MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume XV, 25 July 1930, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

FIREMAN FINED. STOLE FOUR BAGS OF COAL At the Huntly Magistrate's Court on Friday last before Mr. F. 11. Levien, S.M., Charles Gordon Garaway, a fireman employed by the-. Railway Department, was fined £3 and ordered to make restitution ofthe quantity of coal stolen. . The coal was the property of William Thomas ■ Bond, carrier, of Huntly. TWO MOTORISTS FINED. NEGLIGENT DRIVING. Alfred De Thierry, of Rangiriri, was charged that he did negligently drive a motor cycle; also that he had no lights. As an outcome of his driving without lights he knocked over a young ma'n named James Anderson Wallace who was walking along the Great South Road at the time. Mrs. W allace corroborated the statement of her son as to defendant having no lights. De Thierry was convicted and fined 10 - and costs on each of the two charges, in addition to witnesses expenses. Maurice S. Jackson, of Swannanoa, Christchurch, pleaded guilty to negligently driving a motor which collided with one owned by Mr. Travers of Te Kauwhata. The defendant had already been put to considerable expense by the way of damages, and Mr. K. S. Caldwell, who appeared for him explained that the matter of compensation and damage was very heavy against defendant. A fine of £3 aqd costs 28 - was imposed. MENTAL HOSPITAL PATIENT Payment in Arrears 1 John Adams, of Glen Afton, ap- ■ peared in answer to a charge of ar- • rears of payment for maintaining his ■ brother in a mental hospital. Adams, • who had only recently attained his majority, stated that he had agreed to pay maintenance at the rate of 5/- per week. It was his practice to hand over to his parents all his wages and he was under the impression that the liability was being liquidated ac- > cordingly. The police, through Senior Constable Ingram, handed the magistrate a statement of wages received by the father and his two sons for a period of five months, which 1 showed that the amount of £238 "had 1 gone into the family’s exchequer and > to this had to be added charitable 1 aid for another member of th fam- [ ily and her children. His Worship 1 did not hesitate to express his sur- " prise at the amount so paid and said " it was a thing beyond question that ■ people should overlook a liability of t this nature. He made an order for ’ 2/6 per week off the arrears of £ls and a further permanent order of " 5/- per week, the first payment to be made on the 25th July. INSUFFICIENT LIGHTS e s Lorry Driver Fined I’ Jack Moana, a contractor and lorry driver of Rangiriri, pleaded guilty to driving a lorry on the Main Highway without sufficient lights. He was fin- ° .d 10/- and 15/- costs. On a second charge of driving in a manner dangerous to the travelling public, he was fined £2 and 15/- costs, includs ing interpreter’s fee. Defendant was r severely cross-examined by His Wory ship. s For riding a bicycle without lights Alex Spiers was fined 10 - and costs.