MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Southland Times, Issue 23922, 14 September 1939, Page 13

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

WEDNESDAY (Before Mr R. C. Abernethy, S.M.) For riding a bicycle on the footpath Pearl White was fined 5/-, costs 10/-; Frances Mary Watts was fined 5/-, costs 10/-; William Forbes Taylor was fined 10/-, costs 10/-, For being in possession of an unlicensed wireless set John Wynter Cook was fined 5/-, costs 10/-; Dorothy Mabel Collins was convicted and ordered to pay costs 10/-; Charlotte May Colvin, Edward Vincent McKeever, Theresa May Wilson, May Eades, Clarence Vere Edmund Hodge and Rita Eileen Holmes were fined 5/-, costs 10/-; Peter Gutsell was convicted and ordered to pay costs 10/-. William Thomas Stephens was fined £2, costs 11/-, for driving a car at a speed dangerous to the public, Robert McNab Shirley was fined £l/10/-, costs 12/-, for operating an overloaded motor-lorry. The Southland Carrying Company (Mr G. C. Cruickshank) was fined £l, costs 10/-, for operating an overloaded motor-lorry. Bernard John Brand was fined 10/-, costs 10/-, for operating an overloaded motor-lorry. James Alan Dillon (Mr L. Moller) pleaded guilty to assaulting William Makepeace Strathem and was fined 10/-. James Kawara Heenan (Mr Eustace Russell) pleaded guilty to stopping his car on the North road otherwise than parallel with the direction of the roadway. He was fined 10/- and was ordered to pay costs 14/-. CHARGES DISMISSED

A charge against Barton N. Challis of negligently driving a motor-car was dismissed.

Robert Matthew Poultney (Mr J. C. Prain) pleaded not guilty to driving a car negligently on the InvercargillRiverton highway. The charge was dismissed. Greer William Paton pleaded guilty to failing to give way'to a car on his right and was fined £l, costs £l/7/-. William Thomas Blight Thomson was fined 10/-, costs 12/-, for incorrectly parking a motor-vehicle. Cyril Neville Fairweather (Mr J. C. Prain) pleaded guilty to driving a car negligently in Elies road. He was fined 10/-, costs 13/-. Leslie John McCreath was charged with negligently driving a car, with driving a car without a licence and with altering a driver’s licence. He pleaded not guilty to the negligent driving charge and guilty to the other two charges. On the first charge he was fined £l, costs 13/-, and on each of the other charges he was fined 10/-, costs 10/-.

William Glendinning • was fined 10/-, costs £l/5/-, for permitting stock to wander.

Lionel Oswell Bonney was fined £4, costs 12/-, for driving a motor-car at a speed dangerous to the public. James G. Crosbie was fined £l/10/-, costs 10/-, for overtaking a vehicle without having a clear view of the road ahead.

Elizabeth McFarlane was convicted and ordered to pay costs 10/- for permitting stock to wander. EXCESSIVE SPEED Harold Alexander Bone was fined £l/10/-, costs 10/-, for exceeding the speed limit while driving a car. Stanley George Dillon was fined £l/10/-, costs 12/-, and Alfred John Harvey was fined £l/10/-, costs 10/-, on similar charges. Francis Ernest Officer was fined £l, costs 12/-, for excessive speed on a motor-cycle. James Morris Read (Mr J. C. Prain) was fined 10/-, costs £l/1/—, for driving a car without due consideration for the public. Cyril Edward Bailey (Mr G. J. Reed) was charged with driving a motor-car without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road. He was fined 10/-, costs £2/10/6. William Frederick Hay was fined £l, costs 10/-, for failing to clear his land of gorse. John Henry Swain was charged with taking or killing wild duck without a licence. Mr Eustace Russell appeared for the prosecuting ranger. Swain was fined £5, costs £l/11/-. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL James Myles Ford, aged 22, labourer, appeared on a charge of rape. Mr G. C. Cruickshank appeared for the accuseo, and the prosecution was conducted by Detective-Sergeant R. Thompson. After' evidence had been heard the accused entered a plea of not guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial at the next session on October 31.