CITY POLICE COURT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21978, 13 June 1933, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT

Monday, June 12. (Before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. A first offender was fined 20s, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment, for drunkenness. UNLICENSED DRIVER. For driving a motor car without a driver’s license Reginald Seymour Williams was fined 5s without costs. SUNDAY TRADING. Three adjourned charges against Patrick Joseph Hackctt with respect to illegal Sunday trading were again dealt with.—Senior Sergeant M'Lean said the charges referred to offences in March last. Since that time no complaints had,been made concerning the defendant. —A fine of 10s and costs was imposed with respect to each charge. ADMITTED TO PROBATION, Stanley Bathurst Worling, who was represented by Mr W. L. Moore, appeared for sentence on a charge of using obscene language and committing mischief. —The magistrate said that Worling was obvi : ously in need of supervision. He would be convicted on the obscene language charge, and would be admitted to probation for two years on condition that he was prohibited. His companions must be approved by the probation officer and he must not drive a motor vehicle without the written consent of the probation officer. The charge of mischief was adjourned sine die. RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY. John Graham M‘Leod appeared for sentence on two charges of receiving stolen property. He was represented by Mr B. A. Quelch. —The magistrate remarked that although his report was not entirely satisfactory the probation officer recommended probation. The accused would, therefore, be convicted on the first charge and admitted to probation for a period of 12 months under special conditions. On the second charge he would be convicted and discharged. The magistrate ordered restitution to be made os directed by the probation officer. REMAND GRANTED. Ernest William Walter Haggitt, for whom Mr C. J. L. White appeared, pleaded not guilty to a charge of being drunk in charge of a car. —Counsel applied for a remand until Friday, the application being granted with bail in the defendant’s own recognisance of £25, a condition being that he does not drive in the meantime. —An application for the suppression of defendant’s name until the facts had been gone into was refused.—Senior Sergeant M'Lean said it was alleged that the defendant was intoxicated while driving and damaged two cars. There might have been a very serious accident. MAINTENANCE. Alexander Anderson, charged with disobedience of a maintenance order, the arrears in respect of which were £2B Is 9d, was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended provided he pays 6s 8d per week until the arrears are paid off. John Percy Johnson, similarly charge! in respect of arrears totalling £l2B 12s 6d, had his order reduced to £1 per week and the arrears over £25 were remittal. Tlie defendant was sentenced to «vo months’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended provided he pays, £1 per week. Arthur George Bossward,.who was £24 13s in arrears in respect of a maintenance order, was sentenced to three weeks’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended provided he pays 5s per week. Arrears in excess of £ls were remitted and the order was reduced to 5s per week.

James Alexander Graham Summers sought a variation of a maintenance order of 10s per week. The magistrate refused the application, but remitted arrears in excess of £lO.