CAR BORROWER GAOLED

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 380, 14 June 1928, Page 1

CAR BORROWER GAOLED

“HABIT BECOMING MENACE” COURT’S SERIOUS VIEW (Special to TUB SUN) WANGANUI, Wednesday. In the police court to-day, before Mr. S. L. P. Free, S.M., Senior-Sergeant Eopdell said that representations had recently been made to the Minister of Justice regarding the frequency of the offence of taking cars, and the Punishment not being sufficient. The Minister had replied that the punishment lay in the hands of the court. He asked this to be taken into account when dealing with William Flail, who was charged with unlawfully converting a motor-car to his own use. failing to give information to the Police in regard to the identity of the driver of the car, ancl with driving without a licence. Defendant took the car, which belonged to a fellow-worker at Ford ell, rom a shed, and drove to Wanganui, un the way to the city the car came into collision with another car, and noth were damaged, but Hall managed o get to Wanganui and back to Foroeil, and in the early hours of the . put tiie car back in the shed, driver of the other ear said there two bottles of beer in thi> car by Hall, and there were signs arink on him. Hall refused to give • y information to the police regard's his identity. The magistrate said the habit certain rsong had of helping themselves to m .® r People’s cars was becoming a ■enaeo. Severe methods would be pted tg put down the nuisance. on this charge, "was seno_.0 _. Gt * f° 14 day s’ imprisonment, and eret * f° Pay costs, 225, and witnesses’ drHM nSes ’. 2 12 s. ° n the charge of without a licence, he was fined Char* with .costs 10s. On the other k- " °f failing to give information, aa convicted and discharged.