THE COURTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 20 June 1924, Page 4

THE COURTS.

TIMARU—THURSDAY, JUNE 19 (Before Mr E. U. Mosley, S.M.)

WITHOUT. LIGHTS. Charged, with riding cycles at night without lights, Albert Parker, Thomas Hunter and John O’Leary were lined 10s and costs. Joseph Biggins was fined 20s and costs tor driving a motor car at night without, lights. PILLION RIDING. For carrying passengers on the carriers of motor cycles, Edward Ward and Robert .McMillan were penalised with lines of 10s.

EXCESSIVE SPEED. J. 15. Aimer, ueorgo Patterson, Alexander Brown and Wallace Findlay, who were charged with driving lnotoi vehicles at a greater rate of speed than permitted by law, were lined 20s and costs. . Leslie Coxton, whose speed was estimated at 30 miles per hour, was lined 80s and costs. William Henry Doig, who was credited with riding a motor cycle at an estimated speed of 40 miles per houi, received a salutary penalty oi and Jn pleading guilty to a charge of having driven a car up the Hydro Hill at a gieater speed than 12 miles per hour Walter William Hargraves stated that he was returning i. lo . ni Gie I imam races, and in his opinion every CHI driver on the road must also have been liable. . , , , Inspector Newcome stated that at the time ho took defendants number he had just passed five cars within a very short distance. A penalty of -0., and costs was inflicted. LICE-INFECTED SHEEP. John Murphy pleaded guilty to a charge of exposing lice-mfected sheep produced a receipt showin<>- that the sheep had been dipped in February last. Ho did not personally supervise. the operation, and could not say whether the preparation was sutiiC 1 Hi" mflieting a fine of 20s, the Magis irate remarked that while taking every precaution, defendant had neglected to examine the sheep before sending them tO Ou C a’similar charge, George Blakemore, whom the. inspector _ stated had been indisposed, was fined 10s.