1965 - 60 years ago - December - Part 1
2.—Two men charged with stealing a £1,400 motor launch from its moorings in Gorey Harbour on the night of October 22 and with having caused malicious damage to it were each sentenced to nine months imprisonment at the Royal Court today; they were 24-year-old Brian Kenneth Maddock. of Bristol, and 21-year-old Jozsef Joos, of Hungary.
3.—Before the Full Court today, Mr. John James Le Marquand was admitted to the Bar and sworn in as an advocate.
7.—St. Clement's parish assembly agrees to buy new burial-ground for the parish at a cost of 2750 per vergee.
8.—A claim for £29,260 damages for wrongful dismissal was made at the Royal Court today against the Société des Magasins Concorde Ltd. and two of its directors, Messrs. J. B. Peak and K. G. Moore, by a former managing director of the company, Mr. Gerald Stewart Golder; he alleges that the two directors had conspired to procure his dismissal; the hearing was adjourned. — First joint meeting of the Jersey and Guernsey Chambers of Commerce, when the Common Market, the pro-posed Channel Tunnel and sea communications between the islands and France were subjects of discussion
9.—Second day's hearing before the Royal Court of the Concorde case, the further hearing being adjourned till January 3.—In spite of opposition from. the Rector, St. Peter's Ecclesiastical Assembly was strongly in favour of the centuries-old tradition of ringing the church bells at Christmas.—St. Mark's Players present " The House by the Lake " at St. Mark's Church Hall.
10.—At the Royal Court today 41-year-old Mrs. Adele Germaine Davies was sentenced to a total of six months' imprisonment for falsifying petrol sales records at St, Brelade's Garage and for stealing some £700 while employed as a petrol pump attendant.—Morris Winston Richard Haynes sent to prison for three months and fined £10 for motoring offences and for assaulting a prison warder on Nov. 14.—Debating Club meeting decides that Britain's penal system is a failure by majority of one, 30-29.
11.—A resolution that " no jet aircraft operate until a public inquiry has been held " unanimously adopted at a public meeting of S.P.A.D. (the Society for the Prevention of Aircraft Disturbance) held at St. Peter's Parish Hall.
13.—At the annual general meeting of the Battle of Flower Association it was disclosed that a profit of £1,146 19s. 7d. had been made this year, compared with a loss of £2,500 incurred in the previous two years.
14.—A verdict of death by accidental drowning returned at the inquest on the body of 18-year-old Miss Paul Margaret Huet, found in her car in the harbour last Friday which had been parked near the land tie opposite the Abattoirs the previous evening.
2.—Two men charged with stealing a £1,400 motor launch from its moorings in Gorey Harbour on the night of October 22 and with having caused malicious damage to it were each sentenced to nine months imprisonment at the Royal Court today; they were 24-year-old Brian Kenneth Maddock. of Bristol, and 21-year-old Jozsef Joos, of Hungary.
3.—Before the Full Court today, Mr. John James Le Marquand was admitted to the Bar and sworn in as an advocate.
7.—St. Clement's parish assembly agrees to buy new burial-ground for the parish at a cost of 2750 per vergee.
8.—A claim for £29,260 damages for wrongful dismissal was made at the Royal Court today against the Société des Magasins Concorde Ltd. and two of its directors, Messrs. J. B. Peak and K. G. Moore, by a former managing director of the company, Mr. Gerald Stewart Golder; he alleges that the two directors had conspired to procure his dismissal; the hearing was adjourned. — First joint meeting of the Jersey and Guernsey Chambers of Commerce, when the Common Market, the pro-posed Channel Tunnel and sea communications between the islands and France were subjects of discussion
9.—Second day's hearing before the Royal Court of the Concorde case, the further hearing being adjourned till January 3.—In spite of opposition from. the Rector, St. Peter's Ecclesiastical Assembly was strongly in favour of the centuries-old tradition of ringing the church bells at Christmas.—St. Mark's Players present " The House by the Lake " at St. Mark's Church Hall.
10.—At the Royal Court today 41-year-old Mrs. Adele Germaine Davies was sentenced to a total of six months' imprisonment for falsifying petrol sales records at St, Brelade's Garage and for stealing some £700 while employed as a petrol pump attendant.—Morris Winston Richard Haynes sent to prison for three months and fined £10 for motoring offences and for assaulting a prison warder on Nov. 14.—Debating Club meeting decides that Britain's penal system is a failure by majority of one, 30-29.
11.—A resolution that " no jet aircraft operate until a public inquiry has been held " unanimously adopted at a public meeting of S.P.A.D. (the Society for the Prevention of Aircraft Disturbance) held at St. Peter's Parish Hall.
13.—At the annual general meeting of the Battle of Flower Association it was disclosed that a profit of £1,146 19s. 7d. had been made this year, compared with a loss of £2,500 incurred in the previous two years.
14.—A verdict of death by accidental drowning returned at the inquest on the body of 18-year-old Miss Paul Margaret Huet, found in her car in the harbour last Friday which had been parked near the land tie opposite the Abattoirs the previous evening.

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