Latest cases heard before the courts
DOZENS of criminals are dealt with by magistrates at Kirklees every day.
Magistrates have the powers to jail defendants for up to six months for one offence or 12 months in total for a number of offences.
They can also hand down fines of up to £5,000.
All magistrates are unpaid volunteers and they only receive expenses for the work they do.
With more serious offences they will send a defendant to Crown Court for sentencing.
Here are the latest cases from the courts. restraining order on Huddersfield Road on December 28, 2018. Community order made to carry out 70 hours of unpaid work within the next 12 months, ordered to pay an £85 surcharge, £85 costs and banned from driving for 14 months.
36, Oxley Road. Failed to give information relating to the identification of a driver alleged to have been guilty of an offence in Bradford on December 8, 2017. Fined £660, ordered to pay a £66 surcharge and £625 costs. Driving license endorsed with 6 points.
41, York Terrace, Boothtown, Halifax. Failed to give information relating to the identification of a driver suspected of committing an offence in Bradford on December 13. Fined £660, ordered to pay a £66 surcharge and £625 costs. Driving licence endorsed with six points.
34, Park Road, Crosland Moor. Dropped litter, mainly a cigarette, and left it outside the Pawn Brokers, John William Street in Huddersfield on September 5, 2017. Fined £75 and ordered to pay a £30 surcharge.
29, Batley Street, Moldgreen. Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order as failed to attend RAR office appointments on September 27 and December 6, 2018. Fined £40 and ordered to pay £50 costs.
31, Ings Lane, Newsome. Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order as failed to attend unpaid work session on November 20 and December 4, 2018. New and varied requirements to carry out 25 hours of unpaid work within the next 12 months and ordered to pay £50 costs.
33, North Street, Lockwood. Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order as failed to attend appointment on November 16, 2018. Dealt with for original offence of theft from a shop on June 10, 2017 and January 1, 2018 and failing to surrender to custody on January 26, 2018. Community order made for drug rehabilitation requirement with Chart for six months to be reviewed every four weeks, rehabilitation activity requirement for up to 10 days.
24, High Street, Heckmondwike. Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order as failed to attend unpaid work session on November 24 and December 8, 2018. Fined £100 and ordered to pay £50 costs.
47, of Westgate, Huddersfield. Dishonestly failed to promptly notify the Department for Work and Pensions in the prescribed manner of a change in circumstance, which you knew would affect your entitlement to employment support allowance, in Huddersfield, from October 2, 2014, to August 31, 2016. Dishonestly made a statement or representation to the Department for Work and Pensions which was false, on October 12, 2016, and September 2, 2016. Community order made for a rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 15 days. Ordered to pay an £85 surcharge and £85 costs.
31, of Riddings Road, Deighton. Committed assault on Riddings Road, Deighton, on April 10, 2018. Community order made for a curfew requirement with electronic monitoring for six weeks. Rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 25 days. Restraining order imposed until further order established. Ordered to pay an £85 surcharge and £170 costs.
27, of Rawthorpe Lane, Huddersfield. Used a television receiver without a licence, in Huddersfield, on November 27, 2017. Fined £40. Ordered to pay a £30 surcharge and £120 costs.
29, of Lees Hall Road, Dewsbury. Caused controlled waste to be deposited on Ouzlewell Lane, without the authority of a current environmental permit on June 2, 2018. Deposited controlled waste, namely a garden shed, on Ouzlewell Lane, without the authority of a current environmental permit on June 2, 2018. Failed to take all reasonable measures to prevent a contravention of section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 by the unauthorised or harmful depositing, treatment, or disposal of waste, at Wormalds View, Dewsbury, on or about June 2, 2018. Community order made for an unpaid work requirement of up to 150 hours to be completed within the next 12 months. Ordered to pay an £85 surcharge and £500 costs.
23, of Market Street, Heckmondwike. Caused controlled waste to be deposited on Ouzlewell Lane, without the authority of a current environmental permit on June 2, 2018. Deposited controlled waste, namely a garden shed, on Ouzlewell Lane, without the authority of a current environmental permit on June 2, 2018. Failed to take all reasonable measures to prevent a contravention of section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 by the unauthorised or harmful depositing, treatment, or disposal of waste, at Wormalds View, Dewsbury, on or about June 2, 2018. Community order made for an attendance centre requirement for 36 hours. Ordered to pay an £85 surcharge and £500 costs. surcharge and £85 costs.
20, New Mill Road, Brockholes, Holmfirth. Possession of a class B drug namely cannabis near to the junction of Wilshaw Road and Knoll Lane, Holmfirth on October 17, 2018. Discharged conditionally for six months, ordered to pay a £20 surcharge and £85 costs. Cannabis to be forfeited and