£15 FINE IMPOSED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 73, 28 March 1938, Page 3

£15 FINE IMPOSED.

I . INTOXICATION CHARGE. TRAVELLER IN COCRT. (J?y Telegraph.— Own Correspondent.) WARKWORTH. this day. When William Charles llillman. a traveller, was charged in the Warkworth Police Court 111 - morning with being in a Mate of intoxi.-at ion in charge of a motor car. he pleaded not guilty. Pre--iding ju-tiies were Mr -rs. A. J. S. Warin and ■!. L. Ruclu.nan. Mr. ('harlot: O'Brien, traflic in-peetor. -aid that following information received be went out to the main highway on Saturday night and at Orewa saw a car approaching and swaying from one side of the road to the other. He stopped the car. and when the driver got out he was un-tcad v on hi- f.• <• t. hi- eyes were g'la-sy and his speech thick. Three other-;, two (if them inl oxi- at'd. were also in the car. While awaiting' Con-table Robert.-on. from Wark worth, lie found live large bottles of beer and one empty one on the road-idc by the parked car.

Dr. Ode. of WarkwriHli. Mated Hint he li.nl examined the man <<niip hours utter his arre-t and his breath smelt strongly of ]i< j u or. At that time lie would eon-ider liim fit to drive a ear.

J The pre-idiiiL' jn-tieps -aid tl:ev were | on: t e e.i;i\iiieeil that necu-e<l was under j the influence liiptur a' l!-e 1 i::•:• ..l" ln.-arre-t. lie win i->n\ii-trd. fined £ 1 . and ordered tn juiv doctor's expen-e- and '•"-t-. lie was allowed one we -k in which to jiay.