CAMBRIDGE COURT

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21357, 27 February 1941, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE COURT

MONTHLY SITTING l LIQUOR AT DANCE (Special to Times) CAMBRIDGE, Wednesday The monthly sitting- or the Cambridge Magistrate's Court was held today when .\lr W. H. Freeman, S.M., presided. Neison Denham Culpan, licensee of the .Masonic Hotel, was charged with selling liquor after hours on January 11, the day or the Cambridge trots. Charges were also preferred against Leonard Kerry and Norman Albert Fletcher, of Cambridge, lor being on licensed premises after hours and with purchasing liquor. Kerry was further charged with failing to stop his motor-car when requested to do so by the police. Kerry was convicted and lined £-2 on each charge, and Fletcher £3 on the two charges, while the licensee was convicted and lined £3 ana costs. Liquor at Dances Lawrence Michael Landers (Hawera), William Jewell and Vernati James Whiteman (Cambridge) were charged with having possession of liquor n»*ar a dance hall at Leamington on December 31. Jewell and Whiteman appeared In court and admitted the charges. They were convicted and each fined £3 and costs. Arthur Rudolph Johansson, and Arthur Nicholl, similarly charged, were convicted and fined £3 unci costs. Lloyd Scott Kidd ami Roland Gerald Kidd were also charged with being in possession of liquor at the Leamington dunce on New Year’s eve. The magistrate accepted the explanation that the liquor (a number of bottles) was purchased before 0 p.m. and was Tor haymaking next day. Negligent Driving Charges or negligently driving a motorcar on the main road at Karaplro and with having no warrant of fitness Tor his car were preferred against Desmond Tom Rpvell. He? pleaded guilty and was convicted and fined £3 and costs 10s. Benjamin W. Garland, of Karaplro, was fined £2 and costs for failing to clear ragwort from his farm. Herbert Marshall, a specialist at the Karaplro hydro works, was charged that on February 15 be was intoxicated in charge ° l Dr. H. C. Tod gave evidence of having examined the defendant and was satisfied that at the time he was unfit To drive. Inspector Hodgson said that ho followed the defendant along the main highway at Pukeroro. The car was driven from the crown to the side of the road and at St. Peter’s School corner it was driven round on the wrong side. lie stopped the defendant’s car and when he approached the driver and asked him why he was driving in such a manner the defendant was slow to reply and then just mumbled something. The inspector was satisfied that the defendant was intoxicated. lie was convicted and lined £ls and costs £3 6s. His license to drive was cancelled Tor 12 months. Matthew Wirihana was fined £2 Tor supplying liquor to a native, and Alfred NVilson a similar amount Tor a breach or his prohibition Traffic Offenders Gordon Jones was fined £2 and costs for speeding. j , For failing to display the unladen weight or a lorry; for overloading and for fulling to keep proper time books, Harry Davis Hall was fined a total of £6 and costs £1 los. J'l»e Cambridge Transport Company was Iln**d £2 and costs for overloading. Norman Francis Donovan, for speeding on a motor-cycle with a pillion passenger, was fined a total or £5 and costs. William Humphrey Scoon was fined 10s f.>r having no footrest on bis motor-cycle for pillion passenger. Cecil Scott ami Robt. Powell were each fined £1 for failing to carry consignment notes* It was explained that the oversight was during the change over or the Individual Cambridge carriers to the Transport Company. For failing to display the unladen weight on a lorry T. J. Wood and Co. were fined 10s and a similar fine for failing to carry a vehicle authority. Airred Harblb Coory was fined 30s for speeding. Walter Ernest Stanley Perrott, Cambridge. taxidrlver, was fined £2 and costs for speeding. Convicted of a charge of theft of a magneto at Cambridge about July 31 last Charles Leonard Busst, a laundry proprietor. was fined £2 10s and costs £1 16s Sd, the magneto, valued at £i. to be returned to the owners. Messrs Wilkinson & Co.