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4 4 M 4-77 PAGE 12, WEDNESIDAY, MAY 1, 1974, WHITBY FREE, PRESS COURT REPORT Steven B. Perry, 20, of 209 Byron St. Whitby %vas remanded for a pre-sentence report before Provincial Court Judge H.W. Jermyn would make a final decision on the case. The youthl is to appear in thc Ajax Court in May for sentence on four charges of break, enter and theft and two charges of being in possession of stolen goods. During the month of January he broke into several premnises in '~Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa including the Becker's MiIk Store in Blair Park Plaza, Whitby. From the area stores he took merchandise arnd cash. When apprehended by the Police the youth wvas found to have 72 packages of cigarettes in his possession. The Rand Tire Distributors on Wentworth Street, Oshawa were broken into and two tires and rims were stolen frorn the company and sold accord- ing to the evidence presented to the Court by Crown Attorney Edward HowelI. "Youi have taken a good long step towards a pcriod of in- carceration. These Courts and the Police Officcrs are trying to protect people. You arc doing what most people don't wvant donc. You should bc able to say no", Provincial Court Judge H.W. Jernîyn said. He fined Russell Keith Hubbard, 23, of Sth Concession Salem Road, R.R. 1 Locust Hill, $300 or 30 days in jail plus 12 months probation on the charge of cultivating a narcotic producing plant narnely cannibus marihuana. It is hoped that this wili re- mmid you that you can't treat the law in this manner. We hope it will bc a deterrent to othiers as well." Mr. Flubbard plcaded guilty to the charge of cultivating cannibus marihuana. Last July the Federal Officers in company with the area Police Officers investigated a residence in Pickering. There they found two rows of plants growing in the yard. Mr. liubbard admitted that the plants he was cultivating were marihuana plants. He hiad obtained some seeds and planted the marihuana sceds. A Govern- ment certificate of analysis confirmed the fact that the plants under cultivation were "Indeed marihuana plants." Federal Prosecutor Taylor, requested thelCourt to consider "a period of probation for the accuscd to' curb his impulses. The accused often indulges in these efforts more as a lark", he said. "'This tirmn has been notified to be here today and it is not," said Provincial Court Judge H.W. Jermyn as he fincd Harmac Industries Limited, Charles Street, Whitby $200 on an income tax charge. If the firm is in default of the payment of the fine there will be a warrant of distress issued within 21 days His Honour warned. The payroll auditor for the Department of Taxation said he wvas cheeking the books of the firm and discovered that last Novemn- ber $7,250 total deductions wvere made from employees' salaries. The deductions had not been sent into the Taxation Office by the end of December. The deductions for income tax and pension purposes "should have been remitted by December but they had flot. It is paid now", Mr. Foster testified. The Executive of the firm had been notified to appear in the Whitby Court on the charge but no member of the firmn appeared. A plea of not guilty was entered and the trial proceeded with the accused firm's representatives being absent. It was a case of proceeding with the "hearing in absentia."