FATAL COLLISION
CHARGE OF NEGLIGENCE ~A VERDICT OF GUILTY (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) HAMILTON, 26th August. ■ A collision between two cars at Newstead, on the Morrinsville-Hamilton road, on the evening of Bth May, in which a young man, Thomas Shaw, was killed, led to his cousin, Hector John Shaw, aged 20,. being charged in the Supreme Court at Hamilton with negligently driving a car so as to cause death. After a retirement of three hours the jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy on account of the prisoner's youth. The evidence showed that the road was clear, and each driver had a clear view of the other. The accused attributed the accident to his vehicle skidding through striking a pot-hole in the road. . Sentence was deferred
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 50, 27 August 1930, Page 3
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129FATAL COLLISION Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 50, 27 August 1930, Page 3
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