SHOCK, NOT LIQUOR.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 189, 12 August 1933, Page 6

SHOCK, NOT LIQUOR.

MOTORIST'S STATE. MISTAKES BY LAYMEN. CHARGE DISMISSED. "While I do not doubt the sincerity of two constables who say accused was intoxicated, laymen are capable of mistaking a mail's condition to be the result" of liquor, whereas it is caused by shock following an accident," said Mr. W. K. McKean, S.M., in the Police Court this morning, when dismissed ail intoxication charge against a motoiist who was arrested 011 August 4. Mr. Allan Moody appeared for accused, who denied the charge. The magistrate said there were some unusual features in the case. Following an accident in Symonds Street, the driver of the car with which the car driven by accused had collided, and his passenger, went with accused to the, police station to report the accident. It was while at the scene of the accident that the police considered accused was intoxicated, and arrested him. "These two principal witnesses for the prosecution, when called last week, both said that accused was not under the influence of liquor," said the magistrate. "Dr. Giinson has stated that while lie considered accused was unfit to drive a car, his condition was caused more by shock, as the result of injuries, than by some liquor consumed earlier in the day. Mistakes have been made before, and in this case I have 110 difficulty in coming to the conclusion that accused was not in a state of intoxication." The magistrate made an order for suppression of accused's name.