DRIVER ACQUITTED
A KAIAPOI FATALITY
MOTOR-CAR AND CYCLIST
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, 19th August.
A verdict of "Not guilty" was returned in a case in which AVilliam Albert Parsons was charged in the Supremo Court to-day that on 23rd April, 1930, at Kaiapoi, he negligently drove a motor-car and thereby caused the death of Henry Gilbert Hancock.
Mr. Donnelly, the Crown Prosecutor, said Hancock was cycling to his home on the main road when he was struck and killed by Parsons's car. The allegations against Parsons were — (1) that he was driving while under the influence of liquor; (2) that he had been travelling at an excessive speed; and (3) that he did not have the car under proper control.
The accused admitted having had four whiskys just prior to the accident. Conflicting evidence was given as to whether Parsons was under the influence of liquor.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 45, 21 August 1930, Page 7
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146DRIVER ACQUITTED Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 45, 21 August 1930, Page 7
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