INTOXICATED TAXI-DRIVER.
PENALTY OF £25 IMPOSED. ACCIDENT IN QUEEN STREET. Through causing his motor-car to bump into another car, Einar Johanness Johan■lessen, aged 55, taxi-driver, attracted the attention of :> traffic officer. When charged in the Police Court yesterday with being intoxicated while in control of a tnxicab Joltannessen pleaded guilty. It was stated by the police that the incident occurred in Queen Street last Saturday afternoon. ".Accused has suffered a severe punishment," said Mr. Sullivan. "He is married, and has been discharged from the firm by which he was employed." Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M.: The only thing I can see that can be said in his favour is thai inoi'c duinaue was nut done. Accused was convicted and fined £25,
default being fixed at two months' imprisonment. His driving licence was cancelled for 12 months.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20115, 28 November 1928, Page 14
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