DRANK TOO MUCH.
MOTORIST IN TROUBLE. MAGISTRATE'S COMMENT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) PALMERSTON NORTH, this day. "No man found guilty of being drunk in cliarge of a car should be permitted to retain his license," said Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., in cancelling the license of Francis James Foster, a farmer, of Taikorea. for 12 months, and fining him £15 on a charge of intoxication while in charge of a car on the LongburnFoxton road j-esterday. The police stated that defendant col-" lided with an oncoming car, though the driver of the latter had gone off the bitumen on his correct side. Counsel for defendant said Foster was -•i dairy company director and chairman of the Drainage Board, and therefore a car was essential f.ir his semi-public duties. In reply the magistrate made the comment quoted above.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 150, 26 June 1936, Page 9
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136DRANK TOO MUCH. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 150, 26 June 1936, Page 9
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