heart attack'' that left him lying on a Hamilton sidewalk, a magistrate was told yesterday.

John Edward Fox, 49, of Serpentine Road, pleaded "guilty with a reasonable explanation'' to being drunk and incapable in public.

Magistrate the Wor. John Judge asked for a social inquiry report and remanded Fox until March 2.

Police acting Insp. Rex Osborne said Fox was found lying on the sidewalk on Queen Street outside the Bermuda Library just after 7 p.m. on February 12. He was unable to stand without help and smelled of alcohol, Insp. Osborne said.

Fox told the court he had helped a man move heavy stones for about three hours. "I must admit I did drink Guinness,'' but the work left him with pains in his chest, he said. A doctor later told him he either pulled a muscle or suffered "a slight heart attack,'' he said.

FINAL WARNING CTS Final warning A 42-year-old man nearly made a costly mistake when he used the sidewalk as a toilet.

Derrick Wayne Hassell, of no fixed address, escaped with a conditional discharge but was warned that he faced a fine if he repeated the offence.

Prosecuting, acting Insp. Rex Osborne said that Hassell had been seen exposing himself and urinating at the junction of Angle Street and Court Street, in the early hours of yesterday morning. He was arrested and appeared in Magistrates' Court eight hours later.

Magistrate the Wor. John Judge told Hassell: "All I can say to you is that the next time you want to do this, do not use the public footpath as a lavatory. I will give you a conditional discharge for 12 months. If you do it again you could find yourself fined $50 to $100.'' ONE TOO MANY CTS One too many A man who drove drunk on Crow Lane was ordered off Bermuda's roads for one year in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Kelvin Escott Burt, 66, of Ord Valley Lane, Warwick, was also fined $350.

Prosecuting, acting Insp. Rex Osborne said Police spotted Burt's car crossing the centre line several times on January 16.

Burt smelled of alcohol and used the car to support himself when he got out, Insp. Osborne said. A self-employed mason, Burt later gave a breathalyser reading of 132 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams.

SWORE AT POLICE CTS Swore at police A taxi is not a safe place from which to shout obscenities at Police officers, a man learned in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Mark Window, 24, of Riviera Estate, Southampton, was fined $200 for using offensive words.

At about 4 a.m. yesterday, Police encountered a group of drunken youths on Court Street and warned them about their whistling and jeering, the court was told.

Prosecuting, acting Insp. Rex Osborne said one of the youths passed Police in a taxi a short time later and shouted an obscenity out the window.

Police stopped the taxi and arrested Window, who is a chef at a local restaurant.

CYCLIST BANNED CTS Cyclist banned A drunken ride on a motorcycle resulted in a $350 fine and a one-year disqualification for a Smith's man yesterday.

Carl Joseph Lambert, 31, of Blue Hole Hill, was stopped by Police at 8.15 p.m.

on February 13 on Middle Road in Smith's, the court was told. His breath smelled of alcohol.

Lambert, a chef at a local hotel, later gave a breathalyser reading of 200 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

CHEAPER BY TAXI CTS Cheaper by taxi Taxis would be cheaper, a magistrate told a man who pleaded guilty yesterday to driving while disqualified.

Christopher Dailey-Cox, 23, of Warwick, was fined $350 for the February 6 offence in Paget. Police spotted him in a routine check.

Prosecuting, acting Insp. Rex Osborne said Dailey-Cox was disqualified from driving until December 21 due to a speeding conviction last year.

"You can pay a lot of taxi fares with the sort of fines you have to pay here,'' Magistrate, the Wor. John Judge told him.