APPEAL UPHELD
Refused To Be Examined (N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, Sept. 8. It might have been foolish for a man arrested for alleged intoxicated driving to refuse to be examined, hut that was equally consistent with an insistence on his rights as with intoxication, Mr justice Tomkins said today in the Supreme Court. His Honour allowed an appeal by Brian Dennis Adams, aged 21, labourer, against his conviction in the Lower Hutt Magistrate’s Court on a charge of driving while under the influence of drink. His Honour said appellant's decision not to talk or answer questions at the police station could be taken as evidence that he was in full control of his faculties. It could also be due to anger at being arrested when he felt he should not have been. On the other hand, a man who had taken drink could become garrulous. Mr J. F. Jeffries appeared for Adams and Mr J. H. C. Larsen for the Crown.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30541, 9 September 1964, Page 20
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