Thank you for correcting the text in this article. Your corrections improve Papers Past searches for everyone. See the latest corrections.

This article contains searchable text which was automatically generated and may contain errors. Join the community and correct any errors you spot to help us improve Papers Past.

Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

NEW TRIAL ORDERED

RIMUTAKA HILL1 CASE

JURY DISAGREES

After a four hours' retirement, to consider a claim for damages amounting to £2134 Is lOd made by Thomas Walton Robertson, a linesman, aged 25, against Ling Sing, a merchant, of Greytown, arising from a collision between the defendant's lorry and the plaintiff's motor-cycle on February 18, 1935, a jury in the Supreme Court disagreed last night, and a new trial was ordered when the announcement was made. The accident occurred on the Rimutaka Hill.

Mr. W. E. Leicester appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. E. Parry for the defendant, and the case was heard before Mr. Justice Smith.

Evidence for the defence was taken after "The Post" went to press.

In his statement of defence Ling Sing admitted the collision but denied all the allegations of negligence. The collision, he said, was ' due to the negligence and lack of skill on the part of the plaintiff, who, he alleged, was riding on the wrong .side of the road at an excessive speed in the circumstances, failing to keep a sufficient look-out, and failing to give warning of his approach. The .defendent further charged the plaintiff with not keeping his motor-cycle under proper control and failing to avoid a collision. If he (the defendant) were guilty of negligence, he claimed that the plaintiff had been guilty of contributory negligence.

Permanent link to this item

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360506.2.152

Bibliographic details

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 106, 6 May 1936, Page 16

Word Count
227

NEW TRIAL ORDERED Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 106, 6 May 1936, Page 16

NEW TRIAL ORDERED Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 106, 6 May 1936, Page 16

Help

Log in or create a Papers Past website account

Use your Papers Past website account to correct newspaper text.

By creating and using this account you agree to our terms of use.

Log in with RealMe®

If you’ve used a RealMe login somewhere else, you can use it here too. If you don’t already have a username and password, just click Log in and you can choose to create one.


Log in again to continue your work

Your session has expired.

Log in again with RealMe®


Alert