DRINK AND HONESTY
“How many handles convert an honest man into a thief?” asked Mr. •Justice Blair in the Supreme Court in Christchurch, when counsel was pleading in mitigation of sentence that a prisoner had committed an offence under the influence of liquor. It turned out that immediately after the theft the prisoner had driven to Timaru. "How does a man absorb enough liquor to destroy his notions ol right and wrong, but not enough to prevent him from driving a car 100 miles?” His Honour asked.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20603, 3 November 1941, Page 3
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87DRINK AND HONESTY Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20603, 3 November 1941, Page 3
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