MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 516, 27 April 1933, Page 6

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Our Own Correspondent.)

SMALL LIST OF UNDEFENDED ACTIONS DEALT WITH DOGS AND TICK AREAS

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There were only a few brief, matters be'fore the Opotiki Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. The stock inspector prpceeded against T. W. Sherratt for moving a dog across a cattle tick boundary without a permit. The inspector stated that when stopped by the watchman, Sherratt refused to have the dog sprayed ialthough he had no permit and when asked for his name and address refused to give it unless the watchman produeed his authority. The watchman asked his mate to bring over his coat in order that he might get his authority from the pocket, but Sherratt drove on before the permit was produeed. The magistrate, Mr. S. L. Paterson, S.M., inflicted the minhiium fine of £2 and costs. "Only Red Tape" B. 0. Sands was chariged with a similar breach of the regulations. He wa3 reported to have said "Oh! you can take the number of the car. It's only red tape and they can have the trouble of findinigi me," when asked for his name and address. He was fined £2 and costs. Edward Kelly was fined £5 and costs 10s and Dickson Peach a similar a.mount for breaches of the Noxious Weeds Act. A Maori, Tonto Periwini, was fined for a breach of the Borough Sanitation by-laws. Harold Jones was. fined 10s and 10s costs for riding a motor-cycle without lights in Kelly Street and Patrick Gillespie, a farm hand, was fined 5s a,nd costs for riding an ordina.ry cycle without a light in St. John Street. Transporfi Breach Reginald Clarence Percy Mason was chariged with three breaches of the Transport Act, Mr. Hodgson again appearing for the traffic inspector. The inspector gave evidence to the effect that he had inter cepted Mason in Opotiki and asked for his certificate of fitness and heavy traffic license neither of which Mason had in his possession. He had also made inquiries of the nine or ten passengers carried and one woman had admitted ha.ving paid an individual fare. The others said that they had contracted for the vehicle, but this he was inclined to doubt as they were all strangers to one another, besides "Mason was just behind me while I was talking to them and I think he miight have been giving them the wheeze." Judgment was reserved until Thursday pending the receipt of a written statement by Mason which he had been advised by wire was in the post.