CROIVN CASE FAILS
AMUSEMENT PARLOUR DEATH
PROPRIETOR'S ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE
I (By Telegraph—-Press Association ])'■ \ j.,' ; WANGANUI. November lV > "This case" is of some importaice both for the accused and the general public," said his Honour Mr. Juatice SmitK* in summing up to a jury' in jthe^ Supreme Court today, evidence brought by the Crown in support of a charge of manslaughter against the proprietor, of .an amusement parlour, Walter Taylor., The jury found Taylor not guilty.. ■'■:,X:X,.y : :yy. .... y" '.-■;' y £y. The case arose \ as, a result of -the death of a boyi^iciCharles H^wk&s, in the amusement^parlour, whenyhe was shot by.':a coinpanibri,- who poinded what he thought ;'.tb.";ibi%' an unloaded rifle at Hawkins^ and,i jiulletf" the trigger. /The CrbwrV^allei^drthaf;the prc^ prietor Of 'the/ parlour failed to take reasonable precautions,: thereby com* mitting the crime Of manslaughter.^.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1939, Page 6
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135CROIVN CASE FAILS Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1939, Page 6
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