MOTOR FATALITIES.
CHIEF JUSTICE’S COMMENTS. Press Association Telegram. NAPIER, March 11. At the Supreme Court. Ridge Kelsey Stock, a taxi-driver, was acquitted on a charge of manslaughter in causing the death of a female child named Mitchell by running over her in December last when travelling at 20 miles an hour. Sir Robert Stout, in liis address to the jury, commented on the number of children killed by motor cars in the district, and _ compared their deaths with those in the cause of sacrifices by the ancient barbarians. Prompt Settlement on the Spot. Fair treatment from the Standard Insurance Company, Ltd.. O. GBloore, Agent, Fire, Marine, Accident.—Advt.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4815, 12 March 1918, Page 5
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107MOTOR FATALITIES. Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4815, 12 March 1918, Page 5
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