"£3-COSTS 7/-

Nelson Evening Mail, 26 May 1916, Page 6

"£3-COSTS 7/-

FIELD DAY AT COURT. CYCLES LIGHTS. At the Magistrate's Court to-day a batch of cvclists appeared to charges of "riding bicycles at night without lights, mainly in W aimea-road.. In accordance with his warning,'the Alaeistrate, ilr J. S. Evans, increased toe tine from £2 to £3, except where there ■were special circumstances. DouglasHaase, aged 16 pleaded guilty to riding a bicycle at 6.10 p.m. on -May 15th. ~* The Magistrate said the difficulty was that in such a case .the .parents nad to ■iav the penalty. " *A fine of £1 was imposed, -vith 7s The Magistrate . remarked that the other evening he left his office in: the Government Buildings Grounds at 5.00, and between the gate in Hardy-street and Cbllingwood-street he passed six well-known people riding -bicycles without lights. ~ A. O Jamieson pleaded guilty to riding at 5.35 p.m. on May 15th without a Ksrht He stated >that he was getting home quickly from work as his wife ttos seriously ill."-He bad two iamps. (but owing to worry forgot to put one on his bicycle. The Magistrate said there seemed- to bo absolutelv open defiance of the Bylaw Many more people could be brought before him: People had no busi nessto no without lamps. In this «ise he would take into consideration, the illness of defendant's wife, and impose a fine of £l. with 7s costs. He added that he would not take it as an excuse that a defendant foreot his lamp—- * 'that isn't ■ good - enough." ■-" Leonard Page pleaded euilty to ndmg at 5.35 D.m. He • stated that he had bis lamp," but did not think it necessary to light it at that time. Plenty of. others were" ridintr without lights, r The Magistrate: That's just what I complain of! At 5.35 there is the, worst Ir»bt. I have giveii plenty of warnings, and I do not intend that they shall be •useless warnings, -unless, as in the previous ease, there is a reasonable excuse. Fined £3. costs, 7s. •Norman 'Haase. a<red 17, pleaded guilty to riding at 6.10 V- m - Ho ne ' got off his bicycle before lie met the constable. The Magistrate: All the same, you \rere riding before you met the con stable. .Fined £l, costs 7s. - " Clrve Frost was the next defendant, and uleaded guilty. -- The Sergeant said defendant gave the constable a good deal of "cheek." * ' Defendant said he had to go home and get back to work. " The Magistrate: Well, yon people who have to tro home and back to work must carrv lights. A fine of £3 was imposed, with /s costs.. -Defendant (who said he was 14, but ■would pass for some years older) asked for time for payment, as he was earning -onlv 5s a week. The - MacTstrat-A: If you are only 14 thp fine will foe £l. fi . •-Ralph Thomas, jftrilty.*. stated that lie was a. railway employee ,anc£ had been detained at work through a delayed train. "The Magistrate: That is no excuse. "Why don't you carry a light? These excuses are ridiculous . I cannot understand whv people have not sense enough to carry lights. Defendant remarked that he usually carried a lamp.-but had not expected to s>e detained at work. -' Fined £2, costs 7s. , . " LesKe .T- Saunders, aged 21, pleaded guilty and had nothing to say. _ Sergeant. Barrett said defendant had constable a wrong name, had . l -civen bad excuses, and had hail to be 'hunted up. -' Fined £3, costs 7s. . : " .Tames Hood, aged 17. pleaded guilfey and wa3 fined £2, with 7s cost. ""'Leonard Pahl. wrote pleadincr jruflfcy, rind stating that he was a married! man with three children. The Magistrate said he could not take Ibis as an ex«r-~. Grown-up people should know hetterv Fined £3. costs 7s. , •-' This closed tb« list of offending cyiclists, and the Magistrate, said' that more married ■oeople should be brought ■np. The other evening, on his way to the Post Office, (between 7 and. 8 o'clock, he passed 12 cyclists without lights. Sergeant Barrett (in a snrprised tone): Between 7 and 8 o'clock? "The Magistrate: Yes. ■ Serereant Barrett: - I am surprised at them taking the risk.

SEQUEL TO WANGAMOA COLLISION. .WAGGONERS FINED. " A collision between a motor car and a' timber waggon occnrred on the Wangamoa Hill at the eginning of the month, and to-day Leonard Hunter and' -Percy Delany, -waggoners, were charged ■with -failincr to carry lights on the /waggons on the occasion referred to. Both defendants -wrote pleading guilty, and each was fined £3, with 7s costs. • ILLEGALLY CROSSING A RAILWAY LINE. A motor cyclist named Berkeley R. -Stafford was charged that on; April sth he crossed- a railway line when the lino " Hrae not clear. v Senior Sergeant Barrett stated that > defendant dashed across the Havenroad crossing- when a train was Sbont 15 yards. " Defendant said ho -was further away -than that—2s yards he thought. He 'did-no notice the train till ho had crossed the line. '"-" The Magistrate said defendant ran a risk himself, and also embarrassed, the driver of the train. ■ A fine of £3 was imposed, -with 7s costs. --:"• Other charges against.the defendant, arising out of the same incident, were -withdrawn, f- • ■ OE SALE UNDER A - ' D>l STRESS "WARRANT. .._3lr Evans gave jadgment in connection, with an interpleader summons in ■which the bailiff, W. J. Doyle, called on a number of parties to appear before the Court in order that it might be decided who -was entitled to the proceeds of a sale under a distress warrant-. The facts were that Grant Bros, obtained judgment- against Alfred Snowball, and issued a distress warrant against certain goods stored in Sharland Brw.' store. A second warrant was issued by Doughty and Co-, of Wellington. The goods were 6pld to satisfy the warrants and the day niffcer the sale Snowball filed Ins petition in ibankruptcy. The proceeds of the sale -were claimed by the D.O.A. Kinder the Bankruptcy -Act* and the Bailiff instituted the" interpleader proceedings calling upon IMessrs Sharland •Bros., who claimed a lien over the goods for storaee and other charges, the executing creditors. Grant Bros., and ti>e TXOjA..to establish their claims before the Court. The Magistrate held that the D.O.A. was entitled to the proceeds of the sale, and gave judgment accordingly, no costs being allowed. Mr ■* Vernon Rout appeared for the.D.O.A.. and Mr for Grant Bros, and . Sftqrland Vioa,