THE HUTT ROAD FATALITY.
CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER,
v (wife* AJMocuiioir sraraux.) ' " :v: May the Magis- ' rtrate'i?;;' CooftK : <styfci manslaughter charge against FranE: motor mechanic, in connexion with the death o£. William Cross, traffic inspector, on the; Butt road on April -26 th, due to his being knocked down' by a car driven-, by accused.. .', -Medleal evidence was given that deceasedi, was admitted to. hospital with /vfractnred legs, a scalpr wound and 'ib^ised - arms. He, died on April 29th ■from shock. A fracture of the skull was.revealed by a post-mortem examinaiibni
'John Joseph Hunter, an eye-witness ' of- the accident, said that Cross signalled to the car, which was leading a -number of others, and which was travelling at least twenty-five miles an hour, but the car did not stop, and went right orver* Cross.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18073, 15 May 1924, Page 11
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