THE OFF-SIDE RULE.
SUCCESSFUL LEGAL POINT. \ Hawera, August 31. A reserved decision of Mr. J. S. Barton, S.M., was announced today, in which the Magistrate upheld the technicality raised by Mr. A., A. Stewart, counsel for defendant to a charge of failing to observe the motorists’ off-side rule, requiring drivers to 1 give way at intersections to traffic approaching from the right. ■Counsel’s contention was that as the regulation specifically refers to intersections not under the control of a traffic officer, the charge must be dismissed, in the absence of proof by the prosecution that the intersection was not so controlled. The Magistrate explained that it
was open to the prosecution to negative that condition by inserting in the information such words as “an intersection not being controlled by a traffic officer,” but otherwise proof of absence of control was necessary. The information was dismissed.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3839, 1 September 1928, Page 4
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145THE OFF-SIDE RULE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3839, 1 September 1928, Page 4
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