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DR. STRAHAN'S APPEAL IN MOTOR CASE DISMISSED
DR. S. S. STRAHAN, FINED $50 ON JUNE 14 BY MR. H. R. BUTTERS AT THE CENTRAL MAGISTRACY FOR ALLEGED DRIVING IN LOCKHART ROAD ON MAY 26, UNSUCCESSFUL- LY APPEALED AGAINST THE CÓNVICTION AT THE SUPREME COURT THIS MORNING BEFORE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, MR. JUSTICE R. E. LINDSELL.
Mr. W. A. Mackinlay, for appellant, Sergeant Fryer were not to be believ- argued that there was not sufficiented, and therefore questions regarding evidence on which the Magistrate could appellant's driving record were not have convicted appellant, The offence justified, and should not have been alleged to have been committed by ap-asked.
The Magistrate was in doubt regard- pellant was serious and the evidence should have been stronger to justify ing the admissibility of the question, as conviction..
he recorded his reasons for allowing it. There was no standard, he said, by
**CROWN'S REPLY which one could say whether this was Replying for the Crown, Mr. John dangerous driving for. not. It was not Whyatt said there was no foundation disputed that his client was travelling for the suggestion of doubt by the at 36 m.p.h. in a 30 mp.h. area, but Magistrate, in putting down his rea- the extra six miles could not have made sons for allowing the question. all that difference and obviously could merely showed that he gave the ques- not in itself have been dangerous driv- tion full consideration. ing. There must be something else, The argument that appellant with submitted Mr. Mackinlay, before the 35 years' experience of driving was Magistrate could decided that it was able to discern good driving and dan~-
described as dangerous driving.
gerous driving, Counsel "mere sophistry
It
POLICE ASSERTION Referring to the evidence of Inspec- What would the position of a clauf- tor Saunders, Mr. Mackinlay pointed feur be when applying for a post, if he out that the witness definitely asserted stated his experience in terms of all that the danger was in driving on the the accidents in which he had been in
asked Counsel. Experience wrong side of the road and not the volved? excessive speed.
meant, he submitted, that one chas Mr. Mackinlay then referred to the learned to avoid accidents. evidence of Sergeant, Fryer and point- That appellant was driving at 36 ed out that this did not show that ap-m.p.h. on the wrong side of the road, pellant's car was completely on the no matter how far on the wrong side," wrong side of the road. Sergeant was, in itself, dangerous driving, sub- Fryer, he submitted, was more in amitted Mr. Whyatt. It was admitted. position to see what was going on than that there was a line of cars on the Inspector Saunders. It was necessary road, and a large number of pedes- for appellant to travel on the wrong trians, and that appellant. narrowly side of the road but not completely, missed a cyclist at the junction of submitted. Mr. Mackinlay.
Canal Road and Lockhart Road. There There, was a definite disagreement was, no necessity for appellant to be between the two Crown witnesses. If on the wrong side of the road, and his the evidence of Sergeant Fryer only reason, that he was hurrying to a pa- was accepted, the question of danger- tient could only be put in as mitiga- ous, driving would never have arisen. tion, submitted Crown Counsel. He He submitted that the extra six miles asked that the appeal be dismissed. per hour did not involve increased dan- CONVICTION AND FINE N ger to justify a conviction.
SUSTAINED
DISPUTED QUESTION
The Acting Chief Justice giving itis
on the conviction, which would be up-
Mr. Mackinlay added that the prose-finding, said that clearly there was sufficient evidenece to justify the con- cution concentrated on the past convic-viction: The question objected to need tions of his client, otherwise what rea- not necessarily have had any bearing son was there for the prosecution to cross-examine appellant at the Magis held. tracy asking him how many time he had overturned his car. The only rea son, said Mr. Mackinlay, was to bring out that appellant had driven danger ously previously.
This question should not have been allowed, submitted Mr. Mackinlay, be- cause his client, in giving evidence, did not say that he had had no acci- dents previously. His client stated
of $50 be re-considered.
Mr. Mackinlay asked that the fine
Mr. Whyatt revealed that appellant had two previous convictions for driv ing offences, the period between the last case and this being only four weeks.
The fine was also left undisturbed.
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that he had had 35 years experience John Mathias, a 34-year-old Bri- in driving in England, that he was atish subject, was this morning good judge of dangerous driving, and charged before Mr. R. Edwards at that he did not think his driving on the Central Magistracy with enter-
that particular day was dangerous to
valid
the public. This, pointed out Mr. Mac-ing the Colony without a kinlay, did not mean that his client had passport. An expulsion order was not been involved in any accidents be made against him and arrange-
fore.
There were no suggestions by the ments are being made to send him defence that Inspector Saunders and to Shanghai.
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