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HEAVY FINES ON MOTOR DRIVER

EYES AFFECTED BY FLOODLIGHT

two or three days until another Worship will let me say there ricksha was provided.

would have boon no reason for these charges,

Causes of Accident.

No Previous Conviction: Addressing the Court, Mr. Evalis

1 understand there is no prô- said: There are two explanations which I should like to put before vious conviction against him in the your Worship as regards this ac- Colony for dangerous driving or cident, but before I do so, I would any other kind of driving, though- like to mention the activities of there was a convletion against him the defendant on the day in ques-for parking outalile the Pegk Hotel I am particularly naking tion,

Mr. Scholfeld: Is it not the usual practice to use deep tinted red glasses for such purposes?.

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Pleading gulity through Mr. D. B. Evans to charges of dan-

He is employed by the General that in assessing any penalty, your gerous driving, failing to atop Electric Co., and the Empire Fair Worship will take into considorn and falling to report an accident, Mr. II. P. Bailey, of the General had started on the day previous tion these explanations and nlus to-the accident, They were ex not suspend his driving licence. 1. Electric Company of China, Ltd hibiting an extremely powerful understand he uses this car very was fined a total of $350 by Mr flood light which had a candle extensively for business purposes, Schofield at the Central Magis-power of 760,000 to 1,000,000. De-as his calling being that of an tracy yesterday afternoon.

fendant was in charge of this the electrical engineer takes him from one and of the Colony to the On the charge of dangerous previous night and was on duty at other at a moment's notice. In driving, Mr. Evans explained that the Fair from 7 p.m. till 9 p.m. He addition to that is the fact that he Mr. Bailey had been in charge in

was at work the next morning lives in the Repulse Bay Hotel and the Company's flood-light exhibit 0 a.m. and went again at 7 p.m. on at the Empire Fair, which had a

the oyening of the accident, ro his car is a very convenient form of conveyance. I ask your Worship candle power of 750,000 to 1,000.- maining there until 9.30 p.m. 000, and his oyes had become

During the time he was there, to give indulgence in view of thega

explanations. affected by attending to the light. he had occasion to step from be

Mr. Schofield complimented Mrs.hind the light to the front to Vincent, who had rendered as sutisfy himself that each of the sistance to Mrs. Landau, the vic-nino bulba WAA functioning

Mr. Evans: Not in that parti- LONDON tim of the accident,

Correctly. He therefore exposed The charges arose out of an ac- himself to the full glare of this cular case. Thoso glasses are only

did that used for acetylene welding. cident in Queen's Road, East of enormous beam. Ho

Mr. Scholfield: I know from my Murray Road, when Mrs. Landau, apvorái times and once before he the wife of Mr. Adolphe Landau, left at 9.30 p.m. when he stepped on experience of searchlights wo glasses on. I should think it the proprietor of Jimmy's Kitchen, in front of it at a very short dls have always had to keep red tinted was seriously injured, when do-tance and noticed that each of the would be advisible for any one fendant's car came into collision bulbs were functioning correctly dealing with such powerful lights with the risksha in which she was He then left and took the 9.50 to use strong tinted red glasses in NEW YORK SERVICE travelling on the night of May 21. ferry and got in his car at the the future. Knowing himself to Traffic-Inspector C. F. Alexander Praya when he arrived at Hongbo in such a condition, it might prosecuted, and Mr. T. H. King, kong, and proceeded at what he have been much wiser for him to PACIFIC SERVICE

have hired a car. General of thought was a normal pace. Deputy Inspector Police, was also present. Mr. C. In the first place, the defendant i Mr. Evans: I should have men- It was ex- tioned it before, but there is In D'Almnda watched in the interests was extremely tired. of Mrs. Landau, while Mr. D. B.tremely hot, and he did, in fact, fact an explanation for that. The feel extremely sleepy, and it dofendant thought it was not right Evans was for the defence,

part of. my submission for him to leave his car parked on At the conclusion, Mr. Schofield is

feeling was the Praya all through the night. remarked that he was not includ-that this alcopy Ing aentences of imprisonment as Induced largely by the glare that He was under the impression that he felt sure the explanation offer. he had subjected his oyes to. It the car had to be removed. ed was a good one. Ile fined the is a well-known fact that gazing defendant $200 on the major at a bright light for any length of charge: $100 for failing to stop, time does induce alcopiness and and $50 for failing to report an that is emphasised by the fact that hynotists always use bright lights to induce sleepiness.

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Plens of Guilty.

At the commencement of the

case Mr. Evans said: am going to plead guilty on all three charges and shall have something to any on the charge of dangerous drive ing."

Inspector Alexander, outlining the cuse, sald:

coolle

car

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that night, he had not had any dinner at all and was on his way back to Repulse Bay to get some sandwiches before turning in. The effect of driving in that state, therefore, is no defence, and it is for that reason that I advised my client to plead guilty. But it la a ex- very possible and probable planation as to how this accident occurred.

Mr. Schofield: It is true that one leaves a car on the when Fraya all night, one is apt to find it removed when one returns for it, either by natural or

other causes. Certainly it is not advis- able to leave it all night. I take it

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fendant had consumed alcohol be- fore the accident.

to the Police:

Mr. Schofield: What is the ovidence that he had knowledge?

No Intoxicants. Mr. T. H. King: There is no evidence that he was under the i fiuence of drink. There is no evidence that he had not had a drink, but he had driven from the Soon after 10 p.m. on May 25, laat, motor car No. 2928 was

scene of the accident to Repulse driven towards Queen's Road up

Bay without any further mishap. Murray Road, it is alleged at a

Fogged and Misty Eyes.

We do not allege intoxication; we speed between 30 and 40 m.p.h.

Continuing, Counsel said:-The have no evidence on that point. The car in turning east along other explanation is this. There But it is also not alleged that he is Queen's Road East did not keep to

are two conditions of eye strain ora teetotaler. the left but took a wide gweep and eye-affection due to glare. The Mr. Schofleld: It certainly nearly collided with a lamp frst is known as adaptation from strikes me that one of these ex- standard, It travelled along Queen's Rond East for 50 or 60 light to dark and as your Worship planations is a possible one. Put- Influence of liquor, yards and collided with publle knows, the converse is from dark ting aside the question of his being

to light. There is a period during under the rickaha No. 509. The ricksha was

which you cannot focus correctly I cannot understand how defen- on its proper side of the road, and and no amount of concentration dant could have driven on without the front left side of the

can remove that. It is entirely taking notice of the accident. collided with the right rear ond of natural of course. During that Mr. King: I cannot offer n de-

clear. the ricksha. A European lady in period one's eye-sight is fogged finite explanation. It is

to the and the rickaha was thrown

misty and the period of though that the defendant was not unaware that he had hit some- ground and rather seriously in- adaptation in cases of extreme jured. The

also

was glare is forty-five minutes. That is thing. I must ask your Worship thrown to the ground, The car the maximum period; the minimum to take a serlous view of his going did not stop but went back to Re-period might be about 10 minutes. on without giving any information pulse Bay Hotel where it was put

There ju a second condition in the garage.

which is popularly called the Later that night I went to the "eclipsed eye." That may be very hotel and went to defendant's often an extremely serious matter, room. He admitted driving the as not only is there the adaptation car and said "A girl walked into period, but there is actually an in the car." The number of the car was jury to the retina of the eye. That

Mr. Schofield:. That may not be obtained through some men of the injury may be extremely tempor- South Wales Borderers and also ary, semi-permanent or permanent, a reference to the accident.

Mr. King: It could only be a the ricksha puller, who got it from It is a curious fact that if you look

passer-by. When this car at something while In that con-reference to that night. collided with the ricksha, a lady, dition, you don't see the very thing Mr. Evans: Defendant under- Mrs. Vincent, was In bed in you are looking at but do see other stood from Insp. Alexander that Queen's Road, and she heard the things. That is caused by ex-a lady had been hit, and not know- crash and got up and went to the treme glare. Thero is no gala- ing how he hit her, he thought it the best possible, thing he assistance of the Injured lady who anying the fact that the defendant was was taken to the Dockyard, where did not see what he hit. I am aug- could say, a stretcher was obtained and later gesting this as a possible explana- she was taken to the Governmenttion of why he did not see the ac- Civil Hospital after having been cident. This explanation can bo attended to by a Naval surgeon, verified by calling

cye She was discharged from hospital specialist, should your Worship so 12, and is still under desire. Both the explanations are on June medical attention at her house. entirely consistent with the fact Mr. Schofield: Is it known de- that defendant drove to Repulse finitely on which part of the rond Bay and proceeded to go to bed. the ricksha was running?

He tells me that the, impact with Inspector Alexander: On the the ricksha was not such a serious proper sido on the left hand side. one as-to lead him to believe that "I am not including the sentence Was there much damage dono to anything serious had happened. of Imprisonment as I feel sure the the ricksha?-It was not hadly | And though he now realisus he explanation was a good one", sald damaged; only to the extent of | should havd stopped, he failed to Mr. Schofield, who continued that About $10. The coolle was do so. Had he any idea of the he would not make any order re scratched, but was not seriously nature or extent of the damago and | garding costs, remarking that that i Injured. He had to wait for about injury caused, I am suro your could be settled elsewhere..

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Mr. King: The statement that he made to Inspector Alexander: when he said, "I was driving the car, the girl walked into the car."

Mr. Schofield: 1 should like to compliment Mrs. Vincent in help Ing the Injured Indy; I think she did very well. With regard to the damage to the ricksha and the in- jury to the coolie, I will make, an order serving both.

Mr. Schofield then directed that $10 be paid to the owner of the ricksha for damages and $2 to the coolle for loss of wages.

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