1965 - 60 years ago - December - Part 2
16.—An appeal against a conviction for driving carelessly entered by Edward Philip Vibert was upheld at the Royal Court today; but a further appeal against conviction for driving against the traffic lights, for which he was fined £2 at the Police Court, was dismissed.
17.—A verdict that he was accidentally knocked down by a car and that death was due to terminal bronchial pneumonia was returned at the inquest on the body of Mr. Cyril Arthur Brown (61).—Switch-on of the giant Christmas tree illuminations in the Royal Square, the ceremony being performed by the wife of the president of the Rotary Club, Mrs. A. Forster.
21.—Six cameras worth approximately £130 were stolen in the early hours of this morning in a smash-and-grab incident at C. M. Stone, the chemist and photographic shop, of Bath Street and Peter Street.
22.—An appeal was heard by the Full Court today to give a definition of a sentence passed earlier this year on Peter Donald Ryan after being convicted of an assault ; the Court decided to quash the sentence recorded in the Act of Court and substitute for it one of six months' imprisonment.
24.—Before the Royal Court a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment was passed on Alfred Christopher Waters (31), a native of Dublin, for the smash-and-grab raid at Staples, the Jewellers Ltd., Burlington House, St. Saviour's Road, on November 28, when £1,754 5s. 6d. worth of jewellery and watches were taken.
28.—A mild but very much wetter than average Christmas brought serious flooding to many parts of the Island and the Fire Service was kept busy answering calls for assistance ; the rain (nearly two inches in some districts) kept most people indoors and wiped out much of the Bank Holiday sports programme ; the Jersey Green Room Club presented the pantomime " Aladdin " at the Opera House.
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