POLICE COURT NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19445, 3 November 1925, Page 5

POLICE COURT NEWS

TRAFFIC FIELD DAY. SPEEDING MOTORISTS. BREACH OF THE PEACE. A largo number of motor drivers were charged in the Magistral e-’s Court yesterday, before Mr. J. S. Barton. 8.M., with breaches of the by-laws and 'traffic regulations. ! J. Dempsey for riding without a light iwas fined Ils 3d and costs 7s. ! Harry Doblc, for a similar offence, [was fined 12s 6d and costs 7s. I ‘‘l was having a bit of a spree and was taking heme some ice-creams,” stated D. Witlow, when charged * ith driving a motor-cycle without a light. I Mr. Cohen was observed to remark. |“A spree on ice creams!” Doblc was 'fined £1 and costs 7s. I A charge of excessive speeding was ‘preferred against Vernon Marks, who 'did not appear. Inspector Fear said 'that the defendant was travelling along Anzac Parade at a high rate of speed. I After passing the Aramoho bridge he (increased his speed to about 40 miles an hour. He was determined to get his Iman and followed him to Upokongaro. |Later in the day he interviewed defendant, who admitted that he was traveling at a good rate of speed, as he was on his way to fix up a shearing machine. Defendant had been previously ’fined for speeding. The Magistrate said lit was not a fair thing. The excuse ‘did not warrant such excessive speed. 'Sentence was deferred until the defendi ant ’s license has been prod- ced. | Robert Orton, for speeding on Portal Street, Durie Hill, was fined 10s and (costs 7s. I Richard Ambrose, for travelling at 35 I miles per hour, was fined £1 and costs

J. Grills, for speeding at 44 miles per hour, was fined £2 10s and costs 7s. Harold B. Gibson and John Nicholson were fined similar amounts for a similar offence. For similar breaches, G. W. Peebles was fined £1 10s, costs 7s; A. M. Robinson was fined £1 10s, costs 7s; Samuel Spence, fined £1 10s, costs 7s; J. F. Stephens, fined £1 10s and costs 7s; 11. E. Taylor, fined £2 10s, costs 7s. Breach of the Peace. Two young men appeared on a charge of fighting in Bell Street on Saturday evening. Senior-Sergeant Lopdell said these cases were becoming too frequent. The accused were found fighting on tlu* footpath in the vicinity of tie Druids’ Hall. Each was convicted and fined