FINED £25.
AUCKLAND MOTORIST PROHIBITED. [THE PRESS Speciil Berries.] AUCKLAND, September 23. "A drunken motorist, in Auckland streets is just as dangerous as a man with a loaded rifle," said Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., at the Police Court today. The remark was made during the hearing of a case against Edward Edwin Boyd, aged 47, who pleaded guilty to a charge of being intoxicated while driving a car in Khyber Pass road. Mr Allan Moody, who apgeared for accused said he had taken two whiskies after the football match last Saturday While driving along the road the car in front of. Boyd swerved and he struck it. "Boyd.is a married man with seven-, children," said counsel, "and I have a testimonial from residents in his district.who say that he is a careful;driver. It is not a bad case, and I ask for a light penalty." The Mgistrate: The fines are not punishment. They are meant to be deterrents for others. Men who have whisky must go home in taxis'. Senior-Sergeant Edwards said that the case was not as serious as some others had been, but accused was under the. influence of liquor. He was not, however, bad enough to be arrested for drunkenness.
Boyd was fined £23, and his license was not cancelled on condition that he prohibited himself.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19114, 24 September 1927, Page 5
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