IN THE COURTS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10312, 22 January 1927, Page 8

IN THE COURTS

GISBORNE SITTINGS.

TRAFFIC BY-LAW BREACHES

Tangible evidence as to the recent activities of Borough Traffic Inspector Scott was seen at the Magistrate s Court, before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M* vesterdav, when several local residents appeared for breaches of the bv-laws. , r , . '.James Henry Hullen, a Manutuke farmer, who was charged with riding a motor cycle in Gladstone Road without a light was fined £2. tUs excuse was that he had a breakdown and was delayed on the roa . Although he said he thought the tram was still going, for driving a motor car past it Harry Walworth was fined iOs and costs. Cutting a corner with a horse and cart was Bertie Douglas s trouble, lie was also fined 10s and costs. Rupert John Scott, a motor lorry driver, -passed a stationary motor ldrrv on the wrong side. This case the*inspector treated as a warning and defendant was convicted and discharged. Charged with driving a motor car past a stationary car, Albert Hector Charles said he had seen the car stop and pulled up too late. His had judgment cost him 10s and costs “You are very fortunate that you have not been caught before, ’ said the Magistrate to Ivan McKay, who in pleading guilty to cycling without a light, said he had never had a light during the four or five years he had owned the hike. He was fined 10s dn Un C °a similar charge Leslie George Ratcliffe was also tmed 10s and C °Admail hoy, Raymond Charles Wilson, who told the Magistrate in replv to a question that ue had n money to spend on fines, was convicted and discharged on a c-iaige of eye ling without a light. The first prosecutions against offenders under the new BoroUgn bylaw. which requires a ietlecwoi to be affixed to all cycles used at night, also came before Mr Levvey. J.mpcctor Scott said they were brought ns a warning as it appealed <w - ■ two out of every ten - vchsts l.ad taken any notice of tne o\-b<w. ' 1 liarn Dunstan and l van McKay were each fined 2s 6d for -ailing i, the required refiectors.

A SMALL DOUBLE DUNEDIN, Jan. 21. “When bookmakers carry on thenoperations openly it is a little I,‘axsh that a man like this lfe chart ed” commented Air Bundle, S.M., in the Police Court. when ordering Tames St. Clair Oughton to come up for sentence when called upon on a charge of bookmaking at Win gat ui on December 27. t ~, . Mr Irwin, for pccusod, .stfitcd th«vt he ran a small double among bis friends, hut no more. He was a married man in permanent employment in Invercargill—P.A. UNSTAMPED FOOTWEAR WELLINGTON .Xan. 21. The maximum penalty of £lO was imposed to-day on W, Comma, a boot manufacturer, who admitted exposing unstamped footwear tor sale. The soles, it was alleged, consisted of a thin layer leather and then cardboard. —F. A. MALT VINEGAR MUST NOT BE MADE FROM TAPIOCA. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 21. The Magistrate, Air Alosley, gave reserved judgment to-day in a prosecution brought by the Health Department against the Dominion Compressed \east Co., -Ltd., holding that vinegar from tapioca was net, malt vinegar and convicting the company without imposing a penalty for selling the product as malt vinegar. __ DRUNKEN AIOTORIST DUNEDIN, Jan. 21. Donald O'Hara, a motor salesman, was fined £9 and prohibited from driving for six months for being intoxicated while in charge of a car. In answer to a plea for leniency, the Alagistrato said the offence was aggravated by the fact that defendant’s occupation was selling cars, which involved much driving. It was a question of public safety. No leniency could be shown. —P.A.

PRISONERS SENTENCED. WELLINGTON, Jan. 21. The following prisoners were sentenced by Mr. Justice Reed: Thomas Kelly, 28, a laborer, for indecent assault, two years’ reformative treatment, His Honor saying it was a ease iu which the protection of children was involved ; William Mawson Channel's, for theft at AYellington, was let out for six months to see if he could resist the drink craving, bonds to be furnished; Walter Worthington, 38, a baker, for forgery and uttering at Napier, two years’ hard labor, he had a bad record; Joseph Francis Ward, 46, a laborer and Albert Joseph Bell, 43, a laborer, for breaking, entering and thfft at Palmerston North, two years’ hard labor; Harold Joseph Whittle, alias Tobin, 25, a mechanic, for theft of a car and breaking, entering and theft at Feilding, three years’ hard labor, ho had numerous previous convictions; William George CJhundy, for assault on a male ten j-ears’ hard labor, in 1911 accused was sentenced for interference with boys and was let out on license; Joseph Pyrtle Howe, 38, a carpenter, for tbelt at Upper Hutt, two years’ probation on condition that he makes restitution.—P.A.