INTOXICATED MOTORIST
TE ORE ORE MAORI FINED. LICENCE ALSO CANCELLED. “A man who drives a car after having a few drinks is a danger on the road,” commented. Mr A. D. Low, J.P.. with whom was associated Mr L. J. Taylor, J.P., in the Masterton Magistrate’s Court this morning, when a Maori, Thomas Haeata, of Te Ore Ore, a married man, aged 33 years, appeared on a charge of having been intoxicated in charge of a car in Queen Street on Saturday night. Haeata, who pleaded guilty was convicted and fined £lO, with medical expenses £1 Is, and his driver's licence was cancelled for the remainder of the current licensing year. He was also precluded from obtaining a licence for a further 12 months.
Senior-Sergeant G. A. Doggett stated that as a result of information received from a motorist that a car was being driven in an erratic manner on the Carterton-Masterton highway near Waingawa, Constable R. J. Berry went out to investigate. He saw the defendant’s car being driven in an erratic way on the wrong side of the road. Considerable difficulty was being experienced by motorists in getting past the vehicle. By the Central School, in Queen Street, where Constable Berry gave chase, the car was still on the wrong side of the road. After some difficulty he succeeded in stopping Haeata’s car by Wagg’s Garage. Haeata) was taken to the station and certified as being unfit to drive a car by Dr. N. H. Prior. The defendant had no previous, convictions and was married with a family of eight. "His vehicle, which was particularly ancient had a warrant of fitness,” added the Senior-Sergeant. “I suppose you filled up with beer and drove home,” said Mr Low, in commenting on remarks by Haeata that he had driven from Martinborough. “I was a bit dry," said the defendant.
"You should know that the Court must take a serious view of these cases,” said Mr Taylor. “You must realise that while in charge of a car you must not get into a condition which means a danger tc other people,” said Mr Low.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 December 1940, Page 7
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