Magistrate’s Court Youth Fined Total Of £80 On Three Charges

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30961, 18 January 1966, Page 7

Magistrate’s Court Youth Fined Total Of £80 On Three Charges

Fines totalling £BO were imposed on Michael John Heath, aged 19, a book salesman, when he appeared before Mr H. J. Evans, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for sentence on three charges.

On a charge of false pretences involving the taking of a car on December 23, Heath (Mr S. G. Erber) was fined £4O. On a charge of theft of a radio at Invercargill on December 26 he was fined £2O, and on a charge of theft of two suitcases and contents at Timaru on December 26 he was fined £2O.

Heath was also ordered to make restitution of £5. In default of payment of the fines he was ordered to be imprisoned. Mr Erber said Heath had been short of money and he resorted to theft. It appeared he was not wholly the instigator in the conversion of the car as another person involved was an experienced criminal. Through a' foolish choice of companions Heath had got himself into trouble. The Magistrate said there was no excuse for Heath’s behaviour and he was going to pay for it. FINED £5O Appearing for sentence on a charge of breaking and entering Ballins liquor store, Byron street, on January 9, Barry Walter Oliver, aged 23 (Mr M. J. Glue), was fined £5O, placed on probation for two years, ordered to make restitution of £3 15s sd, and to take out a prohibition order. Mr Glue said Oliver was weak, but he had worthwhile qualities. His addiction to liquor was his tragedy, but his appearance in court might help him control his addiction. BORSTAL Borstal training was imposed on Brian Francis Johns, aged 19, a truck driver, when he appeared for sentence on a charge of car conversion on December 24. Mr M. J. Glue said that although Johns had a bad record he had had no intention of stealing the car. There was a doubt in the case which should be exercised in favour of Johns.

The Magistrate said he had read the probation officer’s full report and listened to counsel, but whatever Johns’s intention was he was plainly guilty of the offence. PROBATION FOR ONE YEAR Probation for one year with special conditions was imposed on Kathleen Patricia Bume, aged 18, a machinist, when she appeared for sentence on a charge of being idle and disorderly in that she had insufficient lawful means of support on January 6.

She was ordered to live and work as directed by the probation officer, to refrain from undesirable associations, and to pay an outstanding

fine of £lO imposed in October. FINE AND PROBATION Charged with theft of air filters, a youth, whose name was suppressed (Mr M. J. Glue) was fined £2O and placed on probation for one year, when he appeared for sentence. Mr Glue said the accused was unlikely to offend again. He came from a good family and was a good worker. (Before Mr E. S. J. Crutchley, S.M.) MURDER CHARGE Charged with murdering her mother, Reta Jane Coxhead, on December 1, Nola Gertrude Lorimer, aged 47, a land agent, was further remanded to February 8. Sergeant P. J. Alty asked for the remand to that date for the taking of depositions. Mr R. A. Young, with him Mr J. R. Milligan, consented to the remand. DEPORTATION ORDER

Ali Akbar, aged 21, a Fijian Indian factory worker (Mr S. G. Erber), was convicted and fined £lO, and was' ordered to be deported, when he appeared on a charge of an offence under the Immigration Restriction Act on December 9. He pleaded guilty. Akbar, who was allowed bail pending deportation, was ordered to pay solicitor’s fees of £3 3s.

Mr N. R. Morgan, who appeared for the Officer of Customs, said that Akbar had overstayed his permit to remain in New Zealand. Mr Erber said that Akbar arrived in New Zealand in June, 1963, with a three months’ permit. When this permit expired he failed to renew it, because some of his friends had applied to have their permits renewed and had been refused. Akbar had an excellent work record, and while he had been jn New Zealand he had learned a trade. It was proposed to apply to the Minister of Immigration for a permit for Akbar to remain in New Zealand. Mr Erber asked that Akbar be released on bail until the pleasure of the Minister of Immigration was known. BURGLARY John Leonard Dale, aged 23, a truck driver, was admitted to probation for one year and was ordered to make restitution of £B2 4s 9d when he appeared for sentence on a charge of burglary at Wei lington on September 25, 1963. He was ordered to abstain from liquor during the period of his probation. FINED £lO Anthony Thomas Stroud, aged 19, a carpet layer, was fined £lO when he appeared for sentence on a charge of theft. An order was made for immediate payment, in default 11 days’ imprisonment. PROBATION Pier Maria Silva, aged 21, unemployed, was admitted to probation for one year and was ordered to live where directed when she appeared for sentence on a charge of being idle and disorderly in that she had insufficient lawful means of support at Lyttelton on January 12. OBSCENE LANGUAGE

John Maynard, aged 17, unemployed, was fined £7 10s on a charge of using obscene language in Cathedral square. He pleaded guilty. Sergeant P. J. Alty said at 3 a.m. on Sunday Maynard

used the obscene languaeg when he got out of a car and joined a group of youths. He said he had used the language because “the cops were laughing because two of his friends had been killed.” FINED £7 10s

Charged with using obscene language in Cathedral square on January 16, John Quinto Berteis, aged 53, a painter, was convicted and fined £7 10s. He pleaded guilty. INCORRECT NAME

A girl who admitted to the police that the name she had given them was not her correct name appeared on a charge of being idle and disorderly on January 15 in that she had insufficient lawful means of support. Barbara Carol Lewis, aged 19, pleaded guilty to the charge and was remanded in custody to January 20 for sentence.

Police searched a house at 15 Rutland street at 11.30 p.m. where they found the accused, said Sergeant Alty. She had been unemployed for two months and was living with known criminals and had borrowed money from them. She had Is Id in her possession. She told the police the name she had given them was not her correct one, but she would not say what her correct name was. UNLAWFULLY ON PREMISES

William Albert Gray, aged 72, was remanded in custody to today on a charge of being found without lawful excuse on a property at Southbrook on January 16. He pleaded guilty. . Sergeant Alty said the Rangiora police were told that the accused was in a shed on a woman’s property and refused to leave. He had been a source of annoyance for some time. NAME SUPPRESSED

A man, whose name was suppressed, was remanded under the Mental Health Act to January 24 on a charge of attempting to unlawfully take a car, valued at £5OO, on December 7.

Sergeant Alty said the accused called at the police station at 1.30 a.m. and admitted trying to take a car in Clarence street. IDLE AND DISORDERLY Margaret Alexis Mitchell, aged 26, a factory worker, was remanded on bail to January 24 after being convicted on a charge of being idle and disorderly in that she had insufficient lawful means of support at Lyttelton on January 12. She pleaded not guilty and was represented by Mr R. F. B. Perry. LIQUOR CHARGES

Charged with being a minor found on licensed premises on October 1, Kayleen Annette Binnte, aged 19, was fined £3. She pleaded guilty by letter. Allan Frederick McNicholl, aged 19, charged with being a minor found on licensed premises on October 1, was fined £5. He pleaded guilty by letter. FOUND DRUNK Pleading guilty by letter to a charge of being found drunk in Gloucester street on January 15, Edward Thomas Callaghan, aged 43, a war pensioner, was convicted and fined £2. He was a statutory second offender. Doreen Francis Paviell, aged 42, a domestic, charged with being found drunk in St. Asaph street on January 15, was convicted and fined £5. She pleaded guilty by letter. She was a statutory third offender. THREW GLASS

Kelly Henry Robertson, aged 20, a truck driver, was

convicted and fined £l5 on a charge of throwing glass in a public place on November 21. He pleaded guilty by letter.

Sergeant P. J. Alty said that a broken bottle was found near the defendant's car at the Rmpuna Park car racing. Robertson admitted that he had thrown the bottle out of his car, but said he did not intend to break it. When asked by a steward to pick up the glass Robertson did so and put it in his car. ARMY ACT OFFENCES

Rangi Tauhore, aged 23, a driver, was fined £5 on a charge of failing to notify the Army of a change of address.

Maurice Herbert James Williams was fined £3 on a charge of failing to attend a camp at Bumham. On three charge of failing to attend military parades, on March 6, July 28, and October 16, Louis Maramatanga Herewini, aged 24, a labourer, was convicted and fined £l5. He pleaded guilty.

Sergeant Alty said that the defendant had failed to notify his change of address, and the notices informing him to attend the parades had gone to his old address. The Magistrate said that if a change of address was not notified, the notices sent to the previous address were deemed to ham been received. REMANDED Paul Williams, aged 22, a rigger, was remanded on bail to January 24 on a charge of assaulting Richard Keith Young. David Mervyn Coates, aged 38, a workman, was remanded on bail to January 24 on a charge of burglary. Raymond Patrick Boyle, aged 21, a linoleum layer, was remanded on bail to January 20 on a charge of driving while disqualified on January 12. Stuart Donald Carran, aged 19, an apprentice motor mechanic, was remanded on bail to January 20 on charges of driving while disqualified and failing to stop for a constable in Cathedral square on January 16.

Alexander Currie Windgate, aged 20, unemployed, was' remanded on bail to January 26 on a charge of breaking and entering the Valley Inn on December 14. Wayne Raymond Wright, aged 21, a barman-porter, was remanded on bail to January 26 on charges of frequenting a place with felonious intent and burglary. Neuman Francis Price, aged 46, a cleaner, was remanded on bail to January 20 on a charge of indecent assault on a boy aged nine on January 8. Michael Paul Stone, aged 20, a clerk, was remanded under the Mental Health Act to February 14 on a charge of breaking and entering a house at 137 Tennyson street on January 2. Colin Thomas Baker, aged 19, a glass worker, Wereta Tainui, aged 19, a glass grinder, and Joseph Pohara Pollett, aged 29, a glass worker, were remanded on bail to January 20 on a charge of stealing a watch, wallet, passport, and a battle of sherry of a total value of £l9 6s on January 14, and a charge of stealing a radio on the same date.

Sydney Sullivan, aged 37, a logging contractor, was remanded on bail to January 20 on a charge of false pretences on December 31. Haami Tahere, aged 18, a boat assembler, was remanded on bail to January 20 on a charge of breaking and entering the Valley Inn on December 14.