FINE OF £2O
DRUNK IN CHARGE OF LORRY.' (rr.ESS .-assocutios tet.egram.) , , . AVELL.TNGTON, November '29. ; AYilliam Montgomery :Scaife, a motor:, ■driver, aged: thirty-five, admitted .on :Court that he was intoxicated-while in |charge\of a lorry. 1 • ; : ' Accused's employer and • two' city traffic-inspectors •testified to-his good character, and his employer Said .that he would continue to, employ"Scaife<if his lidense was'not ca'ncelledj • ''» ' Counsel said that .Spaife had ; been wounde<l '• in the ankle in the. war aijd it WQUId be difficult for him to obtain other employment as. a tnanual labourer. Accused was paying £2 a week'off a house -and' would probably, ljavc to default in payments 'and. lose considerable .equity in the h°- l .ise if,his license were- cancelled.. Tlie fact- accused had been paying off 'such a sum shotted that -lie was not in the ihabit of .ivasti-ng money in -drink. , . • , . - Mr Page imposed a. hne of £iu, and allowed a month in which to paj.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19481, 30 November 1928, Page 11
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153FINE OF £20 Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19481, 30 November 1928, Page 11
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