ON WEDDING DAY
MOTORIST INFRINGES TRAFFIC REGULATIONS By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, November 19 The plea by counsel in a case of failing to stop after an accident that it was more lack of courtesy than dangerous driving or criminality was agreed with by the Chief Justice when Dudley Clarence Martin, aged 25, a tilemaker, Was before him for sentence. Martin had pleaded guilty at Lower Hutt and was fined £lO and ordered to pay costs (£l/14/6). His licence was cancelled and he was disqualified for the first six months of the next licensing period. Counsel explained that Martin had been married that day and had a certain amount of liquor. The Judge said Martin drove into the other car and simply cleared out.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21816, 20 November 1940, Page 9
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123ON WEDDING DAY Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21816, 20 November 1940, Page 9
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