INTOXICATED DRIVER
THE PRISON COURSE
MAN GIVEN A FORTNIGHT
(By Telegraph -i'ress Association.)
NELSON, This Day.
In sentencing Leonard William Roden to fourteen days' imprisonment for being intoxicated while in charge of a motor vehicle, the Magistrate (Mr. Maunsell) said there- was heavy holiday traffic on the roads, and no doubt there would be a crop of serious accidents. In this case the man had his wife and children in the vehicle, and if he; had not been intercepted by a police sergeant he would have driven and might have caused a tragedy.
"There is only one thing for it; that is imprisonment; that is the only course to take to stop it," said Mr. Maunsell. "If people drive cars' when intoxicated they must go to gaol." ' ,
Senior-Sergeant Petersen said that the accused was a relief 'worker with four children. Sergeant Simister saw the accused in an intoxicated condition get into a truck and take the wheel. His wife and a total of seven children were waiting in the vehicle. S,ergeant Simister made the arrest in. order to prevent the accused from driving.
The accused pleaded guilty.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19361226.2.137
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 153, 26 December 1936, Page 13
Word Count
187INTOXICATED DRIVER Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 153, 26 December 1936, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in