PRISON SENTENCE QUASHED
£5O Fine Imposed On Young Driver
(New Zealand. Press Association) AUCKLAND, Dec. 2. A 14-day gaol term imposed by a Magistrate on a 19-year-old sharemilker for dangerous driving, was replaced by a £5O fine by Mr Justice Finlay in the Auckland Supreme Court today. The appellant, Denis Russell Millar, had an unblemished reputation apart from the present offence, said his Honour. Millar’s driving licence had been cancelled for two years, and the Magistrate had ordered that it be endorsed for three years, but his Honour directed that the period of disqualification be made five years, to be followed by three years’ endorsement of his licence. After hearing evidence from Frank Maskell, the complainant, his Honour said that the essence of the charge was that Millar had annoyed Maskell by passing and repassing him, and cutting in in front of him in a dangerous and annoying way. His Honour said he could understand that the Magistrate decided that a deterrent sentence was called for, but the Criminal Justice Act required the Court not to send to gaol anyone without convictions under 21 years of age, except in exceptional circumstances.
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28450, 3 December 1957, Page 12
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