NEGLIGENT DRIVING
•*• SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT V.'TH HARD LABOUR U'tLE.ss association TtxE.;;r».u:.j WELLINGTON. August 0. Cecil John Steer was sentenced to mx- months" imprisonment with hard labour by the Chief Justice (the JU. Hon. Sir Michael Myers). Steer was found guilty on Thursday of negligently driving, causing bodily injury to George Kermode near Tawa Flat on January 13.
The Chief Justice did not cancel the driving license. He said he would assume that the negligence and drinking were isolated. He did not doubt that Steer was an exceptionally efficient driver. The accident happened in broad daylight on a clear road. There was evidence of liquor having been consumed, there was the failure to stop, and there was some suggestion of interference with witnesses. After counsel had addressed the court, the Chief Justice said he would consider the interference of accused with witnesses as not having been proved, although the matter was suspicious.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21236, 7 August 1934, Page 16
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