CARELESSNESS MAY RESULT IN PRISON
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JUDG-E DEPEEGATES TAKING OF LIQUOR BY DRIVERS
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XFW PLYMOFTTl. Aug. 21. "Tlio 111:1, joril y of motor d rivers in tliis country are invariably careful, but there are too inany otliers who are not, and it is desirnble that they should lcnow what penalties await ihe results of careless or dangerous driving, ' ' Mr. Justice Cornish said 111 the Bupreme Court at Xew Plyniouth. " lt is of flrsi importance that sucli men should know they must expevt iiujirisonmeiit if their foolhardiness causes death or injury to others. ' ' He saw 110 other way, if the roads of this country were to be kept safe, than to impose *a term of iinprisonmeiit, his Honour added. He was addressing Cli ft'ord ITenry Ehrhorn, Hawera, wliom he sentenced to 12 mtfnths' gaol with hani lahour for negligeut driving causing death. There was 110 need for a nian about to drive a ear to take iutoxicants, his lloiiour said. If he took drink, even in a liniited cpiantity, he did so aware of the possibilitv tliat- his driving niiglit be pr.ejudifial.iy tlffetted. .
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 August 1946, Page 5
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185CARELESSNESS MAY RESULT IN PRISON Chronicle (Levin), 27 August 1946, Page 5
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