INTOXICATED MOTORIST
YOUNG? MAN FINED £2O
(By Telegraph.— Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Monday.
In the Police Court at Rangiora today Oliver Janies Ball, aged 23, was fined £2O for being in charge of a motor ca r while in a state of intoxication. Mr PI. A. Young, S.M., presided. Accused pleaded guilty to two charges, one of beingi in charge of' a motor car while in a state of intoxication and the other of driving in a manner dangerous .to the public.
Counsel urged that the magistrate should take into consideration the defendant’s youth and certain extenuating circumstances, and inflict a fine.
The evidence showed that while driving in Victoria Ctreet, Rangiora, on the evening of June 21, defendant collided with a spring cart containing a boy of 13 and a girl of 15. As a result of the collision the children were thrown out on to the road and the harness of the cart was damaged. On the first charge a penalty, of £2O was imposed and on the second charge defendant was ordered to pay costs 7s. An order for the mippres 1 - sion of defendant’s name was refused.
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Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1779, 6 July 1926, Page 4
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