permitting a chimney to catch fire James Ellis M'Kane was convicted and discharged. MOTORISTS DEALT WITH. For having no warrant of fitness Ernest Alfred Bennett was convicted and ordered to pay. Court costs (10s). Wallace Buff was fined 5s and costs, and Malcolm Williams 10s and Costs. For exceeding the heavy traffic hmit of 25 miles an hour Henry Turnbull was*fined 20s and costs. A charge against William Gorman of driving without care and attention was adjourned for three months, defendant being ordered to pay court costs (10s) and to attend such driving lessons as might be required. William O Fee,, who was similarly charged, was fined 15s and costs. ... Charged with- negligently driving a motor car, Stuart George Fairbairn was convicted and ordered to pay court costs (Kb), his license was suspended; and he was prohibited from driving for 12 months. „ , - - William Victor Graham was fined 10s and costs for having no warrant of fitness and 5s for being an unlicensed motor driver, . , Fines of 5s and costs were imposed on John Mackenzie Campbell and John Reynolds Herbert for parking longer than permitted. _ For exceeding a speed of 30 miles, an hour John Farmer. Robert Graeme M‘Naughton, and John Reid were each fined 20s and costs. . Thomas Grimshaw was Sped os ana costs for failing to have his registration plate illuminated. . - . David Gilmour was fined £2 and costs for exceeding a speed of 30 nules an hour, and for having no warrant ot fitness he was convicted and discharged. UNLICENSED WIRELESS. For operating unlicensed wireless sets William Booth and Alexander William Clydesdale were each convicted without penalty, and John Augustus Kenneally was convicted and ordered to pay court costs (10s).