DUNEDIN POLICE COURT.

Otago Witness, Issue 3519, 23 August 1921, Page 7

DUNEDIN POLICE COURT.

Monday, August Ik. (Before Air J. R. Bartholomew, h.AIj Dangerous Driving.—Oliver Ilolmea Billon was charged with being drunk while in charge I of a motor car in Prince 3 street on Saturday evening.—Ha pleaded guilty.—Chief Be ! tectivc Bishop said that at 7.14 t-.m. j j Saturday defendant drove south along Prir.cos j i street with two men in his car. He came I i from River-date, and the passengers were I from Gore. Just at the bend by the- Oval j where the Caversham line went up the hid j a train slowed down, and defendant’s car ! ran right into it. Detect ire. Palmer and | Lean were on tho tramcar, and they found j defendant almost helplessly bottle of whisky in each pocket. 1 bey ar- j about JOy ami the ttinz, the rj. fc j renew it. Accuse i wa - a man of gik d cii ■ let* and re vine, who apparently got a little j • re much on this or< a do::.- 'i :;. Ala; si rale J said 1 1 ■: i was a quite icikmx charge, and tw j ! (-::' -,d-r —as liable to imprisonm nl wi.lmui j ■ . . i m n: a firm. It seemed f r’.un.ile tl-.it iu- had the :u-eid:nt when he dd. • r | - methi g worse might have happened. In j j vk-v of I,is previous good character he would j root send him to gaol. He would b - fined gti, with the alternative of a month's imprisonment. Tho accused's request that, hi.s name might be suppressed was met with a decided ''Certainly not.' 1