KNOCKED DOWN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 288, 5 December 1932, Page 5

KNOCKED DOWN.

INTOXICATED DRIVER.

COURT CANCELS LICENSE.

FINE OF £25 IMPOSED

After zig-zagging in his motor car down Great North Road early on Saturday evening, Thomas Majurey, eteamshovel driver, aged 33, knocked down two people and drove on. He was chased and arrested, and he appeared before Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M., in the Police Court this morning, charged with being in a state of intoxication while in charge of a motor car. Accused pleaded guilty and was fined £2.5.

Dotectivc-Sergcant Kelly said that accused had gone only about 16 yards down the load towards Henderson "when ho knocked over a Mr. and Mrs. Bavister, who were talking to a friend alongside a stationary car, which was parked by the kerb. Mr. and Mrs. Bavister were on tho outside of the car and leaning on it. Bavister was thrown to the ground and Mrs. Bavister was jammed between the parked cor and the car driven by accused and received a dislocated ankle and several cuts on the left leg.

Overtaken By Another Car. The- car did not stop, but zig-zagged along the road at a speed of about 20 miles, an hour. The accused was chased in another car and overtaken. He was told that he had knocked a man and woman down, but replied that he had not. Accused drove back, said Mr. Kelly. Several bystanders were emphatic that accused was visibly affected by liquor. When arrested by Constable Stewart accused said: "I can drive a car anywhere."

Mr. Alan Moody, who appeared for accused, said Majurly had arrived from New Plymouth only last week, and had never been in trouble before. Accused admitted that he had had a couple of bottles of home brew in the morning and two shandies in the afternoon. However, when tho accident happened accused was travelling very slowly; In fact, the lady herself was to blame to a certain extent.

Magistrate's Comment. "The fact that the man drove away and the manner in which lie drove indicates either that he was trying to run away or that he was not in a fit state to drive a ear," said the magistrate. "It seems that he came back only because he was chased."

Majurly was convicted and fined £25 and his license was cancelled for 12 months. The alternative was two months in gaol. He was allowed seven days in which to pay.