MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 128, 30 April 1940, Page 10

MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Mr 11. P. Lawrv, S.M., presided at a sitting of tiie Magistrate’s Court yesterday. For a second offence of drunkenness within the statutory period of six months David Dick was fined 10s. S. R. Bramwcll. who did not appear, was fined £T, with 12s 6d costs, for not carrying a warrant of fitness in the car he was driving. For a breach of a prohibition order lie was fined £2, with 10s costs. S. O’Connor was fined £l, with 11s costs, for riding a cycle on the footpath. For failing to give way to traffic on the right, J. B. Sankey was fined £1 10s, with costs 19s. CHARGES OF THEFT Frederick McKeen Webster, aged 32, and Thomas Daley’, aged 18, both labourers, pleaded guilty to a joint charge of the theft at Palmerston North on April 22, of jewellery of a total value of £l7 2s 6d, the property’ of Ruby Millicent Burrows, and guilty also to a joint charge of the theft of whisky, valued at £B, the property of E. If. do Tourret, at Palmerston North, oil April 22. Daley pleaded guilty, further, to a breach of the terms of His release on probation, at Wanganui, on December 20. Detcetiye-Sergeant A. B. Meiklejolin said the two accused had been going about together. On April 22 they stole a ease of whisky’ from a car at the Midland Hotel and took it to another hotel after hiding it for a period. At the second hotel they booked in and took the whisky to a room. While they were at the Hotel the jewellery was taken. Webster had a long list of previous l convictions and the report on Daley by the probation officer was a bad one. Daley was ordered to be detained in a Borstal institution for 12 months on the charges of theft, and for the breach of probation he was convicted and discharged. Webster was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment on each of the two charges against him, the sentences to he cumulative. SERIES OF OFFENCES. A young man, whose name was suppressed, iaccd six charges of false pretences, two of forgery, two of uttering and two of theft. Mr Meiklejolin said accused rang up several business firms, used the names of prominent citizens and ordered goods. He asked that the goods he given “to his son,” who would call for them, and that the cost he put down to the speaker’s account. Accused would tlvon call on the firms and collect the goods ns if lie were the son referred to. Accysed had stolen a cheque hook and money recently from a house. Several cheques had been made out by accused, hut so far as was known only two had been presented.. One had not been paid out hut goods and cash had been given for the other. The total value of the goods was £24 0s 2d, and restitution could he made by accused (who would draw It is savings'from the Savings Bank) for all hut 13s. The Magistrate said there appeared to he a chance for accused to reform. He would he planed under the supervision of the Child Welfare Officer for two years and his name suppressed. Restitution was ordered to he mad’. Mr J. M. Gordon appeared for accused.