LAW DISREGARDED
"I have noticed that in the majority ot cases in which drivers are convicted for motoring offences they'are unable to produce a warrant of fltn&'sV said Mr. j. H. Luxford, S.M., in' the Onehunga Magistrate's Court on Monday, when a number of drivers were fined 10s and costs for failing, to produce tl l necessary certificate, states the "New Zealand Herald." In each case it was stated that the defendant had been involved in a collision, lifting to the discovery by the police that he had no warrant of fitness. In reply to a question by Mr. Luxford, the prosecuting officer, Constable H. Wait, stated that the experience of the pttHJe in Onehunga was identical with tfi|t cf the Magistrate. "It is the same'in said Mr. Luxford. "Tije regulation appears to be disregarded throughout the length and breadtti P of the Dominion. The Courts will hav« to impose such penalties as will majsii car owners fulfil their obligations*^ • ,-iS."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 109, 11 May 1938, Page 12
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161LAW DISREGARDED Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 109, 11 May 1938, Page 12
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