OTAHUHU POLICE COURT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 610, 12 March 1929, Page 2

OTAHUHU POLICE COURT

Mr. F 11. Bevien, S.M., presided over a lengthy list of cases at the Otahuhu Police Court yesterday. xrdDonald Bertram Allan Board, J. W. MCiloimia and R. McNamara were fined ordered to pay court costs for driving motor-cars in a manner liable to be dangerous to the public on the Great bouth lan Nairn was fined £1 10s and ordeied to pay court costs 10s for a similar 0f George Boreham had no tail light burning on his motor-lorry after sunset. The omission cost him 10s and court cost-, omission co >; (aUed to deliver eqmpmin't valued at 9s 4d to the Defence Department. after he had been transferred to the reserve. He was convicted and ordered to pay 10s court costs, and is to refund the amount of 9s 4d to the deP dS Remnant failed to remove four head of unlicensed stock, vhich he peimitted to graze on the Howick highway, after being warned by the court negligence cost him a fine of 10s cou t costs 10s, and solicitors fees 10s 6d J. H. McAnulty operated a motoi-lorry on Cornwall Road, Papatoetoe, when it is classified not to carry the alleged loads. Mr. Holmden appeared for the defendant, and pleaded guilty, and stated that his client had removed the heavy truck after using it for a day and a-half, and had replaced it with a lighter vehicle, which came under the classification. A. fine of £2 was imposed, and defendant was ordered to pay 10s court costs. OBSCENE LANGUAGE

Norman Pee (Mr. A. Moody) pleaded not guilty to using obscene language m a public place. Superintendent A. Ander, of the Otahuhu Fire Brigade, in evidence, said that the brigade answered a call to a fire at the back of the Council Chambers. After their arrival, he received complaints that the accused was interfering with the firemen in the execution of their duty, and he threatened, if there was any further trouble, to give him in charge. Fee swore at him in a loud voice’. There was a crowd of people present at the time. In answer to Mr. Moody, witness said that he did not report the matter to the police. James Viney, a member of the brigade, stated that he made a complaint to the superintendent of the accused interfering, and went with the superintendent when he spoke to Pee. He said that Fee did use the language complained of, and spoke in a loud and aggressive voice; there were quite a lot of people about at the time. He could not remember any of their names. He did not complain to the police.

The defence was a complete denial of the use of the alleged bad language, and three witnesses supposed Fee in his evidence. He said simply called Ander a liar and went away again. In i summing up, the magistrate said that he came to the conclusion that the evidence of the witnesses for the prosecution was the truth. People are entitled to use the public highways and public places without having their ears tinged with bad language. Pee was convicted and discharged. NEGLIGENT DRIVING Failing to keep to the left of centre line of the Great South Road cost Harold Purcell £2, and court costs 10s, and for driving a motor-car in a manner liable to be dangerous to the public, he was convicted, and ordered to pay costs, court fees amounting to £1 2s, and* witnesses’ expenses totalling £3 5s Sd. The prosecution was the result of a collision between defendant’s car and another car driven by Mrs. C. Thompson, of Papatoetoe. Mrs. Thompson stated that she was driving her car along Station Road, and intended to cross the Great South Road; when she got to the intersection she saw a car coming from Auckland, travelling very fast. She applied the brakes and her car stopped before she got on the concrete, but not before the oncoming car swerved, and hit her car, causing £l6 worth of damage. She asked the driver of the car to wait while she got the police, but on her return the car had disappeared. ON LICENSED PREMISES AFTER HOURS Many of the orthodox excuses were tendered by some of the defendants who were charged with being on licensed premises after hours. One attended to see his sister who was cook at the hotel, but forgot to mention that she had left that position some eighteen months ago; another just popped in to see the licensee, while another went so far as to own up to haying a squash and lemonade. Nevertheless, the nine defendants were fined £1 each, and ordered to nav 10« court costs. The accused were Norman f^.T en,^ Ht S a . Ce T ' Vi!liaJn Pepper. Norman John k Rya: ; : Claude de Lueka, John Robertson, Robert Wilson, lan Roberts and Alexander Dunn. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—DEPARTURES YESTERDAY RARAWA (6 P.m.), 1,077 terns. Bark for New Plymouth, RONAKI (6.20 p.m.), 129 tons, Robertson, for Ragrlan and Kawhia. is due from New Plymouth at /.30 a.m. to-morrow. Sbe sails on the return trip at 4 p.m. on Thursdav. The Hauturu is to arrive back from \\ angajiui to-morrow. The Ronaki is to be dispatched for Hokianga and Auckland at 3 o’clock on Thursday afternoon.