TIPSY VAN DRIVER.
CANCELLATION OF LICENSE. MAGISTRATE’S COMMENT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Friday. “ The matter is one of such wide notoriety at present that men who take drink and drive cars know the great risk they are taking,” said Mr F. 11. Levien, S.M., in the Police Court this morning dealing with William Selwyn Hewson, who pleaded guilty to Intoxication while in charge of a motor van. The evidence showed that defendant knocked down a man who was also under the influence of drink. Hewson was fined £5 and his license was cancelled for 12 months. Mr Levien added that about 75 per cent, of the cases of this kind coming before himself and other magistrates involved drivers of commercial vehicles and it would be establishing a precedent if ho did not cancel accused’s license.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20260, 31 July 1937, Page 10
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135TIPSY VAN DRIVER. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20260, 31 July 1937, Page 10
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