CLERGYMAN FINED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 150, 27 June 1931, Page 19

CLERGYMAN FINED.

i—■ SEQUEL TO COLLISION. C oos JAMES BEFORE COURT. jfEGLIGENT DRIVING CHARGE. f gy Telegraph. —Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. , .jj e re sult of a collision on the Hutt , near Kaiwarra, on Easter Monday Ternoon last, Canon Pereival Ernest a , 3 was prosecuted in the Police ||t to-day for negligent driving and _. ag fined £25. nnon James, who had his wife and a ktion in the car, had first swung out rthe line of traffic and passed another • when a collision occcurred between f , ar and a motor cycle carrying two nnle who were severely injured. Canon Qcs'himself was also injured and was bsent from his duties for five weeks. 8 The magistrate said he thought the ai and effective cause of the accident Canon James' negligence in driving the wrong sid* of the road when the Editions were not safe to do so. Mr Treadwell submitted that in the resent case the mere fact that a coniction had heen entered w r Ould be euffirient penalty. The magistrate said that two people ,i been Injured and might have been v'lcd. The defendant's act had clearly tarn ne"li?ent and He would Lye to°he fined a substantial amount.