MOTORIST IN COURT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 159, 17 June 1936, Page 5

MOTORIST IN COURT.

STRATFORD COLLISION. ■ * —■ iiMiiana Two Motor-Cyclists In ■ Hospital. [CHARGE CF INTOXICATION i The sequel to an accident at the corner of Pembroke Road and Broadway on May 31, after which two mo-tor-cyclists were admitted to hospital, was heard in the Stratford Magistrate's Court, to-day, when A. V. Young appeared on remand, charged with being intovicated while in charge of a car; negligent driving; failing to keep to the left, and failing to give way to the right. Defendant, who was represented by Mr. S. Macalister, pleaded not guilty Ito all charges. Sergeant Anniss prosecuted. Dr. D. Steven, Stratford, said he had. been called to the scene of the accident at 7.10. When he later examined defendant at the police station he found him so far under the influence of liquor as to be unfit to drive a car. He subectcd him to a series of tests. Witness described defendant at the time of his examination as talking volubly. When he attempted to sit, he more or less collapsed. Shock Of Arrest. To Mr. Macalister witness said that in certain circumstances the shock of arrest would be sufficient to produce symptoms similar to those of intoxication. Mr. Macalister quoted from an article on intoxication tests to the practitioner. The shock of arrest would not be attributable to the fact that defendant "flopped" when he attempted to sit, said witness. His eyes were not markedly suffused. Mr. Macalister produced and read to the Court a note from another medical practitioner who had examined Young 24 hours after the accident. When he had examined defendant, he was speaking quite freely, said Dr. Steven, but later he slurred some of his words. To Sergeant Anniss, Dr. Steven said the effect of an arrest following an accident in which persons had been injured might hfye been sobering. Constables' Evidence. Constable A. of Stratford, said that when he arrived at the scene of the accident he found that the car bad been driven away. A man named Dueker was the rider of

the motor-cycle. After lie hud returned to the police station he went up to the corner of Fenton Street and Broadway, outside the National Bank, wlmre he met a man named Paull, who had been with Young at the time of the accident. Paull seemed perfectly sober. He found Young, who acceded to a request to accompany him back to the police station. On the way down Broadway to the station Young was incapable of walking straight. Constable Ileal said he had drawn a plan of the vicinity of the accident. The night was clear, visibility was good and the road surface was dry. Young, when he was in the police station, had smelt strongly of liquor and was in witness's opinion unfit to drive a car. To Mr. Macalister, witness said the scratches on the bitumen were deeply gauged and fresh. A -red mark, some 3i't. Gin., was near the marks on the bitumen. The point of impact was 11 feet away from the edge of the bitumen. The motor-cycle was carried 21 feet. Examined by Air. Macalister, witness said that (lie. men . were lyingin a direct line iu the same direction. Witness detailed the damage to the car. If the marks on the bitumen had been made by palling the motor-cycle from under the car, they would not have been so long. The motor-cyclist should have seen the car when he came into the rays of light, but the car-driver should have seen the motor-cycle before it came into the light. The hearing was adourned till July 1.