Magistrate’s Court 14 Days’ Gaol For Being Idle And Disorderly

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30957, 13 January 1966, Page 8

Magistrate’s Court 14 Days’ Gaol For Being Idle And Disorderly

Found playing cards in the Linwood Railway Station yesterday morning, Herbert Gilmore Scobie, aged 61, later appeared in the Magistrate’s Court on a charge of being idle and disorderly in that he had insufficient lawful means of support. Scobie was sentenced to 14 days’ imprisonment by Mr H. J. Evans, S.M. He pleaded not guilty. Constable D. T. Hore said that at 8 a.m. yesterday he went to the railway station where he found Scobie playing patience. Scobie said he had been sleeping in the station or under nearby trees for the last 10 days. He had 7d in his possession and had nowhere to live. Scobie said he had been recently discharged from hospital, said Constable Hore. He said he only ate when he could get enough money from selling bottles which he picked up along the river. “Last August he was sent to Roto-roa Island for a year,” said the Magistrate, looking at Scobie’s list of convictions. “How does he come to be down here now?”

Sergeant P. J. Alty said that Scobie might have caused trouble at Roto-roa and the authorities there might have refused to deal with him. The Magistrate looked at his card again and said the last conviction Scobie had was for insubordinate behaviour at Rotoroa and he served a month’s imprisonment in Mount Eden Prison.

“Yours is a difficult case,” said the Magistrate. “I don’t know what to do with you really, but I am going to send you to gaol.” (Before Mr E. S. J. Crutchley, S.M.) 18 MONTHS’ PROBATION Appearing for sentence on charges of theft and theft as a servant, Rachel May Struthers, aged 18, a hotel worker, was released on probation for 18 months. She was ordered to live and work as directed by the probation offi-' cer.

The Magistrate said he would hesitate to send Struthers back to Borstal. There was still time for her to make a success of her life. FOUND ON WHARF

When police went on to a wharf at Lyttelton at 3 a.m. yesterday they found Pier Maria Silva, aged 19, attempting to Obtain money from members of a crew of an overseas ship to pay for a taxi fare, said Sergeant Alty. Silva pleaded guilty to a charge of being idle and disorderly in that she had insufficient lawful means of support. She was convicted and remanded in custody to January 17 for sentence. Silva had frequently been seen on overseas ships, said Sergeant Alty. She had not worked since mid-December. RELEASED FROM CUSTODY

Malina Samuela, aged 20, unemployed, was released from custody when she appeared on a warrant for her arrest for failing to comply with conditions of bail. Sergeant Alty said she had failed to report at the police station as required. The Magistrate said that Samuela's explanation that she had been sick, which was supported by a doctor’s certificate, was a proper reason for not reporting. He told her to get friends to advise the police if She was sick again. BURGLARY Charged with breaking and entering a house at 139 Antigua street on December 23, a woman, whose name was suppressed, was convicted and and remanded on bail to January 20 for sentence. She pleaded guilty. Sergeant Alty said that a portable radiogram, records, and meat, worth £33 8s had been taken. When interviewed the accused denied taking any meat. The radiogram was recovered. INDECENT ACTS

On two charges of permitting a boy to do an indecent act on him on January 8, Alfred Thomas Vincent, aged 28, a car cleaner (Mr K. N. Hampton) was convicted and remanded in custody to J nuary 20 for sentence. He pleaded guilty.

Sergeant Alty said that Vincent had convictions for similar offences. An application for bail was refused. REMANDED Sydney Sullivan, aged 37. a logging contractor, was remanded in custody to January 17 on a charge of obtaining credit by fraud to the value of £325 on December 31. Tuivasa Falealiii, aged 26. a driver, charged with having unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl aged 12 on January 9, was remanded in custody to January 20. Michael Paul Stone, aged 20, a clerk, was remanded in custody to January 17 on a charge of burglary on or about January 2. TRAFFIC CASES In traffic prosecutions brought by the Transport Department, convictions were entered and fines imposed as follows, with costs of £1 10s on each charge: Exceeded 30 miles an hour: William George Paget, £S; Patrick Osborn, £3 (failed to produce driver's licence, £2); Herbertus Geraldus Kraak, £5: Michael Brierton, £4; Raymond John Stokes, £to, ordered to attend traffic lectures: Gary Francis Priest, £7; Mervyn Robert Brain, £3 (no driver’s licence, £3): Wayne Charles Ragg, £4: Brian Simmons, £8; Jean Mary Bunt, £4: Rex Mervyn George Davies, £4; Vernon John Dennison, £4: Geoffrey Leonard Leathwick, £5; Malcolm Walter Lilley, £4; David Lawrence Lough. £4; Louis Daisy Marks, £4; Kathleen Park, £5; Kelvin Robert Parkinson, £3; Harry Simon, £4: Stuart Rolland Suckling. £2: Anthony Thomas Kotlowski, £4: Trevor William Michington, £4; Jan Evans, £4; Graeme Albert Holden, £4; Douglas Arthur John King, £6 ino safety helmet, £2); Gerard Francis Patrick Mitten, £4 (failing to keep left, £5 and driver's licence cancelled for three months; no warrant of fitness, £1); Frank William Mushet, £4; Robert William Paterson. £4; Walter Francis Sparrow. £6 (insufficient lights, £4>: Adrian Leslie Carson, £4 (pillion passenger not wearing safety helmet, £2); Jervis Davis, £2; Selwyn Edgar Fantham, £4; Robert Noe! Garland, £5; Geoffrey Robinson McDonald, £2; Joseph William McFetrlsh, £5 and driver's licence cancelled for three months (no safety helmet, £3); John Lindsay Salton, £4. Exceeded temporary speed limit: John Herman Booth, £3; Maureen May Little, £1; Michael John Field, £3; Noeline Eva Graham. £3: Mervyn Robert Milne, £4; Richard Darrell Edkins, £3; David John Price, £4. Failed to stop at compulsory stop sign: Brian Mervyn Everitt, £2 (exceeded 30 miles an hour, £2); Nigel Leslie Fleet, £3; Peter Anthony Thompson, £3 (no driver's licence. £3); Margaret Ann Northcroft, £3; Terence Ivon Murdock, £5; George William Murray, £3. Passing on an intersection: Meynell Alexander Robertson, £7 (no driver's licence, £lO and prohibited from obtaining a licence for six months; giving false information, £1). No driver’s licence: Terrance Andrew Harper, £lO. licence cancelled for six months; Kevin Huia Stevens, £lO, licence cancelled for six months; Lindaye L. Dando. £lO and prohibited from obtaining a licence for six months; Nora Patricia Mangan. £5. Careless use: Jeremy John Ford, £8; George Thomas Grover, £3; Robert George Cooke, £5; David Gordon Dacombe, £5. Exceeded heavy traffic licence: J. Deyell and Company, Ltd. (two charges) £3 on each (carried load contrary to permit, costs only); Fleming and Company, Ltd., £5. No heavy traffic licence: Jack Dauber, £2; Motorways New Zealand, Ltd., £2 (failed to carry certificate of fitness, £2); N.Z. Smelters, Ltd., £3. Unlicensed motor vehicles: Doeke Wielsme, £5; John Nelson Wedrell, £5.

Failed to dip lights: Violet Anderson, £3: William Leonard Woodhouse, £3.

No rear red lights: Dale Preston Bower, £3; William Keith Woods, £3.

Exceeded 40 miles an hour in heavy motor vehicle: W. llace Alwyn Mills, £5. Exceeded 40 miles an hour with learners plates: Peter Cox, £4 (no safety helmet. £2). No warrant of fitness: Thomas lan McGlinchy, £2; Terence Wayne Turner, £2. Failed to produce driver s licence: Peter John Clark, £2 (no warrant of fitness, £5). Exceeded axle weight: R. R. Price, Ltd., £4. No service brake on trailer: Steve Mitchell, Ltd., £5. Trailer insecurely attached: Jack Griffin Trethewey. £4. Excessive width load: Button Bros. Ltd., £2. Driving without reasonable consideration: Ivy Althea Welton, £5. Failed to give way at sign: George Stanley Wilmott, £lO. Failed to keep to left: Francis Reginald Mlnghington, £4. Unable to stop within half of clear distance ahead: Wayne William Wood. £5. Vehicle fitted with dangerous tyre: Barry Richard Lancaster, £3 (no driver's licence, £5). Noisy motor vehicle: Kevin John Noonan. £5 (no warrant of fitness, £1). Permitting unlicensed person to drive: Douglas Barry Borton, lights: Ronald Bruce Rutherford. £3.