JAYWALKER FINED
WARNING UNHEEDED
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, July 26,
Jaywalking in Queen Street was the subject of a prosecution by the city traffic department in the Magistrate's Court
The pedestrian concerned was Hans Andersen, a middle-aged man, who admitted a charge of failing to cross the street at right angles.
Prosecuting, Mr. C. Bland, city traffic superintendent, said the offence occurred at 8.40 a.m. on June 23. The ..efendant crossed Queen Street diagonally at the Customs Street intersection. The traffic officer on point duty spoke to the defendant and warned him of his action. "Apparently the defendant did not take the matter seriously," added Mr. Fland. "He told the officer he could have his name whenever he wanted it, so the officer took it. The warning was not accepted in the spirit in which it was offered." The defendant said he had no intention of ignoring the traffic regulations; in fact he never gave the matter a thought.
"It was your attitude towards the traffic officer that caused the trouble." said Mr. F. H. Levien, S.M. "You should have spoken to him in a decent sort of way and hot sharply. Traffic officers at busy intersections deserve some courtesy."
The defendant was convicted and ordered to pay costs, 10s.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 23, 27 July 1939, Page 6
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