TWO IN A CAR
AFTER DRINKS TOGETHER "A VERY UNSAVOURY ASPECT" (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Alexander Hamilton, a Springston farmer, was to-day charged with driving a motor vehicle dangerously in Cambridge terrace. The police said that Hamilton met a young woman, and they had some drinks together. At 6 p.m. they came out of the hotel and got into Hamilton's car. The woman said that she would like to learn to drive, and she got into tho driver's seat. Hamilton was seen leaning over her, and was controlling the car and helping her tc drive. They stopped somewhere near the V.M.C.A., and were then arrested. Hamilton was not drunk, but the woman had had too much liquor. "There is only one thing to do with this man," said the Magistrate, "and that is to prohibit him from driving. He is not fit to drive, and, moreover, there is a very unsavoury aspect about the case. Defendant is fined £20 and costs, and his license cancelled, and he is prohibited from getting another for two years. If ho comes before this Court again with his record ho will go to gaol."
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 55, 14 September 1928, Page 10
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192TWO IN A CAR Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 55, 14 September 1928, Page 10
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