DRUNKEN DRIVER FINED «.
At 5.25 p.m. on Saturday the Petone police received word that a motorist, evidently in a drunken condition, had narrowly avoided a collision on the Hutt road. The driver was subsequently arrested, and appeared before Messrs. A. Coles and D. G. M'Ewcn, J.P.s, at the Pctono Court this morning, charged with being drunk in charge of a motor-car. Senior-Sergeant M'Kelvie stated that when arrested tho accused was very drunk and was by no means in a fit state to drive a mo-tor-car. Mr. A. J. Mazengarb, appearing for the accused, entered a plea of guilty, but submitted that his client had an excellent character and that the lapse was one that was not likely to be repeated. The man, whoso name was ordered to be suppressed, was fined £10 and his license was cancelled until 31st March.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 6, 9 January 1928, Page 11
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