Intoxicated While In Charge Of A Horse
(Special) KAWAKAWA. This Day An unusual charge was laced by a Maori. H»ra Hura. 20. of Waiomio. whan he appeared in ihc Kawakawa Court before Messrs. W. E. Key and W. A. Rodger. J.P.s. The Maori faced a charge of being intoxicated while in charge of a hors.-. If was stated in evidence that, mounted on his horse, Hura had ridden on to the railway platform and had then returned to the road, nearly colliding with two cyclists. Found guilty, he was fined £5. Unlawful conversion of a motor car valued at .£4OO brought Jce Apiata, 21, single, cf Crcmahoe. three months’ imprisonment with hard labour. In evidence, it was stated that the offence had occurred on the second day of tiie victory celebrations, the car being the property of Ralph Cookson, Although nor intoxicated. Apiata had had liquor. He had entered the car. and driving off, had nearly collided with a building. I-Ie had continued on to the main north highway, and near the second bridge from Kawakawa had knocked over two oi‘ the white guiding posts. After crossing the bridge he had driven into, and knocked down, two more posts, finishing his journey by running down the bank, damaging the car.
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Northern Advocate, 24 August 1945, Page 9
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