Magistrates' Court for not paying his taxi fare.

Hill, 48, of Marsh Lane, Pembroke, pleaded guilty to falsely pretending to have funds for a taxi at 8.20 p.m. on August 9 of this year.

Hill had asked taxi driver Coleman Simons to take him to Hill View in Warwick to pick up a small cedar table, part of the sale of which would pay his taxi fare.

After receiving the table, Hill asked to go to the Spinning Wheel Club on Court Street.

Upon arrival, Hill went into the establishment to find that the person was not there. He then informed the taxi driver and an argument ensued. Hill was brought to Hamilton Police Station and bailed to attend court yesterday. Hill told Senior Magistrate Will Francis that his attempts to later pay the taxi driver were met with refusals. And his attempt to bring the money to the Police also proved fruitless, he claimed.

He said he was in a drug rehabilitation programme.

"I'm trying to clean up my life,'' he told Mr. Francis.

Mr. Francis sentenced him to two months in prison, suspended for 12 months.

CYCLIST HAD TROUBLE SITTING ON BIKE AFTER DRINKING CTS Cyclist had trouble sitting on bike after drinking A Paget man who was driving with almost three times the legal limit found himself $400 poorer and minus a driver's licence yesterday.

Fifty-two-year-old Robert Frank, of Paraquet Apartments, South Road, pleaded guilty to the charge in Magistrates' Court.

Crown counsel Veronica Daley told the court that Police saw Frank travelling west on South Road at 1.20 a.m. on October 6.

They noticed that his cycle crossed the centre line and that he had trouble negotiating turns. Upon stopping him, it was noticed that he smelled strongly of intoxicants, his speech was slurred, and that he had trouble sitting steady on his cycle.

When asked if he had been drinking, he admitted to having something to drink.

He was found to have 219 milligrams alcohol in 100 millilitres blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams in 100 millilitres blood.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis fined him $400 and took him off the road for 12 months.

IMPAIRED DRIVER WENT TO CENTRE LINE -- CLAIM CTS Impaired driver went on centre line -- claim A Pembroke woman was fined $350 and lost her licence yesterday for impaired driving.

Tania Calles, 20, of Cove Point, Spanish Point, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to the charge.

Crown counsel Veronica Daley told the court that Calles was seen by Police riding down Front Street at 4.35 a.m. on September 25.

Mrs. Daley said she was driving on the centre line and swerving over to the other lane. Police stopped her when she attempted to take a wide left turn on King Street. Police became suspicious when Calles was found to be unsteady on her feet and her breath smelled of alcohol.

When asked if she had been drinking, she readily admitted that she had a few drinks. She was then taken to Hamilton Police Station where she submitted to a breath alcohol test.

She tested at 107 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis fined Calles $350 and took her off the road for 12 months.

POSSESSING DRUG EQUIPMENT COSTS MAN $300 CTS Possessing drug equipment costs man $300 A Paget man was fined $300 in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Thirty-year-old Neville Craig Richardson, of Cherry Hill, pleaded guilty to possession of drug equipment on June 18.

But he denied the charges of causing bodily harm to a Police officer, causing bodily harm to a Police sergeant, destroying a Police uniform and destroying a Police T-shirt.

Crown counsel Veronica Daley told the court that Richardson was spotted by Police in Pembroke Parish at 10.20 p.m.

Upon searching him, they found a small pocket in the waistband of his shorts.

In this pocket was found a miniature bottle with wire mesh at the neck.

When asked to identify the bottle Richardson said: "You know what it is. You got me.'' Richardson was then taken to the Hamilton Police Station where residue found inside the bottle tested positive for the presence of the controlled substance cocaine. Senior Magistrate Will Francis fined him $300 for the offence.

Richardson was bailed on $500 and will return to court on February 15 next year to be tried for the other offences.