WARNINGS INEFFECTIVE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23117, 16 August 1938, Page 14

WARNINGS INEFFECTIVE

INTOXICATED DRIVERS COMMENT BY MAGISTRATE . [BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION"] DUNEDIN, Monday "Notwithstanding numerous warnings, this class of offence continues to persist," said Mr. H. W 7 . Bundle, S.M., when Thomas Hand Ferguson, aged 25, a contractor, admitted a charge of driving a truck while intoxicated. "In each case it is urged that the licence means a man's livelihood, but in each case the Court has to consider the public interest," the magistrate added. "I am quite unable to accede to the request that Ferguson be allowed to keep his licence. The only question is whether the defendant should be imprisoned." Ferguson was fined £25 and his licence was suspended for 12 months.

YOUTH ADMITS CHARGE AGE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT [by telegraph —OWN correspondent] PUKEKOHE, Monday A charge of being intoxicated in charge of a car was admitted by a youth in the Pukekohe Police Court to-day. Constable C. ftobb said that on the afternoon of August 6, which was the occasion of tho Peace Cup Pugbv match at Tuakau, he saw accused trying to start a motor-car at the side road. When examined by a doctor some time afterward, ho was certified to be unfit to drive. Mr. A. P. King, for accused, said that he was attempting to shift the car, -which belonged to a friend who had taken him to the match. "I am quite satisfied that defendant merely attempted to piove the car," said the magistrate. He added that, on account of accused's age, he would not inflict a fine, but would order him to come up for sentence if called upon within 12 months. He was also ordered to pay tho doctor's fee, £2 2s. PINE OP £25 INFLICTED PENALTY ON WANGANUI MAN [bt telegraph —PRESS association] WANGANUI, Monday At' the Magistrate's Court to-day Laurence Henry Clark was fined £25 for being intoxicated in charge of a motor-car.