ALCOHOLIC REACTIONS
WHEN IS A MAN DRUNK?
The discussion of the problem, "When is a man drunk?" was lifted from the' lowly level of the Police Court into the heights of the Old Bailey, .-when the Recorder tried a motor-bus driver on a charge of > injuring a woman. The police (reports the Sydney "Sun's" | London correspondent) alleged that the accident was due to the driver's drunkenness. ' ( The Recorder, who hag not long been appointed, frequently evinces a desire to acquire knowledge, and so he asked the police doctor -what tests he employed. The doctor said that he used the light Jest, which consists of flashing a light into the man's eyes, and observing the speed at which the pupils contract. The Recorder asked: "Do you use the chalk-line test?" The doctor said, "No," and the Recorder remarked: "That is the unfairest j test in the world. It is enough to make a man drunk." The doctor interposed, informing counsel that he doubted if counsel could walk a chalk-line. Counsel replied that perhaps he could not last night, but he could to-day. The doctor said he did not employ the "ragged rascals ran," etc., test, or the "British constitution" test. The jury acquitted the driver.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 143, 14 December 1922, Page 9
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204ALCOHOLIC REACTIONS Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 143, 14 December 1922, Page 9
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