FORTNIGHT'S GAOL
AFTERMATH OF COLLISION
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
NEW PLYMOUTH, April 19,
Fourteen days' imprisonment was imposed by Mr. W. H. Woodward, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court, Waitara, today on John Martin, Awakino, for intoxication while in charge of a motorvan in Awakino on February 5.
Martin, who collided with a car driven by John M. Hardcastle, company manager, Auckland, denied being intoxicated, but admitted negligent driving and driving without a licence. On the last two charges he ■ was convicted and discharged.
George Batley, who was with Martin and who told the police in the first place that it was he who drove the van, was fined £ 5 for knowingly supplying false information. He said he did so to, shield Martin.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 92, 20 April 1939, Page 20
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121FORTNIGHT'S GAOL Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 92, 20 April 1939, Page 20
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