DRIVER CHARGED

Grey River Argus, 26 April 1929, Page 2

DRIVER CHARGED

v With Negligence. SEQUEL TO CHRISTCHURCH FATALITY. CHRISTCHURCH, April 24. A charge of negligently driving a motor-car on March 31, thereby causing the death of Maureen Doris Mitchell, was preferred against John Boyd Clark, in the Magistrate’s Court. The case arose out of a collision of a motor car with a post at the Clock Tower intersection in the early hours of Sunday, March 31. Miss Mitchell, who was in the car, died shortly after the collision. Cecil Spencer Penlington, a solicitor, who w r as in the car at the time said that his last recollection of that night was at 12.7 a.m. when he was in the annexe lounge at Dixieland. He did not remember getting into the car. His next recollection was ‘when he recovered consciousness in the hospital. The Magistrate: Is there any suggestion of liquor? Detective Sergeant Young: No. The Magistrate (to witness): Were all the members of the party sober? “Yes,” replied the witness. Other witnesses gave evidence -that the car seemed to be going at a speed. The further heaping was adjourned to secure the attendance of certain witnesses.