Test Of Sobriety
A doctor, when giving evidence in a case of intoxication in charge of a vehicle heard in the Magistrate’s Court, Christchurch, was asked bycounsel to describe the test of “cop-per-bottoming the boot,” which the accused had been set at the police station. The witness said that the phrase was part of a sentence used in the pronunciation of words test. The actual words were “copper-bot-toming the boat” it was explained, when counsel indicated to the Court that he thought the test had something to do with standing on one leg.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 83, 22 September 1947, Page 4
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93Test Of Sobriety Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 83, 22 September 1947, Page 4
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