PLEA THAT FAILED
;,. A; MOTORIST'S IDENTITY. Mistaken identity was the plea unsuc" cejsfullv put forward, by Andrew AfcBeaiih., land agent, when charged at Hamilton...wtfth driving liis motjor-car in, a manner- dangerous to the public. It was shown by the police that.a.man, said by Several witiiesswi to bear a strong resemblance to Mcße&th, drove his car along Victoria street on a certain evening about three- months ago So close to the. footpath that he knocked over a motor-cycle standing near the kerb, and about a hundred yards further along "picked up" two cycles leaning i against verandah, posts., carrying them along on the front of the. car for a distance, and running over them. The magistrate, after rWarimr the evidence, -was satisfied that Meßeafh was the culprit, and that he. droved in a manner dangerou? to the public. He fined him jCIO and costs £1 Is, and ordered,.him. to pay witness's upe.nses. nmountine- to £7. Three months were allowed iii -which to pay./
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10715, 8 October 1920, Page 5
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162PLEA THAT FAILED New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10715, 8 October 1920, Page 5
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