CLERK FINED
INTOXICATED IN CHARGE OF CAR
By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, December 21,
William Joseph O'Brien (aged 25), clerk, was fined £2O by Mr E. D. Mosely, for being intoxicated in charge of a car. His license was endorsed and suspended until May 31 next, and the local authorities were ordered to ba notified. He agreed to take out a prohibition order against himself for a year.
Defendant was found asleep in a stationary car at 4 o'clock on Sunday morning. His counsel said he had attended a dance, had liquor, drove his friends home, and feeling the effects of fatigue and drink decided that it would be unsafe to drive to the suburb where he lived.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20607, 22 December 1936, Page 13
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117CLERK FINED Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20607, 22 December 1936, Page 13
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