DRUNKEN DRIVER FINED
Jeremiah- ■ Pureell, a motor-drivery aged 25, admitted, before Mr. E. Page; S.M., in the .Magistrate's Court to-day, being drunk ■vyhile in'charge pf a motor-' lorry;1 •',"■"■■■■•,•;'■';■, .<; V; '■','.:''.' .'../'."' '■■'■>}..•■ '■ ':'' ■■'.' Sub-Inspector''Lander .said- that, 'the defendant ..was 'employed .by-'jthe Gas Company as 'a lbi-ry'driver, and at .0.30' 1 p.m;"'"7/oix the-il9th'''lio- ivas ■ driving :.iii ■'Hdpp'er-: street.;' HoI';"baelced:;his '■lorfyi iiito'. a.statipnary lorry. .•.Th'o driver of. the 'sfationai-y lorry saw 'that '.the; defendant was intoxicated, the'police were called, and- the; def oridant .was arrested. ■Thoro-Vas'n'ti. doubtatall tKatvtlie' 'dp.-; fondant ' was di'Uiik, concluded' ! the sub-Juspeetor. '_ ;. ...'■; v; Counsel for; thoV.cl.efendant (Mr."l^. E. lieicester) said that'the defendanfc'WSa a, young man.who was steady, sober,land reliable, .and was iiot addicted to dr'inlc,' .Oii'.tlie da^ he was.arfeste.d.lietop'k.'a n.oad of coke to. one of the clubs in W.oliington,' and whiJo.ho was. there ..ho. -had been • supplied with three1 glasses .qfbeor. "Although it is no .excuse; !p.er-., haps it is some explanation,'whtiu a iuanhas a .littic too .much at this time of the year," concluded counsel. .Tho defendant was fined £15. • .'" '
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Evening Post, Issue 145, 22 December 1928, Page 17
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168DRUNKEN DRIVER FINED Evening Post, Issue 145, 22 December 1928, Page 17
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