INTOXICATED DRIVERS
MORE DANGEROUS WHEN HALF DRUNK BUTCHER’S BEERS COST £lO (From Our Own CorrespondentJ HAMILTON. To-day. “A motorist that is half drunk and reckless is probably more dangerous in a busy street than one who is properly drunk,” declared Mr. Wyvem W ilson. S.M.. in the Police Court today, when Frederick George Turner, butcher, Frankton. pleaded guilty to j driving a car while intoxicated. Sergeant Mathieson said the defendant crashed into a cax in Victoria Street driven by T. Campbell. A plan : showed that defendant was well on the wrong side. He was a first offender. Mr. J. F. Strang, for accused, said his client was overtaking two vehicles and failed to notice Campbell. He had two long beers just before the accident. The magistrate reprimanded accused for attempting to pass two cars already abreast. He fined Turner J2lO and suspended his licence for six months.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 657, 8 May 1929, Page 1
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