NAUGHTY!

NZ Truth, Issue 1199, 22 November 1928, Page 5

NAUGHTY!

Sandy's Show v Day WINE_W ALL (From " "N.Z. Truth's" Christchurch Rep.) Killed by kindness was the mis- . fortune of Alexander Pendrigh, a young Christchurch motor mechanic, who has been deprived of his motor license until June, 1930. IF the story he told Magistrate Mosley was true, Sandy had really bad luck. The police found him shockingly drunk while m charge of a car, and to make matters worse he had a woman with him who was m the same condition. Sandy disclaimed any acquaintanceship with the female and also with two men who hopped out of the car and decamped when Sandy collided with a motor-cyclist m Lower High Street on Show day. He said they had asked him for a lift into town when he waa leaving the showground, and m return for his kindness they invited him into an hotel where they lavished on him much hospitality. When it was time to leave, Sandy was well m his cups, while his unknown companions were likewise. But Sandy had to pay dearly for his benefaction.; Not far along the road, he swung to his wrong side to dodge a cyclist, and m so doing he collided with a motorsyclist, who was removed to , hospital Buffering from cuts, bruises and shock, while a pillion rider was also knocked about. The two men m the car, apparently sensing trouble, left ' Sandy to it with their lady friend. The latter was. brought before the court next day and fined for drunkenness, while Sandy was dumped into Paparua prison. But the worst was yet to come. Sandy's pater, when informed of his son's plight, declined to bail him out, statins that the wayward youth required a sharp lesson, so Sandy had the experience of solitary confinement for three and a-half days before being called on to answer a charge of intoxication while m .charge of a car. Sub-inspector Fitzpatrick told the court that intoxication was putting it mildly. Sandy was 'well and truly blotto, while the woman's condition was not much better. Lawyer W. Trncy drew the S.M.s attention to the fact that Sandy had had his lesson, as his parents were m a position to bail him out, but refused to do so. ■ The defendant was agreeable to take out a prohibition order if that would help the matter. ' ■ But Magistrate Mosley has expressed his intention of suppressing such people as Sandy, and plastered him with a fine of £20 and cancelled his license until May 31, 1930. Trimmings to the extent of 17/- "for witnesses and cab hire were tacked on, and default wasi fixed at one month.