DRUNKEN MOTOR-DRIVER
IMPRISONMENT IMPOSED. ' . ' REMARKS BY MAGISTRATE. ■ Per Press Association. * , -AUCKLAND, January 19. On a charge of being drunk while in charge of a. motor-car Alexander MeCalum Payton, dged. 42 years, was sen-' fenced to seven days’ imprisonment by Mr Payntpn, . 53. M.. in the Police Courtl Evidence was given that the accused’s car had one - wheel on the, footpath with a mudguard thrust against a lamp'post. The accused denied being drunk. He said, he had about six half “handles” during the afternoon, and made a miscalculation when turning the car. .The' magistrate commented on the alarming frequency of motor-car accidents. ■■ . ■■ ■ ■
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12041, 20 January 1925, Page 7
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