MOTORIST FINED
DRUNK IN CHARGE OF CAR. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, July 16. A fine of £lO for being intoxicated while in charge of a motor car was imposed on Charles Harold Davies, aged 36, in the Police Court. The circumstances were that on a stormy night accused struck another car parked at the roadside. Counsel said that accused went to the police station to report the accident and was arrested by a constable who considered that while not drunk accused was in a state of intoxication. Accused had suffered from a protracted illness and being in a state of physical debility, two whiskies he had before leaving home affected him.
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Southland Times, Issue 20540, 17 July 1928, Page 7
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112MOTORIST FINED Southland Times, Issue 20540, 17 July 1928, Page 7
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