INTOXICATED DRIVERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23308, 28 September 1937, Page 9

INTOXICATED DRIVERS

A GREYMOUTH CASE IMPRISONMENT FOR MOTORCYCLIST j . (Per United Press Association) . GREYMOUTH, Sept. 27. In the Magistrate's Court, Edward Farris, charged with being in a state of intoxication in charge of a motor cycle at Hokitika, was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment with hard labour, and was disqualified from obtaining a licence until June, 1940. He was fined £1 for driving without a licence. . Mr R. Ferner, S.M., said the time for imposing fines on intoxicated drivers had gone, except in special circumstances. FARM WORKER FINED LICENCE CANCELLED FOR THREE YEARS (Per United Press Association)' NEW PLYMOUTH, Sept. 27. "I am bound to regard as a serf- « ous offence the driving of motor vehicles by persons intoxicated, said the magistrate (Mr W. H. Woodward), when Frederick James Allen, a farm worker, was fined £lO and had his licence cancelled for three years. FINES OF £25 MOTORISTS' LICENCES CANCELLED (Per United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 27, Two men faced separate charges of being intoxicated in charge of motor vehicles when they appeared in the Magistrate's Court to-clay. They were Frank Neil Greer, aged 40, and Cyril Henry Donovan, aged 28. In -each case Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., imposed a fine of £25, cancelled and endorsed their driving licences, and ordered that a driver's licence could not be obtained by either of the accused for 12 months. Default in each case was fixed at 30 days' imprisonment. A WANGANUI CASE FINE OF £2O IMPOSED (Per United Press Association) WANGANUI, Sept. 21 Rangi Kingi, an intoxicated motorist, was fined £2O, in default two months' imprisonment, by Mr J. H. Salmon, S.M. His licence was cancelled for 12 months. MOTORIST ADMITS OFFENCE FINE OF £ls IMPOSED (Per United Press Association) INVERCARGILL, Sept. 27. A fine of £ls. with costs (12s 6d), was imposed on William Herbert Latta, a sawmill-owner, of Tahakopa, when he oleaded guilty its the Magistrate's Court to-day to 8 charge of being found in a state of intoxication while in charge of a motor car. The magistrate cancelled the defendant's Jicence for three months.