COURTS AND OFFENCES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 5 September 1929, Page 8

COURTS AND OFFENCES.

ALLEGED NEGLIGENT DRIVING. (bv Telegraph—Press Association.) OAMARU, Sept. 4. At the Supreme Court this 1 morning, before Mr Justice Kennedy, Moss Wylie, a student, was charged with negligently or recklessly driving a motor car, thereby causing the death of Magnus Laing. His Honour, addressing the Grand Jury, said that if it was found '(hat a motorist, travelling 'along a straight road ait dusk with 1 1 is- lights on. ran down a cyclist going in the same direction. without knowing until the time of the impact that the cyclist was there, it would have no difficulty in deciding that the motorist was not keeping a proper look-out, or that he was driving ■so last as to make that precaution unavailing. The Grand Jury found a true bill.

EXPLOSIVES L\ A CULVERT. HAMILTON, Sept. 4. At the Magistrate’s Court, Antonio Soricli was fined £5 for discharging an explosive at Eureka, The evidence showed' that the defendant had threatened to blow up a ctfl vert which, he considered admitted too large a flow of water to- his farm. Defendant .stated that he had no intention of blowing up the culvert, but wished to protest against the oondiions.