ASSAULTING A CONSTABLE
A MOTORIST SENT TO GAOL DBy Telegraph—Press Auoolatioa) PALMERSTON N., This Day. 'T think the manner in which this man drove a car shows that if lie is so dangerous when sober heaven help anyone when he is drunk,” remarked Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., when finin'g Frederick G'hesham, a farmer, £lO and cancelling his driver’s license for three years for failure to stop when requested to do so by. the police. For assaulting a constable Chesliam was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment with hard labour, and also ordered to pay the cost of damage to the constable's uniform. -‘V charge of being intoxicated while in charge of a vehicle was dismissed.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 22 July 1929, Page 5
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