DROVE WHILE DRUNK

Evening Star, Issue 23380, 25 September 1939, Page 10

DROVE WHILE DRUNK

TWO YOUNG MEN FINED OFFENCES AT GREEN ISLAND AND IN. CITY Two young men who drove motor cars while intoxicated were fined and had their licenses cancelled by Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M., in the Police Court to-day. They were Kohert James Stanaway (24) and John Cody Harrison (23). Each admitted a further offence —Stanaway of not having a liceiis.e (a charge in which his brother was' involved) and Harrison a breach of his prohibition order. Stanaway, said Senior-sergeant Clan sen, was observed by. Traffic Inspector Simmonds driving the oar (a rental vehicle) on the Main South road near Green Island. The car waa “ weaving ” to and fro across the road. Stanaway was drunk, and his brother, who was a passenger, produced his own license when Stanaway was asked for it. Mr Claasen mentioned that the brother, Albert Gordon Stanaway, was being charged with assisting in the commission of an offence. The brother actually drove the car from the rental garage, but later Robert Stanaway was allowed to drive. Mr P. S. Anderson, who represented Stanaway, said he had spent the weekend ,in gaol. ' Stanaway was fined £lO, he was ordered ■to pay medical expenses (£1 Is), and his license was cancelled for 12 months. _ For not having a license he -was convicted and discharged. “ This case is a moderate one of its kind, but there is one feature—he is a prohibited person,” said Mr Claasea of Harrison. _ The Senior Sergeant, outlining the circumstances of Harrison’s arrest, said that at 1.30 on Friday morning Constable Sharpe, who was on duty in Dowling street, noticed a car parked incorrectly near the pie cart, and when he approached it he saw that the driver had been drinking. Last December Harrison was before the court for disorderly behaviour, and on that occasion the charge was adjourned provided he took out a prohibition order. Mr O. G. Stevens, representing Harrison, said that since that charge Harrison’s conduct had been exemplary. This particular charge was of a mild type. TTnfortunatelv, Harrison had been to a dance and taken liquor. The Magistrate fined Harrison £l2 10s, ordered him to pay medical expenses (£1 Is), and cancelled his license for 12_ months. For the breach of his prohibition order he was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called on within that period.