Degree Of The Drunk

NZ Truth, Issue 1080, 12 August 1926, Page 4

Degree Of The Drunk

**QH, so the defendant,-was m"- " v toxicated, eh?" ' demanded counsel of. a constable giving evidence m a motor case at Christchurch./ "He,was," "And yet you allowed him to drive you. to thei;police station?'V —"I; < did, but he was then under; arrest." ■. . ; „,; "And I suppose you would have >> the Court believe that that has 'a;';'; sobering effect?" —"Undoubtedly ' it has." ;; -. v "•. ■ ■ Counsel leaned across the -table ,: arid smiled. "Very good, then; when defendant arrived at the station he was perfectly sober, I take it?" • ..'■.'■ ■■.. The constable looked ruffled and ':■ waved his hand deprecatingly. "Oh, no, he was hot," he hastened to inform the Court. Counsel: I see; it is all a matter of degree, and you are unable to classify it. That will do. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimuiiiiiimiiimiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiMmiiiiiimimiiiiiimiimiiiiiiuiiiiimimiiiiniimi