MAGISTRATE’S COURT Youths Stole Tokens And Money From Milk Boxes

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30956, 12 January 1966, Page 6

MAGISTRATE’S COURT Youths Stole Tokens And Money From Milk Boxes

“This was a pretty miser- . able, sneaky theft, and a childish thing to do,” said Mr E. IS. J. Crutchley, S.M., in the | Magistrate’s Court yesterday, when he convicted Brian James Jacobsen, aged 18, unemployed, and Robert Dicky, aged 19, a fettler, of stealing milk tokens and money from milk boxes in Trent street on January 11. Jacobsen was charged with stealing 22 milk tokens and cash valued at 12s 4d, and Dicky was charged with stealing 2s 7jd from a person or persons unknown. Both pleaded guilty. Dicky was fined £7 10s, and Jacobsen was remanded in custody to January 13 for a medical report to determine whether he is fit to enter a detention centre. Sergeant P. J. Alty said that at 12.45 a.m. yesterday the accused were seen acting suspiciously in Trent street. When apprehended by the police both admitted taking money and tokens from several milk boxes, but could not say which boxes they had pilfered. They said they had not been working since Christmas and had run short of money. The Magistrate, at the request of Sergeant Alty, ordered that the recovered tokens and money be returned to the householders of Trent street. STOLE JACKET Anthony Thomas Stroud, aged 19, a casual labourer, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a leather jacket valued at £l7 17s. He was convicted and remanded on bail to January 17 for sentence. During the afternoon of January 10 two youths went into the shop of Vance Vivian, Ltd., at 216 High street, examined a leather jacket, and then left, Sergeant Alty said. When another youth came to purchase the jacket it was found to be missing. About 9.30 p.m. a salesman from the shop saw the accused wearing the jacket at a picture theatre, and called the police, said Sergeant Alty.

THEFTS AT HOTEL Rachel May Struthers, aged 19, a hotel worker, was convicted and remanded on bail to January 17 for sentence when she appeared on charges of stealing sheets and a pillow-case valued at £3 3s, the property of the Russley Hotel, and a comb valued at 10s 6d, the property of John Cyril Morris, on January 2. Struthers pleaded guilty'. Sergeant Alty said that on December 31 the accused worked at the Russley Hotel for one day and was then dismissed. After she had taken employment at another hotel, a guest reported the theft of a hand-made bone-handled comb from his room at the Russley Hotel. The accused was interviewed at her home, where the stolen articles were found. STOLE £lO Ernest James Blair, aged 22, a blacksmith (Mr S. G. Erber), was convicted and fined £5 when he appeared on a charge of theft of £lO, the property of Florence Cathleen Wilson, on January 10. He pleaded guilty. Sergeant Alty said that at 1 p.m. on January 10 the accused bought a pie at the complainant’s shop. She invited him to eat it at the back of the shop and then left him to attend to customers.

While she was in the front of the shop, the accused walked past and out into the street without saying anything, said Sergeant Alty. Later the complainant found that a money bag she kept at the back of the shop had been tampered with and a £lO note was missing from it She called the police, who found the note hidden under the seat of the accused’s van. CONVICTED John Leonard Dale, aged 23, a truck driver, was convicted and remanded on bail to January 17 for a probation report and sentence when he appeared on a charge of breaking and entering solicitors’ offices in Wellington on September 25. He pleaded guilty.

FINED £2O John Santos, aged 33, a slaughterman, was convicted and fined £2O when he appeared on a charge of peeping through the window of a dwelling house by night at 359 Gloucester street on January 10. He pleaded guilty. REMANDED A man whose name was suppressed (Mr S. G. Erber), was remanded on bail to January 13 when he appeared on a charge of breaking and entering premises at 117 Salisbury street on January 10. TRAFFIC CASES In traffic cases brought bv the Christchurch City Council traffic department, convictions were entered and fines imposed as follows: Exceeded 30 miles an hour: Brian Jamea Entwistle. £8; Harry Foster. £3: Murray James Garven, £4: Wayne Douglas Grafton. £3; Gerald Edward Harper, £4; Kevin Francis Harris, £3 (no safety helmet, £1). ordered to attend traffic lectures; Alfred Hind, £4: Alan George Hinks, £4: Trevor Ernest Knoght, £4; John Afrian Lewis, £2; Thomas Michael James Mallng, £5; Phyllis Maurice, £3; Malcolm Ralph Mehlopt, £4; Murray Thomae Mitchell, £2: Venelln Miteff, £4; Brian Pearson, £4: Kevin George Pope, £2: Anthony Walter Robinson. £4; John Fraser Thompson. £6; David Walter Tisch, £4; Brent Vernon Trevean, £4: Rodney Emison Wagner, £4; Joseph Wesley, £4; Stuart Blackburn, £3; Lindsay Warran Brown, £7: Neville William Carson, £1 10s (no driver’s licence. £3); David George Crossett, £4; Arthur Dearten, £4: Robert Edward Dodge, £t: John Francis Dunne. £4; Errol William Haley, £3; Fay Georgina Harris, £4; Alan Leslie Hooper, £4; Gary Trevor Hutchinson, £4; Geoffrey Raymond Johnston, £2: Charles Whittington Jones, £4; Ralph Lloyd Jones. £4; Henry David Living stone. £4; lan David Livingstone, £3; Graham Richard Ernest Long, £4; Graham NevHle Lucas, £4; David Alexander Marshall, £2; David Henry Marks, £4: Barry John Mitchell, £2; Carolyn Ann Mitchell, £4; David Peter Niven. £4; Paul Martin O'Neil £4.

Failed to stop at compulsory stop; Robert Grant Davidson (sen.), £5; WtUKam Charles Glasgowk £5; James Joseph Fraher. £3; Leicester John Gates, £3; Kevin Alphonsus O’Connor, £3; George Garfield Rogers, £5; Fre-

derick Arthur Smith, £3: John Edgar Wickham, £3; Raymond Edward Wiltfams. £l. Parking offences: John Chitty, £1; Graham, £1; Kev.n Douglas Herdman, £1: PhiMp Gordon K No' warrant o£ fitness: Raymond Lawrence Cavil, £l. «“• Ham Latterty, Jackson. £2; Robert Charles Kearns, £2. , Unable to stop in between vehicles: Eileen Peart Counter. £5. , , Rode power-cycle on footpath: Michael Francis Bunting, Failed to comply lights: Keith Malcolm Grainger, £5; Stephen Raymond Hammond, £3; Samuel rwi Whanau, £s’ (exceeded 30 miles an hour, £4). Failed to stop for school patrol: MerriiNes Margaret No 6 ’ safety chain attached: Frank George Fltint, £4 (no warrant of fitness. 10s); Garry Raymond Ward, £2.

Inappropriate Mcence P late ’- Robert Michael Franklin. £1 (no driver’s licence, £10); disqualified from driving car for »lx months . . Failed to give way at sign. Patrick John Long, £lO. Failed to keep left when turnins- Barry James Gough, to and disqualified from driving for two months; Thomas Francis Walsh. £B. , No certificate of fitness: Metal Reclaims. Ltd., £5Exceeded heavy traffic licence. Stanley Moore, £l. ..... Unlicensed motor-vehicle. Adrianus Johannus Nljman, £2 (no driver’s licence). £2). , No front light on cycle. Frank William Russell. £2Failed to give way to.the right: Russell Conrad Strahl, £B Rode cycle with no hands on bar: William David Torrance, £I No driver’s licence: Mervin Raymond Watts, £l®- licence cancelled for six monhs.

(Before Mr H. J. Evans, S.M.)

PERIODIC DETENTION A sentence of periodic detention at the Bristol street work centre for six months was imposed on Terrence Andrew Harner. aged 19, a plasterer, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a duffle bag and suitcase and contents worth £25 17s 8d on December 29. Sergeant P. J. Alty said Harper and another person took the property from the boot of a parked car. The other person had not been located. CARELESS USE A 16-year-old youth whose car mounted a footpath in McDougal avenue and demolished 35ft of fence appeared on a charge of carelessly using a vehicle. Ronald Flowers (Mr M. J. Glue) pleaded guilty to the charge. He was convicted and fined £l5 and his driver's licence was cancelled for one year. TRAFFIC CASES In traffic cases brought by the Christchurch City Council traffic department, convictions were entered and fines imposed as follows: Exceeding 30 miles an hour: Bryan Clarence Ayres, £5; Donald Peter Bailey, £4; John Sylvester Banks, £3; Roderick Jan Barry, £5; John Alexander Beattie. £5; lan Archibald Morrison, £8: John Threipland McKittcrick,

£10: Peter John Davies. £8: Brian William Stokes, £2 (falling to stop for traffic officer, £10); Bruce John Merewether, £6; Malcolm Leonard Breach. £6 : Gregory Stewart Connor. £8; Maurice Thomas Leslie Earnshaw, £8: Barry Frederick Foster. £8; lan Alexander Jamea, £7; Donald Henry John Klrdy, £6; Ronald John Mauger, £5 10s: Alick McMillan, £5; John Richard Shamus McMillan, £5; Paul Maxwell McMillan, £5; Paul Robert McQuoid, £4 and driver s licence cancelled for three months; Ronald Edward Patterson. £4; John Frederick David Peach, £8 and licence cancelled for three months: Brian William Roberts, £7; Graeme Morris Tonkin, £2; Alfred Russell Ward, £5: John Arthur Watson, £6; Allan Robert Winter, £5 10s; Roger William Danson, £5: Clifford Allan Harris, £5; Edward Pahi KI pa. £7. Parking offences: Edmond Charlton Andrews, £1; Colin Harold Berryman, £3; Andrew Ashmore Miller, £3: Alan Haviland de la Mere. £3; Frederick Cecil Flynn, £1; Ellen Adrienne Cansdale, £3; Trevor James Everest, £3; Robin Edward Hill, £3; Gray Desmond Jamieson. £3: Van Willem Levy, £1; James Ross McConchie, £3: Terrence Rea, £1; William Douglas Shannan, £8; Leslie Noel Sherlock, £6; Peter John Tucker, £3; Frederick Johann Henrich Visser, £1: Arthur Woodhouse, £1; Richard Mark Wyles, 10s; Murray Frederick Hartman. £10; Rutherford Milne, £3; Terence Francis Mora, £l.

No driver’s licence: Pamela Joan Buckman, £8; Kevin Hua James Stevens, £7 10s; Gavin Patrick Topp, £2 10s (riding motor-cycle on footpath, £1 10s). Falling to stop at sign: Douglast Charles Ivory, £4; Patrick Wichman, £3 10s; Eric Clifford Williams, £3 10s.

No warrant of fitness: William Robert Martin. £2: Robert Gillies Coffey. £5; Owen Basil Riley, £l. Failing to carry heavy traffic licence: Independent Distributors, Ltd.. £3; Southern Bottling Company, Ltd., £7. Overloading heavy vehicle: B. B. Woods, Ltd., £3 (overloading rear axle, £3).

Dangerous speed: Clayton James Boyd, £l2 and driver s licence cancelled for one year. Driving xvithout reasonable consideration: lan Douglas McIntosh, £l2.

Failing to keep left: David Ludwick Merlyn Shaw. £8 and ordered to attend lectures at traffic improvement school. Carrying pillion passenger while restricted: Michael Roger Thompson, £2 (failing to display L plates, £2). Permitting unlicensed person to use vehicle: Yvonne Maria Topp, £2 IDs. No safety chain attached to trailer: Mario Radeks, £3 10s.

Careless use: Jeffrey Oliver Oakley, £l5. Using unsafe vehicle: John William Maynard. £l5. Failing to stop at lights: Denis McNamara Kane, £8: Richard Katene, £8; Leslie Keith Thompson, £4. Failing to give way at pedestrian crossing: Neil William Rennie, £5; Walter Rose Winterbourn, £B.

Insecure load: Bruce Alfred Helps. £2 10s; Keynton John Williams, £2; Kevin James Borcoskie, £10; Maitland Gerald Donaldson, £7.