HEAVY PENALTY FOR DRUNKENNESS.
The analysed contents of Ms stomach could not save Andrew Denis Foley, a well-known Sussex street (Sydney) produce' merchant, from tho hand of the law. Foley appeared at tho Central Court charged with being drunk while in charge of a motor vehiclo in King street at 1.45 a.m. on April Ist. When brought to the police station after being arrested, Foley had his doctor summoned, and the contents of his stomach pumped out. This in tarn he had analysed. It was found to contain jnst a trace of alcohol, and several doctors swore that in all probability Foley was not drunk when arrested. But Mr Laidlaw, SM., was not convinced, and inflicted one of the heaviest fines for the offsneo on record. "I feel called upon to inflict a heavy penalty, as this offence has been too common lately," he Baid. Foley was fined £2O, his license suspended until its expiry in April, 1926, and disqualified from driving for a further period of 12 months after thatl
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18370, 1 May 1925, Page 5
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171HEAVY PENALTY FOR DRUNKENNESS. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18370, 1 May 1925, Page 5
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