"ROAD HOGS"
It had been raining. Neither lie nor the two other passengers saw the deceased before the impact.
Dorothy Josephine Cooze and HenryErie Dodson gave corroborative evidence. The taxi, they said, was travelling at a reasonable speed. Dr. Dora M. S. Wright said that the deceased was admitted, unconscious, to the Public Hospital, at 11.45 p:m. on March 17, suffering from head injuries. He died without regaining consciousness at 3.30 p.m. on April 18.
George J. Petherick, J.P., said that he had known the deceased for the past 40 years. The deceased had told him that he was the last of his family, and that he had no relatives. The deceased never -touched liquor. -
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 117, 19 May 1937, Page 12
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