INTOXICATED MOTORIST.
COLLISION WITH A CART. YOUNG MAN FINED £2O. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION,! CHRISTCBURCH. Mondav In the Police Court at Eangiora to-day Oliver James Ball, aged 23, was fined £2O for being in charge of a motor-car while in a state of intoxication. Mr. E; A, Young, S.M., presided. Accused pleaded guilty to two charges, one of being in charge of a motor-car while in a state of intoxication and the other of driving in a manner dangerous to the public. Counsel urged that the magistrate should take into consideration the defendant's youth and certain extenuating circumstances and inflict a fine. The evidence showed that while driving in Victoria Stre*i% Rangiora, on the evening of June 21 defendant collided with a spring cart containing a boy of .13 and a girl of 15 As a result of the collision the children were thrown out on to the road and the harness of the cart was damaged. On the first charge a penalty of £2O was imposed and or; the second charge defendant was ordered to pay costs, 7s. An order for the suppression of defendant's name was refused.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19372, 6 July 1926, Page 14
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188INTOXICATED MOTORIST. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19372, 6 July 1926, Page 14
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