POLICE COURT

Evening Star, Issue 23496, 9 February 1940, Page 10

POLICE COURT

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9. (Before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M.) THEFT OF MONEY. Christopher John Kilgour pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing four packets of cigarettes and £2 10s, the property of Mona Patricia Boberg. Detective-sergeant Hall said that' accused entered complainant’s shop, finding no one about, he took Hie cigarettes andl money from the till. Fortunately. he was seen to leave the shop, anil was quickly traced. He had 10s in his possession when interviewed, and also the four packets of cigarettes. The rest of the money was found hidden in a shrub nearby. Accused was remanded in custody until Monday, the probation officer to furnish a report in the meantime. MILK BELOW STANDARD. “ In nearly all these cases there is a plausible explanation given. Sometimes it may bo true, at other times I am afraid not. It is impossible for the court to decide,” said the Magistrate after hearing evidence concerning Albert John Ings, charged with selling milk to which water had been added, and Ronald Ridell Cuthbert, charged with selling milk deficient in butterfat. Mr J. G. Warrington, appearing for Ings. said accused hod had no previous trouble, and could find no reason for the trouble this time. He could only suggest a leakage into the milk cans had occurred or that someone had deliberately put water in the can. Ings now kept his dairy door locked, so that there could not be a repetition of the occurrence. Ings was fined £5, with costs (£1 3s 3d), and Cuthbert £3, with costs (£1 3s 3d). For selling milk deficient in butterfat, Alexander Mathieson was fined £5, with costs (£1 3s 3d). For the defendant, Mr G. T. Baylee explained that six months ago he had negotiated for a milking machine plant, and, realising that in the spring flush the milk from one or two cows might hot be _up to standard, he had ordered a container of a size sufficient to ensure the milk being well mixed. That had not been delivered, and this non-delivery was the cause of the milk being under standard!. ON LICENSED PREMISES. “ Drink is this man’s enemy,” said Sergeant Johnsen of Michael Edward Pratt, charged with being on the premises of the Crown Hotel while a prohibited person. Sergeant Johnsen said thero was no evidence to show accused had been drinking. Ho was fined 20s and costs. RETURNS EVADED. “ This defendant has caused the department considerable trouble through his persistent failure to furnish returns,” said Mr G. Lang, representing the Commissioner of Taxes, when Harold Banks Ltd. were charged with failing to furnish a return of income. Accused was fined £5, costs (10s), and solicitor’s fee (£2 2s). UNREGISTERED FIREARM. On a charge of being in possession of an unregistered firearm, Henry Seddon King was convicted and ordered to pay costs (10s). UNLIGHTED BICYCLES. For riding unlighted cycles each of the following was fined 5s and costs: — Albert Charles Cameron, Edward Stanley Cross Tyrrell, Alfred Marett, Alan Costello, and Francis Henry Salter. On a similar charge Violet M'Millan was convicted and discharged. TRAFFIC OFFENCES. On charges of exceeding the speed limit Frank Keogh was fined £2 and costs; Murray Shaw, £3 and costs; James Borthwick Welsh, £2 and costs; Daniel Pinegan, £2 and costs; Francis Reece was convicted and ordered to pay costs (10s). Charged with riding a motor cycle without having an efficient silencer attached, Alfred Bernard Henderson was fined 20s and costs. On a further charge of driving at an excessive speed Henderson was fined 30s and costs. For failing to yield right-of-way to a pedestrian Gavin Dickson Gerken was fined 10s and costs. John Dingwell, charged with driving a car without possessing a license, was fined 10s and costs. Similarly charged, Hugh Hassan Stevenson was also fined 10s, with costs. For exceeding the speed limit while learning to ride a motor Murray Edward Fyfo was fined 20s and costs on one charge and 10s costs only on a second charge, NO SILENCERS. .“ Motor cycles without silencers are a considerable annoyance to many people,” said the Magistrate to Malcolm Williams, who was charged with riding without a silencer. Williams was fined 10s and costs. Similarly charged, James Kilner pleaded not guilty and called evidence. The Magistrate said it was evident the defendant had done his best to comply with the regulations and the information would bo dismissed.