Not Much, but Still More

NZ Truth, Issue 1232, 11 July 1929, Page 4

Not Much, but Still More

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.) ALONG and spirited plea for leniency was made by Mr. J. F. W. Dickson at the Auckland Magistrate's Court, on behalf of Octavius Geqrge Garlick, charged with being intoxicated m charge of a car. The grounds suggested by counsel were that the offence took place at midnight when the streets were empty and that no one but Garlick was endangered. •. x Mention was also made by Mr. Dickson of the necessity tor a separate accommodation for such cases, as m present circumstances defendants m such cases had to mix with criminals. . Counsel after again emphasising the difference allegedly existing between Garlick's case and those which occurred m daytime, seemed astonished when Mr. F. l<. Hunt, S.M., inflicted a fine of £25 and cancelled Garlick's driving license for six months. "That is no different from the penalty the last case received, your Worship," said Mr. Dickson. "Oh, yes, it is," retorted Mr. Hunt. "It's five pounds more," and counsel subsided.