SHOWMAN FINED
UNFAIR COMPETITION
INTOXICATIONvCHARGE
"It seems to me-to. be .a case where the defendant has deliberately per-r jured ; himself- by' putting- in the story he' has .told, before, the Court this morning," said' Mr. J. H. Luxford,S.M., in.the Magistrate's; Coqrt today, when convicting iNfbrmari Alexander. Nicol, a .showman,., aged 32, who pleaded not guilty to being intoxicated in* charge, of a:car'in:"Willis Street last night. Nicpl denied that he had been driving the"'car, "and said that it had been driven by a friend.
"There may be circumstances In Which, a man, through' loyalty to a, friend, endeavours to -protect^ him, and I am satisfied'that this is one of those cases,";Baid;;Mr -W.'. P..Rollings, who appeared fox Nicol. "There is.a very good reason^ why this other man cannot be-called." ; •.,«• .r: -V ■•.:■•■ .■
s Several: police witnesses > and a dqctor were called •py Sijb.-Inspector. L. W. Gapp;, ;to giye.;.eYidence for the prosecution, and: the defendant and another man. gave . evidence for ■ the defence
NicoLvwlas.-fined: £15. and his licence was cancelled for a year.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400309.2.140
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 59, 9 March 1940, Page 15
Word Count
169SHOWMAN FINED Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 59, 9 March 1940, Page 15
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