FORTNIGHT'S GAOL
INTOXICATED IN CAR
"The doctor's certificate sets out the tests through which you were put, and records the fact that you were unable to comply with one," said Mr. J. H. Luxford, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court today, when James Jephson, a stevedore, aged 42, pleaded guilty to being intoxicated in charge of a motorcar. •
Sub-Inspector J. A. Dempsey said that this was the' defendant's first appearance before the Court. At 6.10 p.m. yesterday the defendant, who was alone in a motor-car, collided with a taxicab at the intersection of Bunny and Featherston Streets.. When Constable Burnett arrived, the defendant was out of the car, and appeared to be in an advanced stage of intoxication.. He was holding on to the car, and seemed unable to stand alone. A bottle of liquor was in his pocket. At 6.40 p.m. he was examined, by a doctor, who certified him as unfit to be in charge of'a motor-vehicle. The defendant was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment with hard labour. His driving licence was cancelled, and he was prohibited from obtaining .anothef for 12 months.i
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 17, 21 January 1938, Page 4
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184FORTNIGHT'S GAOL Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 17, 21 January 1938, Page 4
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