TOO DRUNK TO DRIVE
BLIND LEAD THE BLIND £l3 FINE IMPOSED (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Saturday ! “It looks like a case of the blind ; leading the blind,” said Sub-Inspector O’Xeitl in court when William David Ainge, aged 24, a labourer, was being prosecuted for intoxication while in charge of a car. He said that after Ainge had been taken in charge the owner of the car, who w-as also in an • advanced state of intoxication, catted at the station and said he gave the 1 keys to accused as he thought he was himself too drunk to drive. It appeared that Ainge was found seated in the driver's seat and had the ignition switched on. He told the constable he was waiting for the other man to come along. Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., imposed a fine ! of £ls with a year's cancellation of | ilil license.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20887, 19 August 1939, Page 8
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