INTOXICATED MOTORISTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 November 1938, Page 3

INTOXICATED MOTORISTS

SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) . AUCKLAND, November 7. A charge of having been intoxicated while in charge of a motor-car in Otahuhu on October 24 was admitted in the Magistrate’s Court, Otahuhu, by Charles Almond Bisman, aged 30, brewer’s hand, when he appeared before Mr F. H. Levien, S.M. Accused was sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment. His licence was withdrawn, and he was debarred from receiving another for two years. FARM HAND SENT TO GAOL. HAMILTON, November 7.. Ahikaka Paru, aged 27, Maori farm hand, Cambridge, was sentenced to 14 days! imprisonment and his licence was cancelled until June 1, 1940, when he pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court to a charge of having been intoxicated in charge of a car. GARAGE PROPRIETOR FINED, AUCKLAND, November 7. Alexander Davie, aged 50, garage proprietor, admitted in the Magistrate’s Court a charge- of intoxication while in charge of a motor-car in Wellesley Street. On Saturday, at 8 p.m., the police said, when crossing an intersection, Davie’s car collided 'with the rear right hand portion of a truck driven by a Chinese vegetable hawker. Davie told the Chinese he would pay for the damage. Three-quarters of an hour after his arrest a doctor certified him as slightly intoxicated. He was fined for a similar offence in 1931. Agreeing with counsel for Davie that each case of the kind should be treated on its merits or demerits, Mr J. Morling, S.M., said this was a borderline case in which one felt uncertain whether to send to prison or not. However, Davie did show appreciation of the position after the accident. Davie was fined £3O and disqualified from driving for 12 months. Davie undertook to take out a prohibition order.