DRUNKEN DRIVER
SEVERAL CHARGES MADE COLLIDES AND DRIVES ON [l’«r Pres* /.asociatlon.) GISBORNE, Nov. 7. The sequel to a drunken taxidriver’s •crash into a man on horseback at Tolaga Bay on June 11 was heard by the -Magistrate (Mr Lewy) at the Tolaga Bay Court to-day, when Gilbert Schultz, who failed to appear was charged with being intoxicated while in charge of a car, negligent driving, driving without lights, failure to stop after an accident, and failure to report the accident to the police. Evidence was to the effect thas Schultz, while intoxicated, crashoo, into a man on a horse and the rider and animal were pitched into the roadway. Schultz drove on without storeping, and, when questioned , denied having had an accident. On the first charge accused was sentenced to 30 days’ hard labour and was convicted and discharged on the remaining charges.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19992, 8 November 1927, Page 8
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