ORUHKEN MOTORIST
BRIEF LOSS OF LICENSE [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, January 9. At 5.25 on .Saturday evening the Petone police received word that a motorist, evidently in a drunken condition, had narrowly avoided a collision on the Hutt read. The driver was subsequently arrested and appeared before Messrs A. Coles and I). G. M'Ewen, justices of the peace, at Petone Court to-day, charged with being drunk in charge of a car. The Senior Sergeant said that when arrested accused was very drunk, and by no means in a fit state to drive a car.
Mr Mazengarb, for accused, pleaded guilty, but submitted that his client Had an excellent character, and the lapse was not likely to bo repeated. Accused was lined £lO, but the justices ordered the suppression of his name, though cancelling his license till March 31.
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Evening Star, Issue 19759, 9 January 1928, Page 6
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139ORUHKEN MOTORIST Evening Star, Issue 19759, 9 January 1928, Page 6
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