INTOXICATED DRIVERS.
fine of twenty, pounds
CANCELLATION OF LICENCE.
A fine of £2O. and cancellation of his driving' licence for 12 months was the penalty imposed on Frederick Alexander Robinson, painter, of Auckland, in the Papakura Police Court yesterday, for being intoxicated in charge of a car. Accused was proceeded against by the traffic inspector for the Main Highways Board, Mr. E. H. Barrett. Ho was also charged with failing to stop after colliding with a stationary car and travelling at a
dangerous speed. I The inspector agreed to withdraw tho last two charges, whereupon Mr. Allan Moody, for • accused, entered a plea of guilty to the charge of being intoxicated while in charge of the car. Counsel stated that accused had consumed two bottles of beer. He was not in the habit of drinking intoxicating liquor and this amount of beer proved more than he should have had. A request was made that accused should be allowed time in which to pay tho fine, and the magistrate, Mr. F. H. Levien, allowed a month. PROSECUTION AT HAWERA. ANOTHER LICENCE CANCELLED. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION".] HAWERA, Wednesday. Pleading guilty to charges of intoxication while driving a motor-lorry and breach of bis prohibition order Robert Florida James Lowe was fined £2O and had his driver's licence cancelled for 12 months by Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., today.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20424, 28 November 1929, Page 14
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226INTOXICATED DRIVERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20424, 28 November 1929, Page 14
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