HAD TWO GINS.
Jockey Felt Need of Stimulant. MOTORING LICENSE SUSPENDED. (Special to the “ Star.”) AUCKLAND, January 12. A plea of guilty was entered by Albert Tinker, aged thirty, a horse trainer and rider, of Te Rapa, in the Hamilton Magistrate’s Court, when charged with being drunk while in charge of a motor-car at Frankton on Monday morning. Counsel said that Tinker was “ wasting ” or “ sweating ” in preparation for riding in the Thames races. He w r as reducing 61b daily, and, owing to his weak condition, he felt the need for some stimulant. He realised that he had been unwise in taking two gins, but he did not anticipate that they would impair his judgment. The accident was not due to drink, but to defective steering gear. Tinker was a man of abstemious habits and unlikely to repeat the action. The Justices on the Bench considered that, while it was clear the accident was due to a mechanical defect, the defendant had been foolish in drinking. He was fined £lO and his license was suspended for three months.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 659, 12 January 1933, Page 5
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179HAD TWO GINS. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 659, 12 January 1933, Page 5
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