STRUCK A MOTOR CAR.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 42, 19 February 1927, Page 11

STRUCK A MOTOR CAR.

THEN a telegraph pole. INTOXICATED MOTOH DItIVER. rrS'ED £-O—LICEXSE0 —LICEXSE CANCELLED. Phillip Robert AVil-on (22) v.ill not be permitted to drive a motor car for another twelve months. This order was made by Air. •). '\V. I'ovnton. S.M., at the Police Court this morning, who fined Wilson -'-'J for - being in a state of intoxication while in charge of a motor car in Creen Lane Road la-t evening. Accused, for whom Mr. Peak appeared, - admitted the charge. Senior Sergeant Edwards outlined the facts. Shortly after ."> p.m. yesterday accused and hi-- father were driving towards their liome in J'akuranga, and when in <!reen Lane Koad their ear collided with another ear. which was stationary. The ear driven by Wilson

continued < >11 until it struck a telegraph pole, (.'on-table Thompson, of Ellerslie, was sent for, and on arrival at the scene of tho accident found that accused was very drunk, and not in a tit state to drive the car. Nothing previously was known n lt.i in-t accused. ill". Peak admitted tuat the facts, as stated by the senior sergeant, were correct. Yesterday, while ill the city, accused had taken a few drinks. These apparently tippet, him. Counsel "said lie fuiiv appreciated that the Court viewed such oii'ence< seriously. II vever, the present charge would be a lesson to Wil son in the future. Mr. Peak invited the magistrate to show a-, much leniency as was possible in dealing with accused. "Constable Kennedy, who knows accused, suggests that as Wilson is addicted to drink, a prohibition order would help him.'' stated the senior sergeant. ilr. Poynton: ho was in the car wPh accused"' Senior Sergeant Edwards: His father, sir. Ke too was drunk, and was the first man to be placed in the dock this morning -or drunkenness. "It i- a serious offence, and accused will be lined £"20,"' remarked the magistrate. u'ilson's license was cancelled for twelve months.