A man defending a drink driving charge had it withdrawn thanks to an unknown scribbler.
David Martin Hosie, 56, was charged with driving with excess breath alcohol after being stopped on Glasgow St in Whanganui last year.
On Wednesday the Whanganui District Court heard from Constable Robert Dixon, the officer
who stopped Hosie in the early hours of November 3.
He was over the breath alcohol limit and was taken back to the station for further tests.
Defence counsel Peter Brosnahan cross-examined the constable for several minutes about his notes from the incident which Mr Dixon said had been misplaced, and about the name of the accused as Hosie was sometimes known as Daniel.
