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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 23, 11 February 1937, Page 5

The question of how long after alcohol has been consumed the peak of mtoxication is reached was discussed in detail during a hearing in the Wellington Magistrate's Court. One medicaJ practitioner who examined thfe defendant at 1.55 a.m., approximately an hour after one glass of wine had been taken, said the question depended to some extent upon the food a person had had previously and whetber he was used to alcohol. Another medical practitioner, who said the defendant was not intoxicated at 2.45 a.m., said recent medical research, as late as last year, had shown that alcohoj concentration in the blood two hours after drinking was almost as great as an hour afterward, and that an examination two hours afterwards Was a fair test. The magistrate, Mr E D. Mosley, said *. 'Oi course. medical men differ about that." The doctor said that maximum intoxication might not be reached until four hours after drinking. The time of maximum intoxication varied from person to person, upon the functioning of their glands, and upon a number oi other similar factor».