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MAGISTRATE'S COURT

THURSDAY

(Before Mr H. Morgan, S.M.) IMPRISONMENT FOR THEFT

John Robert Mackie (Mr D. J. Hewitt) was charged with stealing a bicycle valued at £3. the property of Anthony John Corrigan, a bicycle valued at £5, the property of Edward Arthur Webb, and a quantity of Maori curios valued at £l6 ss, the property of James Edward McDonald Rountree, and with unlawfully converting to his own use a motor-cycle valued at £25, the property of Hutchison Motors. Ltd. Detective-Sergeant J. Bickerdike said that the accused had refused to assist the police when interviewed. Mr Hewitt * said that the offences were not so serious as they appeared. Drink appeared to be the accused s trouble. , . ~ , Mackie was sentenced to six months imprisonment on the charge of stealing Maori curios, and to two months imprisonment on each of the charges of stealing bicycles, the sentences to be concurrent. He was convicted and discharged on the other charge. ASSAULT AND DAMAGE

Claude Alfred Lang (Mr C. S. Thomas) pleaded not guilty to a charge of damaging two glass name-plates valued at £1 14s, the property of the trustees of High Street Chambers, and to a charge of unlawfully assaulting Noel Souper. Senior-Sergeant P. C. Felton said that the defendant was alleged to have refused to move his car when it was blocking the entrance to the complainant’s shop in High street. He was then alleged to have struck the complainant, to have pushed him through a glass name-plate, and to have kicked him in the stomach.

Souper gave evidence in support of the police case. In reply to Mr Thomas, he denied having used strong language to the defendant. Mr Thomas said that. Souper had opened the door of Lang’s car and told him to move, using strong language in an angry manner. Lang had not kicked Souper; he had merely pushed him clear of the car door with his foot. Lang, in evidence, said that he had resented language used by Souper, as his sister-in-law was in the back of the car. He had had no liquor during the day. He had recently been ill with influenza. The Magistrate held that assault had been proved and on this charge fined the defendant £3 and 'ordered payment of costs. On the other charge the defendant was convicted and ordered to pay the damage. FALSE DECLARATIONS

William Cox was fined £7 10s and ordered' to pay costs for making a false declaration to an officer of the Labour Department for the purpose of obtaining sustenance benefit from the department. Clarence Harold Gardner (Mr, K. G. Archer), on a similar charge, was lined £7 10s and ordered to pay costs. Edward Henry Greenway, on a similar charge, was fined £SO and ordered to pay costs. William John Lees (Mr K. G. Archer), on a similar charge, was fined £6 and ordered to pay costs. Ivan Henry Shaw, on a similar charge, was fined £3' and ordered to pay costs. TWO CHARGES Henry Charles Beadeh Isaacs (Mr D. J. Hewitt) was charged with stealing wood valued at 10s, the property of Selwyn Plantation Board, and also with making a false declaration to an officer of the Labour Department for the purpose of obtaining sustenance benefit. Mr Hewitt made a plea for leniency on the ground that Isaacs had been in difficult circumstances. Isaacs was fined £5, in default 14 days' imprisonment, for theft, and fined £lO and ordered to ray costs for making a false declaration.

UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF RIFLE Leonard Keith' . Aldridge, charged with being unlawfully in possession of a rifle and also with a breach of a prohibition order, was ordered to pay costs on the first charge and fined £ 1 and ordered to pay costs on the second. An order was made for the confiscation of the rifle. FIREARM DISCHARGED Meredith George Wilson was fined £1 and ordered to pay costs for discharging a firearm without reasonable care in a public place at Rolleston. THEFT OF BICYCLES Ernest Claude, Keenan (Mr D. J. Hewitt) was charged with stealing a bicycle valued at £3, the property of James Thomas Ayers, and with stealing a bicycle valued at £2, the property of Graham Wilkinson. Senior-Sergeant P. C. Felton said that the bicycles had been recovered. The accused had a list of previous convictions. Mr Hewitt said that the accused was married, with 10 children, nine of whom were of school age, and asked for leniency. . , , ~ , , . A-fine of £5, in default 14 days’ imprisonment, was imposed on each charge.

DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR For disorderly behaviour in Cathedral square, William McCourt. Kenneth Avant, Charles Lockton. and George Ettrick were each fined £2 and ordered to pay costs. ' DRUNKENNESS Charles Neilson was fined £l, in default three days’ imprisonment. lor drunkenness, on a second conviction within six months. CIVIL COURT (Before Mr Raymond Ferner. S.M.) JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF Judgment was given for the plaintiff for the full amount in a defended action in which Andrew Lees, Ltd., paint merchants (Mr C. G. Lockwood), claimed £l9 14s from R. Creed, trading mR. Creed and Son. locksmith, of Christchurch., for plastering. Pointing, and scrimmmg work done by tne plaintiff. JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANT Judgment was given ant in a claim for £23 10s 4d brought bv John Dick, of Kaikoura (Mr R. Twyneham). against William Gilmour Carter, of Heathcotc (Mr ,‘V- .J? - Thomas), for damage to the plaintiffs motor-car in a collision alleged to have been cailsed by the defendant s negligence. : Costs were allowed to the defendant.

JUDGMENTS BY DEFAULT Judgment for plaintiff by default was given in each of the following cases:—Canterbury Hotel, Restaurant, and Related Trades Employees Union of Workers v. Noreen Murphy, 10s 6d; same v. Joan Hill, £*,2s; G. S. Morse v. G. McLennan, £5 13s 6d; Duncan M. Stewart ,v. James Mulhem, £3; ARobinson v. A. Dann, 6s sd; Pannell and Company, Ltd., v. S. Neilson, £l, 2s 6d: Papanui Timber Company y. H. Palmer, £9 5s 2d; Heathcote County Council v. Elizabeth Ann Kerr, £5 4s 9d. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES

On a judgment summons G. Parry was ordered to pay R. B. Cape-Wil-liamson £8 16s 6d forthwith, 'in default 10 days’ imprisonment, warrant to be suspended until seven days after service of the order. Thomas Martin was ordered to pay J. Lamb and Son £lO 18s 6d. In default 12 days’ imprisonment. W. Gill was ordered to pay W. S. Seed £2 9s, in default three days’ imprisonment. H. Isaacs was ordered to pay Amuri Motors, Ltd-,. £4 14s 8d forthwith, in default five .days’ imprisonment, war- , ant suspended while payment of - 2s 6d a week is made. D. W. Neil was ordered to pay £3 14s Id to Trades Service Company, in default four days’ imprisonment.

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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22508, 16 September 1938, Page 18

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MAGISTRATE'S COURT Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22508, 16 September 1938, Page 18

MAGISTRATE'S COURT Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22508, 16 September 1938, Page 18

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