“DYING SISTER”
A MOTORIST’S EXCUSE. [ Per Press Association. ] MASTERTON, Oct. 31. “This case is a bad one, and I have been instructed to ask for a heavy penalty,” stated Mr R. R. Burridge in tho Magistrate’s Court this morning, when Jack Hiroti was charged with dangerous driving. Mr Burridge explained that tho borough traffic inspector (Mr McGregor) had been on duty at the Kuripuni triangle, when defendant had passed him travelling at between 40 and 50 miles an hour. Two little girls had to race for the footpath, and the car nearly collided with a butcher’s van which suddenly emerged from a side street. “I understand that defendant explained that he was hurrying to Wanganui, where his sister was alleged to be dying,” said Mr Burridge, “but it is significant that he was convicted in the Magistrate’s Court at Wanganui for being drunk in charge of his car the next day.” It was explained that defendant’s license had been cancelled at Wanganui. Mr J. Miller, S.M., imposed a fine of £7.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 413, 3 November 1930, Page 7
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