ALCOHOLIC REACTIONS.
W HEN IS A MAN DRUNK. UHALK-LINE TEST. (“Sun Special.’’) London. Nov. 23. The discussio.i of the problem “When is a man drunk?” was lifted from the lowly level of the police court into the heighths of the Old BaHey, when the Recorder tried a motor-’bug driver on a charge of injur*n»x a woyiati. 'Hie police alleged that the accident was due to the driver’s drunkenness. The Recorder, who has not long been appointed, frequently evinces a desire to acquire knowledge, and so he asked the police doctor what tests he employed. The doctor said that he used the light test, which consists of flashing a light into the man’s eyes, and observing the speed at which the pupils contract. The Recorder asked -. “Do you Use the chalk-line test?.” The doctoi said, “No,” and the Recorder remarked, “That is the unfairest test in the world. It is enough to make a man drunk.” The doctor interposed, informing counsel that he doubted if counsel could walk a chalk-line. Counsel replied that perhaps ho could not last night, hut he could toil a-.. The doctor said he did not employ the “ragged rascals ran,” etc., test, or tho “British cAustitution” test The jury acquitted the driver.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 301, 8 December 1922, Page 3
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