MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 February 1941, Page 6

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

SITTING IN MASTERTON. . I TRANSPORT CHARGE DISMISSED. I The fortnightly sitting of the Mas- .. terton Magistrate’s Court was held ’this morning, before Mr H. P Lawry, I S.M. J John Ryan was charged with having ■! no warning device on his bicycle, with not having the white surface on his J rear mudguard in a clean condition land with riding at night without a ! light. Defendant was fined 10s with j 10s costs on the charge relating to the ; white mudguard and ordered to pay costs only in resjx-ct to the other two jcharges 'l’railk: Inspector W. G. Milne pro- | eeeded against Hugh Charles O’Brien j on charges of failing to show a state- ‘ mens correct to one cwt. of the unloaded weight of his motor truck, with carrying on a goods seviee in a coni trolled area on December 30. between ; Akura and Paieru. other than jtttrsuant to lite authority of a goods ser* ! vice licence and with carrying no i warrant of fitness. Mr R. McKenzie, who appeared for ’ defendant, entered a plea of not guilty ’ m respc«‘t to the charge of rmmitig a J transport serytre, but admitted the ! other offences. ■ The evidence reiating to th, charge not admitted concerned the ownership ;of h.ij, which defendant was <-..rrym,g ; Mr Milne assorted that a man name*! : Kei ms had said the hay wax Ins and th.it it had not been claimed that the hay had been bought by def< t.dant Defendant, m <■videnee. said lie wa>: carting his own hay, which he had l.'lireha't-i! from Mr K« iin l t anil was cartilig to Mr Scott’-, faiin to feed witn<“'‘'s who'!': were on Mr Scott':; place. Thoma- Kerins gas'e evmcner in suppci t of dcfi-ndanL The Magistrate dr missed tlie charge relating to running ;■ transport :<-t'vice and ..i.< <1 defend; nt £ > with ete.ts 10s on the first charge reloting to tli<- unlatloii weight and .’■ with costs mi tin- third charge, that relating to havmg r.o warrant of filticw. Mary Daws; Simtnjo'. icli was eharg* ed with, mi August '■. she did aid. abet .and cruise Dolly Loe to give n false alarm of fire Wilfully to tlie Maftcrton Fin- Brigade. Defend.mt was rep-rc-'rnted by Mr J .Macfarhne Lamt”, who entered a jilra of not s’uihy After h<-.trii?g ihr cvicltmcc. the