Court Briefs

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 95, 8 February 1950, Page 5

Court Briefs

Stole Lamp William Wharewera, grocer assistant, Piripai, was convfcted and fined £lO, costs 255, for stealing a bicycle lamp valued at £1 5s and a pump at Whakatane on October 19“, 1949. He was ordered to make restitution of the articles.

Dangerous Driving A fine of £3, costs £2 9s, was imposed on Takawai Edwards, motor driver, Te Teko, for operating a passenger vehicle in a dangerous manner. A similar charge was brought against William James Dredge, ; taxi driver, Matata. He was fined £3, £osts £1 11s. Unlawful Sale

Although he was a sub-agent for a brewery John Richard Barnes (Mr Otley) grocery assistant, Edgecumbe , was not entitled to sell liquor and when he committed this breach

of the Licensing Act he was fined £5, costs £l.

Celebrated With “Uke”

While celebrating the new year on December 30, Tom Wahaponga Kingi, Paroa, took a ukelele valued at £1 15s. He told Mr E. L. Walton, S.M., just before he was convicted and fined £5, costs 15s, that he had had no intention of taking the instrument. He had used it to celebrate the new year but had got drunk and could not remember what he had done.