WHAT IS INTOXICATION?
MAGISTRATE’S DEFINITION SALESMAN EXONERATED “A man is said to be intoxicated when his mental and bodily faculties are affected by alcohol to the extent that, in the opinion of any man who is not a publican or a prohibitionist, it would be unsafe for him to carry out the occupation in which lie is engaged. in this case it was the driving of a motor vehicle,” remarked Mr S. L. Paterson, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court, 'Hamilton, yesterday afternoon, when explaining the definition of intoxication. The case was the charge of intoxication in charge of a caravan against Harry Hill, aged 45, a salesman, of 'Hamilton Mr W. J. King), which was dismissed by the magistrate. On a charge of behaving in a threatening, insulting, and disorderly manner in public, Hill was convicted nod lined £2 and costs.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20844, 30 June 1939, Page 6
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