GALLOP INTO MOTOR-VAN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18742, 23 June 1924, Page 9

GALLOP INTO MOTOR-VAN

FURIOUS RETURN HOMEWARD

YOUNG MAN HEAVILY FINED.

ADMISSION OF INDULGENCE.

fBY TELEGRAPH. CORRESPONDENT.]

•WHAN&ABEI, Sunday.

A young man, whose name the magistrate, Mr. R. -W. Tate, ordered to be suppressed, appeared this morning charged with being , drunk while in charge of a horse, also with riding in a furious and negligent manner... The accused pleaded guilty to the first charge, but not guilty to the second.' ;

Senior-Sergeant : Hollis said that 'at about 7.15 o'clock last evening the accused and a companion, both riding horses, were galloping up Maunu Road in the direction of the hospital. A motorvan was coming in the opposite direction, and accused, who was on his wrong side, tried to gallop over the van and caused damage to the cxenfc of £2 8s 9d. Constable Burnett, who was going ;up Maunu Road, hastened to the scene, and found the accused lying on the road. His companion had continued on. The accused's horse had galloped straight into the van and had sustained some injury. Neither of the men had control over his horse.

The van; driver, ;Sidney Charles, Hopkins, a market gardener, said he had tried to avoid the horses, but had been unable to- do; so. " : •'. v, '; \ \r The accused stated that he was going home. He had had one or two drinks and consequently was 4 a bit " muddled." He saw the car and attempted to avoid it. The horse, however, did not answer the rein and collided with the car. The horse was a bit " mad-headed," and always gave trouble with motors. He admitted that if he had not partaken of drink he would probably have been riding on his correct side. He claimed, however, that he was cantering and not galloping. v;The magistrate held that, furious riding had ; been abundantly proved. It was a serious . offence. Accused would bo fined £10 and ordered to pay 15s witness' expenses. On the charge of being drunk he would: be convicted and discharged. -•■..