DRIVERS FINED
INTOXICATION CHARGE SUSPENSION OF LICENSE THREE SAFETY ZONES - STRUCK [by telegraph—rnEss association-] "WELLINGTON, Friday "Even if a man is used to drinking , six or seven 'handles' of beer, taken ina short space of time they are bound to have an effect on his driving—nothing can persuade mo otherwise," said Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., after hearing evidence in a defended case in which Arno Gohannes Fagerholm, aged 28, who was charged with being intoxicated while in charge of a motortruck, and wilfully damaging three safety zone pillars. Accused was alleged by a witness who had followed him to have been driving erratically, and to have been a threat both to the witness and a taxicab. The magistrate dismissed the charge of wilful damage. The evidence, he thought, showed that accused hit tho posts in an endeavour to avoid a cyclist. On the other charge accused was convicted and fined £3O and costs. His licence was suspended until June 1, 1939.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22843, 25 September 1937, Page 19
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