MOTORISTS BEFORE COURT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18461, 26 July 1923, Page 5

MOTORISTS BEFORE COURT.

& % •t" >f - > V;! OVER forty: cases r heard ■ . ' > -v,? ' , > MAJORITY OF MINOR NATURE 1 , • ',*■/' „> . v . , ..« r- '• r s Over 40 motor traffic by-law cases, ; the majority being of a minor nature,-, were dealt 1 with by Mr. J. W. Poynton, ; S.M. f ; in the Police Court yesteiday. For having driven their motor-cars . past ■ Btationarytramcars, T. W. Arthur and .JTumor wen? each fined £3 and costs.;! ' A collision between'" a : motor-lorry and/£" a taxi, which occurred near the Town Hall,; J;*; resulted in the - lorry driver, A. E. Olesen v.;. \ (Mr. Sellar), being charged with dangerous ;V ! driving! ; ; Ho was ordered .to pay: 23s costs. ! •, A motor-lorry driver, C. J. Anderson,";S who %as said tq have crossed Queen vii; Street without giving warning, / was h charged with dangerous • driving. V,;lt : was stated^thai'-a collision with a traiacar »m, v narrowly ; avoided. :fi :t Defendant- said 7 !»«;£?■• gave the usual 5 signals before ; turning* H«j[ "'J, •: was ordered to .pay 21s costs. , ; 1 ; ' Samuel ?L. Hirst (MrSHohndeii) denied ? r having. driven ; his car.; in a manner dan- V gerous ■to ' the a public in iPongout y ' Road. A; cyclist gave evidence • that cars V passed him abreast, travelling at- about ; 30 to :35 miles an; hour, and: were • appar- L:-- ; ently racing.i. He L was "struck : : by/one; car. A constable admitted that defendant was a ci'eful driver. ' J For the defence }it ' was+v; contended there had ■ been a mistake as to.'O':. • identity, Defendant gave evidence that;!." he did not-.exceed 18 or 20 miles an hour ,V all the way along ;. the road, and did : race. The magistrate : held : that ' the''' weight of evidence was in : favour' of defendant, and dismissed the• case. •. . - •*. ; ■■ ■ - • ✓ ■ - " mmM f •• •• -"'L'