MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 219, 12 August 1930, Page 10

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

YESTERDAY’S SITTING. Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., presided over yesterday’s sitting of the Police Court at Palmerston North. A REMAND GRANTED. Five charges were preferred against Hector Donald Dawson, a traveller, aged 23, who pleaded guilty to failing to account for 18<s 6d to Percy Cockford, thereby committing theft; also to failure to account for 15s to W. Robert Sorbie, £5 19s 6d to Gordon Hatton and £l3 13s to Francis Parsons. He was also charged with the theft of a camera valued at £4. the property of the Farmers’ Trading Coy., Ltd. Senior-Detective Quirke stated that accused was a member of a respectable family. He had been collecting moneys on commission. He suggested that accused be given probation and be permitted to receive the good influence of his parents. Mr Ongley stated that accused’s conduct indicated foolishness rather than criminal intent. He had got behind in paving in moneys which he had received, and probably it would be the most suitable course to extend probation and to allow him to return home. Stating that he would like to see tho report of the probation officer, His Worship remanded accused until Wednesday morning. INSUFFICIENT BRAKES.' “Defendant drove through the Square with only one light, and when I asked him to stop he said he could not pull up,” said the borough traffic inspector, when Roy Pettigrew waa charged with driving a vehicle not properly equipped with brakes. The inspector said that there was neither a foot-brake nor a hand-brake on the car. A fine of £2 with 12s costs, was imposed. ADJOURNMENT GRANTED. “You cannot continue to waste the time of the Court with these applications,” said His Worship, “when Ethel Queenie Ramsay (Mr Ongley) sought a maintenance order from her husband, Bernard Robert Ramsay (Mr Laurenson), now living in Australia. Complainant said that her husband had made arrangements for her to join him in Australia, but she had missed the boat and the offer was withdrawn. His Worship: Why did you miss the boat?—The train was delayed. His Worship: It seems strange that the train should be delayed on the fateful day. An adjournment was granted for a fortnight, the Magistrate directing Mr Ongleey to cable the Sydney solicitors to find out whether the husband’s offer would be reinstated.