CITY POLICE COURT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23517, 4 June 1938, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT

Friday, June 3 (Before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined £l, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment. CHIMNEY FIRES A conviction was entered against Walter Henry Lacey, who was charged with allowing the chimney of his house to catch fire.—Alfred Mitchell, who was similarly charged, was fined 10s and costs (10s). UNLICENSED WIRELESS Rachall Ross was convicted and discharged for having an unlicensed wireless set. CYCLISTS CHARGED

Ruby Grubb was convicted and discharged on charges of riding an unlighted bicycle without a white rear mudguard.

Frederick William Mark Hobbs was fined 10s and costs (10s) for riding an unlighted bicycle.—Harold McLean and David Alexander Mutch, who were similarly charged, were respectively fined court costs (10s), and convicted and discharged. MOTORING OFFENCES

Frederick William Wedlake was fined 10s and costs (10s) for failing to report a motor accident. James David Frederick Rose, who was stated to have passed a stationary tram car on the offside at 30 miles an hour, was fined £2 and costs.

Donald Patrick, an unlicensed motor driver, was convicted and discharged. For exceeding the speed limit of 30 miles an hour within the city area, Stephen Verne Johnston was fined £2 and costs (10s).

Harold Wellesly Austin was fined 20s and costs (10s) for using a motor cycle without an efficient silencer.

For exceeding the speed limit for a heavy traffic vehicle, Alexander Charles Perriam was fined 20s and costs (10s).

Roy William Hessey and John Patrick Kearney were each fined 10s and costs (10s) for parking their motor cars on tram stops. Richard Jack Eccles and Norman Ashmore McLeod were each fined 10s and cpsts (10s) for driving motor cars without warrants of fitness.— Similarly charged, Arthur James Gordon was fined costs (10s), and John William Turnbull 10s and costs (10s). Donald Edward Thomson was convicted and discharged on informations of driving an unlighted motor car and dangerous driving.— On the latter charge he had previously been ordered to attend a driving school. For failing to drive on the left side of a roadway, William Wilson Lament was fined £2 and costs (10s). Ronald Mark Jarvis was convicted on informations of being an unlicensed motor driver and driving without due care and attention. Stewart John Hill, an unlicensed motor driver, was further charged with driving an unlighted motor car, and was convicted and discharged on oach information. Gordon John Brophy was fined 30s and costs (10s) with witness’s expenses (8s) for driving without due care and attention.—A charge of a similar nature, preferred against James Dominic Curran, was dismissed.

Robert William Wright pleaded not guilty to driving at a speed which might have been dangerous to the public.—After hearing evidence, the court dismissed the information. ADMITTED TO PROBATION

James Roy Johnston Laurie, who was represented by Mr O. G. Stevens, pleaded guilty to having stolen 30s, property of Ernest John Buttar.—-Chief-detective Young explained that the complainant, who was part proprietor of a taxi company, missed 30s from the cash box. The accused had previously been at the depot, and, on being interviewed, he admitted the offence. The accused was employed by a motorists’ protection firm, keeping a watch over parked cars, and in view of his record, it seemed undesirable that he should be in such employment. He was 25 years of age and single, and had been before the court on two previous occasions, but inquiries had shown that he was more weak than criminal.—Mr Stevens said that the accused had had an unfortunate boyhood and had really never had a real chance in life. In the circumstances counsel asked that he should be given an opportunity to rehabilitate himself.—A conviction was entered, and the accused was admitted to probation for a year, conditional on his making restitution and taking only employment approved by the probation officer