DRUNK AT THE WHEEL
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
t • , iPALMERSTQN N., This Day. Lionel -Bishop, a farm laud, ofKarere, was fined £10 and His license- cancelled for two years for intoxication 'while in charge of.. a. motor-car. The defendant was also fined for a breach of liis prohibition order and driving a. Car without a license. -"..• .
„ ' " CHRISTCHURCH- This Day. > Thomas Mercer, aged 54, a land salesman, was sentenced yesterday to fourteen dayff imprisonment for being drunk while m charge of a motor-car. The Magistrate, Mr Lewey, said: "The potentialities or drunken motorists in a city arc-so horrible that I must take a very serious view or such offences."
_ Later, on the Bubmissions o£ counsel, the Magistrate granted a' rehearing. Ho adjourned the case until Thursday, allowing the accused bail.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 129, 5 June 1929, Page 13
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128DRUNK AT THE WHEEL Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 129, 5 June 1929, Page 13
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