NEGLIGENT DRIVING
Motorist Fined £2O By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 13. “At first sight it might appear to be rather a bad case of gross negligence, as Nicholson was driving on the wrong side of the road and did not have a licence,” stated Mr Garland, when appearing for Albert Claud Nicholson at the Supreme Court. Nicholson came before Mr Justice Fair for sentence on a charge of negligently driving a motor car, causing the death of a cyclist, George Samuel Walters. The fatality occurred on the Pokeno-Paeroa road last November, and the accused had pleaded guilty. His Honour said the typo of negligence where a driver went on the wrong side of the road, thinking there was no risk, was very common. The police evidence was that Nicholson w-as a careful driver, and his reputation was exemplary. In the circumstances His Honour thought he was justified in not imposing a sentence of imprisonment. The sentence would be a fine of £2O, to be paid within 12 months, in default three months imprisonment.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 126, 14 May 1935, Page 9
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