SOLDIER SENT TO GAOL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 71, 26 March 1940, Page 6

SOLDIER SENT TO GAOL

DRLNK IN CHARGE OF CAR • Per Frcss Association). AUCKLAND. March 25. Those who take liquor and drive must take the consequences, said Mr. E. H. Levien. S.M.. when sentencing a soldier Cliff ora Aibttl John bumich. aged 20, in the Police Court, for being in a state of intoxication while in charge oi a cai. Accused’s commanding officer said he was a good soldier and well behaved. This was the first time he had been in trouble. The magistrate said the offence was notorious and it was difficult enough to deal with normal drivers without those under the influence of alcohol. The question was whether he should create a precedent and allow a young man to have a single bout of intoxication in a cat and ser.a ar. oldei man to prison. Those who took liquor and drove cars had a disregard for the safety of the other felior.. It was distasteiul for him to even contemplate sending a young man to gaol, but he could see no other way of dealing with that sort of offence Sumich was sentenced to seven days in gaol, his licence was cancelled, and he was disqualified from holding another for 12 months.