ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER.
SEQUEL TO MOTOR FATALITY.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, Tuesday.
In the Supreme Court to-day William Martin Heckler and Edward Carnegie were charged with having committed manslaughter by killing William James Cochrane. They were charged under the new regulations with having negligently driven a motor car so as to cause the death of Cochrane.
Heckler was the driver of the car and Carnegie the owner. Heckler was learning to drive and struck the back of a dray on the Balclutha' traffic bridge. The boy Cochrane was hanging on to the back of the dray and received fatal injuries.
The jury brought in a verdict of guilty in each case. Sentence was deferred.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 183, 5 August 1925, Page 7
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