LICENSE SUSPENDED

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 84, 7 February 1928, Page 4

LICENSE SUSPENDED

INTOXICATED MOTORIST. \ A fine of £lO, the suspension of his licence and a disqualification from holding a licence for a period of 12 months, was the penalty inflicted upon George Edward Clout, a retired farmer, of Pitzroy, who pleaded guilty to being in a state of intoxication while in charge of a motor-car in Powderham Street at an early hour yesterday morning. Senior-Sergt. M'Crorie, who appeared for the police, said the constable on night duty observed a car coming down Powderham Street, steering a somewhat erratic course. When near the Police Station the car ran into a fence, and On the constable going up to the driveT he found him intoxicated and took him in charge. A doctor wa s called at the request of defendant, and certified him intoxicated. In answer to the Magistrate the defendant said the. steering gear of his car was loose and that was how the accident had happened. The Magistrate: It is not a question of the accident. The point is that you were in a state of intoxication while in charge of a car. That is the serious thing. It is one of the most serious offence s under the Motor Vehicles Act, for which you are liable to three months' hard labour, irrespective of whether there was an accident. He then entered a conviction with the penalty as stated above, with expenses amounting to £1 Is- A week allowed in which to pay the fine.— Herald.