NEGLIGENT DRIVING CHARGE
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, July 22. Pleading not guilty in the Supreme Court to a charge of negligent driving causing the death of David Roland Cotton, Arnold Hubbard, aged 30, a taxidriver,- was found guilty by the jury, which added a strong recommendation to mercy. The Crown Prosecutor, outlining the case, said a taxi driven by accused along Thorndon quay towards the city mounted a fooptath and struck a lamppost. The taxi was wrecked and Cotton, who was in the back seat, suffered injuries from which he died. The basis of the charge was that the taxi was being driven so carelessly and at such a pace that it failed to make a turn.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25243, 23 July 1947, Page 4
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