“LOSES HIS LIVELIHOOD”
MOTORISTS LICENCE SUSPENDED INTOXICATED IN CAR dti ociation WELLINGTON'. Today The plea that if defendant lost h,iicence he would also be deprived of his livelihood wus advanced by ceoi sel in the Magistrate’s Court m>. day, when appearing for Fred Btrt house, who pleaded guilty to a eiarr of being intoxicated while in chary of a motor-car on Tuesday. e ~ Sub-Inspector Lopdell said a corstable's attention, was drawn to a.-, engine racing in Woodward Stree and he saw the driver of the car »a; in difficulty. After witnessing s«t»ral unsuccessful attempts to star the constable went over, and loni accused intoxicated. He was takes to the police station, where about minutes afterward he was examines by a doctor, who certified that accused was not in a fit state to drive s car. Mr. E. Page, S.M.. fined accmee £2O. ”1 realise," said Mr. Page, is dealing with the question of the licence, “that when a man earns kis living in a motor-car it is a »ere-e penalty to lose his licence for a ihr«. but the offence itself is serious, auc a dangerous one, and I propose to r - cel his licence for three month'-'
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1038, 31 July 1930, Page 12
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