FEILDING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 148, 24 May 1934, Page 4

FEILDING

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

CHARGE OF VAGRANCY. I n M" Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., was on the "henoli at the. fortnightly sitting of the .(■j Feilding Magistrate’s Court to-day. iv' Albert William .Burton appeared J oji a charge of being a rogue and a f, vagabond in that he did impose upon 'individuals by a fraudulent re;|||p>resentation in writing with a view to ..glf'Obtaining "money. Accused pleaded jjflKuilty and elected to be dealt with Sjfeummarily. . Sergeant Angland stated that ac--s|used had been operating in Feilding .district on a false letter of au- ' J/thority purporting him to be an.accredited collector on behalf of , the Presbyterian Orphanage and Social I,£ Service .Association, Accused had col-

lected subscriptions amounting to £l4 7s 9d and the present charge was supplementary to a further one on which he had been committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Accused had made an appeal to the charitable instincts of the people and although times were hard he had succeeded in collecting a considerable sum of money. Accused had one previous conviction for theft, at Auckland.

Asked if he had anything to say, accused explained that he had been “hard up” at the time and had had a clean record previously. The Magistrate said there was no doubt that accused had set out intending to “take the public down,” and this could not he overlooked. Accused would be sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour as a lesson to himself and others. MISCHIEF AT DRILL HALL. A disturbance on the night of April 19 during the holding of the "Wanganui College old girls’ ball in Feilding led to the appearance in Court of three youths, William Fleming, W. J. Rosoman, and Lawrence Burns, on a charge of damaging a marquee, the property of the Feilding Hockey Association, to the extent of 7s Gd on the night of April 19. Constable Johnston said he was on duty on the night in question and heard a stone land on the roof of the Drill Hall at about 11.45 p.m., during the progress of the dance. Witness investigated, and found the youths interfering with the ropes of a largo marquee which had been erected outside the hall as a lounge. One rope had been cut and the youths were tampering with some of the others. Had the tent come down it might have been serious as there were a large number of people in it at the time.

The Magistrate said lie would take a lenient view of the matter particularly as the damage to the tent had been made good by the youths. They were all, however, implicated in the affair, hut would he convicted and discharged, the Magistrate warning thorn not to come before the Court again. Mischief like this, added the Bench, could not bo allowed to go on unchecked. MISCELLANEOUS. On a charge of riding a bicycle at night without a light attached, C. G. True was fined 10s with 10s costs. On the information of the Government Inspector of Stock, the following were fined for exposing lice-infect-ed sheep for sale in the Feilding saleyards :—H. Brandt (Feilding), £l, costs 10s; E. G. E. Parker (Aorangi)', £2. costs 10s.

For allowing stock to wander without proper guidance on a public road, the following were fined :—P. Farland (Glen Oroua), 10s, Costs 12s; R. Hooper (Apiti), £l, costs 12s. ■ D. W. Trewliitt pleaded guilty to a charge of the theft of a quantity 'of firewood valued at 15s, the property of Robert Wyndliam, of Colvton. In explanation of his act accused said the wood was almost rotten and be had not thought anyone would object to his removing it. He had tried to get permission to take the wood, but could not see anyone about the property. The Magistrate, in convicting accused and ordering him to come up for sen-

tence if called on within the next six months, warned him not to enter upon property in the future without permission. RIGHT HAND RULE.

Ernest Melville Small, of Kimboltoiij was charged by the police with failing to give way to traffic approaching on the right, the charge arising out of a collision which took place at Gorton’s corner at the intersection of South and Aorangi Streets oil April G. Constable Gillard produced a statement obtained from defendant at the time of the accident in which defendant stated that he accelerated and endeavoured to cross ahead of the approaching car. \ The Magistrate held that defendant had acknowledged his liability to the charge in this statement, as lie .(the Magistrate) was not concerned ns to who was the cause of the accident, but merely as to who had broken the right hand rule. It was obvious to tho Magistrate that on defendant’s own words lie had committed a breach of the regulations, and lie must be held responsible. A fine of £2 with £1 costs was imposed. Mr Gultinane appeared for defendant.