INTOXICATED MOTORIST

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 80, 5 April 1932, Page 3

INTOXICATED MOTORIST

Consumption of ■ some whisky at? the •winding-up of asocial cluj) in .Wellington last evening resulted in Lancelot •TOlliani Rogers being charged beforefMr:' E; Page, 5.M.,; at the .Magistrate'?, Court to-day ■with ;beihif found?.intoxicated "in charge of a.motor-capiin'CoUrten'ay plice':.- . After Rogers .had Centered a. plea; of guilty.: to .thecharge.^Beniof-SergeantScoti; said that: at. five'minutes to .12' last night Constable vKendriek: heard ' a crash in Coui^tenay place near' a taxi stand, and found -that one of* the-cabs had been pushed up on/to ,the footpath by a private car; driven:'by'.the .'accused. . Eoaers's breath smelt of,; liquor, his speech wag thick, ■• and she yas.ft-ery unsteady on his feet. There -waV no dotibt "about his condition. The accused, had- never ' "been before the Court before on any charge. :i Counsel for the-accused said that Kogers was 33 years. of age .and-had been with his present, employers ever since he \ had left school. Hefwas a married man with one child, and *his character was irreproachable. His employers were* anxious to have him back, but.would be unable to do so if his:slicence was dancelled Counsel- stated that' Rogers had been to the wmding-up- of ;a social club, and had consumed some whisky. Being unaceustom?d to it, he had felt its effect. Counsel asked-the Magistrate not to cancel the accused s,,licence'>and not to inflict too severe a-fine;, v,..., - -! ■ v ..;.-, , ," Mr, Page, fined >the;' accused £20. 'No order^tfas:.made• in-connectionJ,with his jdrivmg; licenceda{. v. -iv > - ;;> ■■ y ?..' ;