BRIEF SITTING OF MAGISTRATE’S COURT AT GREYMOUTH

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 August 1947, Page 7

BRIEF SITTING OF MAGISTRATE’S COURT AT GREYMOUTH

Apart from an assault.case,..which occupied some time, there was little business for today’s sitting of the. Magistrate’s Court at Greymouth. Mr A. A. McLachlan, S.M., dealt with the following cases: — William Mc-Vic.ar, who did not ruppe'af7 was".charged’with' operating,a motor’ vehicle, wffh an Inefficient' fdotbrake,' at .Ngahefe, on; July;1; . Constable A’: Vi: H6W,smd-. r as"a result of 1 a 'c.bllisipff’Jhg eXafn’in'e'd the brakes-, on thAddfen'dant's' truck, and''. found-fhaV the fobtbrake'.., was; 1 iseless.' The /defendant ‘ qtedpVe'd;..tHgf. he., had ; ha'd jhe b'rakgsjte'sfed of -the' - .mp'rith’ ■ and'.' ha’q/' im, knowledge* that' they' were'- not operating;.; . .... The defendant was convicted and. ordered to pay z 12s _,court costs ana 12s 6d police-expenses? . In,cprpect Headlights _ John-Spiers' Robertson did"nb't'appear in answer'to a ’ charge of operating’/a mojor-car at Geymo'uth on June- 11, the headlights of which' were not focussed correctly... inspector’ H; Bane, -of the' Transport Department,' said'that when ;• the defendant’s;car was checked in.connection with the' headlight testin'g" campaign, it was found thaf the headlights" were’’four inches', above' the horizontal. ... The/defeh’daht'was'fined 10s, with 10s costs

Licensing Breaches The formm;] icensee of the Wataroa Hpt.ei,'.’Ma'fy'„By.r.n'e,„was charged iinr der the with opening Ihe. premises, for the. sale: .of. liquor, exposing liquor, and selling’.liquor, after- hours on’April’26, The barrnaji of the -hotel,. Alfred Edjya.rd Mansell,. w'a?;\gbargert;with7 supplying liquor 'att’eß'hours dn;thp;same.da£e: ... Mr. C. t R.; McGinley" entered guilty to the charges 'of “selling” and. “supplying” and . the other two changes' ,against' the licensee' were wfihdfgyiy...., . , Seniof Sergeant,R. C, Mcßob'ie said that the; '.hart been' ad jour he'd for some'.tim’e/,. Oil April'26’, Constables Burrell, and Oxham'visited'the hotel' after' hours’* and* fotind’ the two- de?' fendants behind.....the -bar' sefyhig liquor _tq a; numbe’r/o/.jfieij.' The 'licensee’ had since ’ disposed ’of her' in - .terest in the,hotel._ ~ , . : The licefis.ep was; fined, £?2 with. 10s costs, a,nd Mansell £ l ; wit,h 10S'costs. ... . Assa.iift Charge ■ Alter hearing ■.evidence' ffohl'both paHias, the Magistrate dismissed a chafge" of assault against'.a/yourig Greymouth ma.n v arismg/jjuf /pf •an incident in J’oh'hston;. street,; laty on Saturday'’ night. The...accused,?.- who was'.rertfbsehtbd/byMr' W. D,' Taylor; pleaded'.not gttilty. . , , . The Magistrate held'that'there" waS hoi;'sufficient evidence' to prove be-, •yo.ncl. reasonable doubt wTiq . struck the/first blow an’d'the’accused was entitled .to' .the .b6hefi’t' of• the." doub'f; -He'. ex.pufessed the' hop'e that/., tqe case would be .the end-'of the conflict lietweeh ■the/parties.' ad'dffi'g'that'it ‘a'pi peared...that:whatever did happen,'in the home of the accused"a’lm'6'st/a yeffr' ago ■ hp;d noy stopped land * tliefe was no need for the" “feud” to be ’carried on. . „

:. An order was macle for sUp'pTc7ssion of the name' a’n'ert the Magistrate suggested that'it’.would perhaps be unfair. ..to.’.publish" the name of 1 the,