INTOXICATION CHARGE
MOTOR CYCLIST IN COURT GIVEN BENEFIT OF DOUBT (Per United Press Association) HASTINGS, Dec. 7. A motor cyclist, who was arrested on a charge of being intoxicated in charge of a motor vehicle, was given the benefit of the doubt by Mr J. Miller, S.M., when he attributed his condition to injuries to the head which he received in an accident in which he was involved and which led to his arrest. The defendant was James Stephen Dunn, of Hastings, a labourer. The police surgeon who examined the defendant gave evidence that he was unfit to drive because of intoxication. There was no evidence he could find that the defendant was suffering from concussion. Dr. R. Cashmore said that the defendant at a later examination was suffering from concussion and showed signs of contusion of the brain. Many of his symptoms, such as giddiness, were due to injuries to the head, and not to alcoholism. Dismissing the information, the magistrate said there was a doubt in the case, and he had to give the defendant the benefit of that doubt.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23369, 8 December 1937, Page 4
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182INTOXICATION CHARGE Otago Daily Times, Issue 23369, 8 December 1937, Page 4
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