Degrees of Intoxication
“You will, of course, realize that intoxication is a relative term,” said Mr Justice Callan, when discussing with a grand jury in Auckland a charge of causing bodily injury while in a state of intoxication in charge of a motorvehicle. “A degree of intoxication which would not lead to the arrest of a person on the street, which probably would not cause any remark at all, nor any warning from a constable, a slight degree of intoxication, might yet be quite sufficient to constitute an offence when a person attempts to drive a motor-car,” added his Honour. The commonsense of the matter- was that any substantial degree of intoxication when such quick decisions were required was very serious.
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Southland Times, Issue 23735, 6 February 1939, Page 3
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121Degrees of Intoxication Southland Times, Issue 23735, 6 February 1939, Page 3
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