POTENT COCKTAIL

Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1930, Page 3

POTENT COCKTAIL

CELEBRATION ENDS IN COURT. ■; V . AUCKLAND, July .7. I According to,his own story, a- potent /‘naval cocktail,” mixed by a. blue-jacket in the bar of a Devonoort hotel on Saturday afternoon, had a good deal to do with the appearance of Albert Edward Double, aged fiftyfive years at the Police Court this morning on a charge ,of being in. a state of intoxication while in charge of a motor-van in Victoria Road, Devonport. Accused, for whom Air 0. S. Leahy appeared, admitted the charge. Mr Leahy said his client assured him that he had had only three drinks ion Saturday. “About five o’clock on Saturday the. news of the All- Blacks ;■ victory, trickled through to Devonport, and Double went into an hotel uDth <a safilor to celebrate,” added counsel. * “The .sailor mixed Double a naval- cocktail, and after that Double aeemed to lose his senses very quick-, Iy.” ;'■ i ’ Mr Hunt: What will he have—a prohibition order or lose, his driver’s license?

Mr Leahy : He agrees to take out a prohibition order, sir. ■‘Very well,” said Mr Hunt, “he’s fined £.5. I don’t think I’ve ever t,rented a man so. leniently. Still, .the constable caught him before he drove away, and says he is not a bad sort of man.’’