INTOXICATION CHARGES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20947, 10 August 1931, Page 11

INTOXICATION CHARGES.

motorist cuts corner, FINE OF £5 IMPOSED. A charge of being intoxicated while in charge of a motor-car was admitted by Alfred John Scoon (Mr. MncKay), salesman, aged 39, before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Police Court on Saturday. Mr. MacKay said accused had recently driven from Wellington, where be'was a ti usted motor salesman. He was not familiar with Auckland and in turning from Karangahapc Road into Pitt Street cut the corner and was stopped by a traffic inspector, who suspected the smell of liquor on his breath. Accused had had three glasses of beer, but bad he not infringed the traffic rules h e could probably have driven without detection to his hotel. The magistrate, in imposing a fine of £5, in default a month's imprisonment, said the case was not a bad one and ho did not want to touch accused's licence. Accused, however, would be required to take out a prohibition order. JOCKEY BEFORE COURT. DISMISSAL OF INFORMATION. [from our own correspondent.] HAMILTON, Saturday. A jockey, William Alexander Rennie (Mr. A. L. Tompkins), was charged before Mr. Wyvern Wilson, S.M., in the Hamilton Magistrate's Court to-day with being intoxicated while in charge of a car. Accused pleaded not guilty. Evidence was given by Constable McLean that as a result of a complaint that accused had collided with a stationary car in Greenwood Street, Frankton, at 7 p.m. yesterday, he saw accused and considered that he was intoxicated and was not in a fit condition to drive a car. Accused said he was reducing his weight and had had no food yesterday. He had a brandy and soda in the afternoon, hut was not intoxicated. The car he struck was unlighfced, and was half-way between two lamp posts. The magistrate expressed the view that the police had made a mistake in considering that Rennie was intoxicated. The information was dismissed.