INTOXICATED MOTORIST
PENALTY OF £2O IMPOSED. A lino of £2O was imposdd in the Auckland Police Court on Harold S. Hall on a charge of being intoxicated while in charge of a motor car. Tho accused collided with another car at u street intersection, and it was alieged that ho was driving at a danger* ous speed.
The accused denied the offence, but rhe magistrate, Mr. McKean, said thet from tho accused's own actions he had to assume he was drunk'or was a fool. No man in his sober senses would have approached the intersection at the pace he did.
The accused's driving license was cancelled.
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Patea Mail, Volume XLIX, 5 September 1927, Page 2
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106INTOXICATED MOTORIST Patea Mail, Volume XLIX, 5 September 1927, Page 2
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