SIMPLE "SPEEDING."
■ NOT NECESSARILY DANGEROUS. BENCH DISMISSES A CHARGE. INTERESTING COMMENT. i (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.! j WELLINGTON - , this day. i "I have remarked before—if not in i Court, at any rate in other places—that ! a simple charge of exceeding the speed • limit should not be laid as a charge j of driving in a manner dangerous to the ! public." said Mr. Salmon, S.M., when a j man named Hislop was charged with j dangerous driving at Island Bay, and j also with failing to stop when requested to do so. ! The constable who laid the charges j admitted that there was little traffic i about at the time. Defendant denied j he was driving in a dangerous manner, I and in regard to the other charge he : said he saw the constable's hand raised | and then lowered, and thought then i that there was no need for him to stop. ! The magistrate said he did not think ! it had been established that defendant i was driving at a speed dangerous to j the public. Except, perlraps, for a sweet shop, all other shops were closed, and , there was no traffic. The charge was dismissed. ; A fine of £1 was imposed on Hislop i for failing to stop.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1927, Page 11
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207SIMPLE "SPEEDING." Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1927, Page 11
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