NAPIER COURT.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 201, 9 August 1927, Page 8

NAPIER COURT.

YESTERDAY’S SITTING. (Before Mr A. M. Mowlem, S.M.j On a charge of allowing cattle to wander at Taradale, contrary to the Town Board by-laws, G. McDonald (Mr C. H. Bisson} was fined £1 and costs £1 17s 6d. W. G. Wood and H. H. Wylie were each fined ss, costs 10s for allowing the chimney of their respective houses to be on fire. / MOTORISTS CHARGED. A plea of guilty was entered by F. G. J. Alward (Mr H. L. Gleeson) inrespect to charges of failing to sound his motor-car horn when approaching a street intersection, driving at u speed dangerous to the public and also with driving a car across a street intersection at a speed greater than eight miles an hour.—Defendant was convicted and fined £l, costs 10s. on the latter charge; on the second, convicted and ordered to pay 10s costs; and on the otuer, convicted and discharged. D. J. A. Shaw was fined £l, costs 10s, for allowing a .motor-car to stand in Hastings street at night without lights. William Charles and Janies Fraser each pladed guilty to a charge of riding a motor cycle across a street, intersection at a speed greater than eight miles an hour. The defendants pleaded not guilty to a further charge of riding a motor cycle at a ipeed dangerous to the public—After hearing the evidence His Worship convicted the defendants, and fined them £1 and costs 10s each on the first charge and ordered them to pay Jos costs each on the second count. Raymond Ferry pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a motor car at a greater speed than eight miles over a street intersection. He pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving at a speed deemed dangerous to the public.—His Worship dealt with him in the same way as the the previous defendants. STOLE A TIME PIECE. Herbert Lloyd Smfth pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a watch, watch-guard and match box valued at £4 15s 6d, the property of Clayton Casson. —After hearing the facts of the case from Detective-Sergeant Butler His Worship convicted the accused and sentenced him to two months’ imprisonment CONVERTED MOTOR CAR.

“It is very difficult to deal with this type of offence, otherwi.se ihan by inflicting a term of imprisonment.

It show a bad state of the minds of the young men or to-day when they take a car belonging to other people, and drive from one end of the island to another. There are any amount of young fellows who have not the faintest regard for the. rights of the other man, and by stealing his car, getting drunk and killing people they are a menace to humanity. A man cannot leave his car for a few minutes to do some business, without some such man as you comes along and steals it; but you do not mini so long as you satisfy your wishes without regard to the property, which in this case, is worth £3OO. You will be convicted and sentenced to two months’ imprisonment’’ These remarks were made by His Worship to Colvin Harris who pleaded guilty to a charge of having, at Wellington on April 2, converted to his own use, without colour of right, a motor-car valued at £3OO, the property of L. C. Whitelow. The accused, who was serving a two months’ sentence, having been in rather serious trouble in the past, asked His Worship if the terms might be served concurrent. This was agreed to. SHOOTING OUT OF SEASON. F. D. Robson (Mr G. B. Amyes), ranger for the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation Society, proceeded against B. T. Jeffares (Mr L. A. Rogers) for killing native game during the close season. Defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge, but after bearing the evidence His Worship inflietd a fine of £5 with costs amounting to £1 Ids. MOTOR REGISTRATION. Peach and Co. (Mr L. A. Rogeis) wore charged, on three separate counts, with having failed to notify the deputy registrar of the sale of a motor car within seven days.—His Worship was of the opinion that the matter had been an oversight and fined defendants IDs on each charge, x he costs amounted to £3 5s 4d. H. J. McCutcheon, Oscar Ranurn and Arthur H. Atkins were each ordered to pay 10s costs on similar charges as the above.