NO HESITATION
SENTENCE TO PRISON
FIVE YEARS' DRIVING BAN
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day
Two months' imprisonment and suspension of his driving licence for five years was the penalty inflicted on Raymond Murray Watson, aged 48, when he appeared in court today on a charge of being intoxicated in charge of a car on January 20. Watson had been convicted twice previously for intoxication in charge within the last four years..
In reply to a plea by counsel for leniency,! the Magistrate, Mr. Levvey, said he did not feel any particular hesitation in imposing sentence. In most intoxication-in-charge cases one warning was more than sufficient. The accused had been dealt with twice since 1935; once he had been treated leniently and on the other occasion he was dealt with severely.
Horace Edward Phillips, 44 The Crescent, Roseneath, was brought to the Wellington Hospital by the Palmerston North Free Ambulance last night suffering from a probable fracture of the leg. Mr. Phillips, who was riding a motor-cycle, sustained injuries in a collision which took place with a car near Otaki. He was able to stop his motor-cycle without losing control, and a pillion passenger was uninjured.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 19, 24 January 1939, Page 11
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196NO HESITATION Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 19, 24 January 1939, Page 11
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