DRUNK AFTER A PARTY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 185, 8 August 1927, Page 5

DRUNK AFTER A PARTY.

SALESMAN DRIVES A CAR. FINE OF £25 IMPOSED. IBy Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") WELLINGTON, this day. A successful plea that his client's license should not be endorsed was made by Mr. Wat son in the Police Court to-day when appearing for John Jamee McCorquodale, a salesman, aged 32, who had admitted having been drunk while in charge of a motor car in Willis Street early yesterday morning. Sub-Inspector Harvey paid defendant was seen to drive up to an hotel at 1.45 a.m. and enter the premises. He was very drunk, and the porter asked him to remain there. He refused, and tried to drive away, but a constable arrested him. Mr. Watson submitted that accused, though somewhat "under the influence," was not drunk enough to have been arrested in the ordinary course of events. He had been to a party at Kilbirnie on Saturday night, and had called at the hotel to leave a meeeage. There was no suggestion that he had done so for the purpose of obtaining more drink. He was head salesman of a large firm of land agents, and he needed the car, not only because of the nature of his work, but because he was a cripple. He had never previously been before the court. Mr. Salmon, 8.M., said he was not prone to look lightly on such offences, but, ae defendant might lose his livelihood if hie license were endorsed, he would not adopt that course so long a* McCorquodale was prepared to take out a prohibition order for two years. Defendant agreed, and a fine of £25 was imposed. "Ordinarily I would have suspended his license for a couple of years," said Mr. Salmon.