JUDGE’S ORDEAL
“BITTER THING FOR ME.” Reference to the fact that he anil a man found not guilty of manslaughter were Old Cliftonians was made by Mr Justice Charles at Bristol Assizes recently. The acquitted man was Philip Charles James Lowe (2), Beech House, Salt ford, an old Clifton College boy and a clerk in a stockbrokers’ offiice. The case arose from the death of Thomas Pook, a postman. It was alleged by the prosecution that, while wheeling his bicycle, Pook was knocked down and dragged 49ft. by a car driven by Lowe, who did not stop after the accident. Speaking as a member of Lowe’s old school, the judge, discharging him, said: "It has been a bitter thing for me to have to try you. You were either a fool, coward, or blackguard in running away.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 August 1932, Page 2
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