SLEEPING IT OFF

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 811, 4 November 1929, Page 11

SLEEPING IT OFF

MOTORIST INTOXICATED IN SMALL HOURS PROHIBITED AND FINED Said by Mr. Bryce Hart to be “snoozing it off,” Glen Raynor Urquhart was found asleep in his motor-car in Symonds Street at three o’clock on Sunday morning. Constable Watt, who wakened him, found him to be intoxicated and he appeared at the Police Court this morning. TTRQUHART, a salesman, pleaded guilty and was lined «C 5. His driving licence was endorsed and a prohibition order was issued. “You’re quite a specialist in these cases.” was Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M.’s, greeting to Mr Hart, who has appeared for a number of intoxicated. motorists recently, as counsel rose to enter his plea. Mr. Hart was of the opinion that the circumstances were most unusual. Accused had been going home from a party, and, feeling the effects of liquor, pulled into the side of the road to sleep it off. The Magistrate: That’s not so bad. Sub-Inspector McCarthy urged that the man was more than intoxicated. He was really drunk. The effect of liquor did not make itself felt suddenly and it was fairly certain that he had been driving for some time while under the influence of drink. Mr. Hart: He had been cut to a party at Grey Lynn. It was probably coming out into the night air that did it. “His only explanation was that he had been to an all-night restaurant,” added the sub-inspector. ‘ 1 don’t want to mention the name of the restaurant, but these places are no better than they should be as far as drink is concerned.” The Magistrate: We want a few by-laws to put these people right. The magistrate suggested that accused take out a prohibition order so that he could retain his driving licence, and Urquhart assented.