HIT-AND-RUN CASES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 144, 3 June 1936, Page 9

HIT-AND-RUN CASES

One of Most Serious Offences OBLIGATION TO STOP "in my opinion the hit-and-ru"* case is one of the worst and most serious offences under the Act,” commented Mr J. Miller, S.M., at the Hastings .Magistrate’s Court this morning when convicting Harry William Abbott on a charge of failing to stop after being concerned in an accident. "I do not intend to treat this instance as a serious one, but attention should be drawn the fact that mere is a duty cast oil everybody to stop after an accident,” said His Worship. "Although an accident might appear to bo a very slight one, extensive damage might arise, and if people run away and their identity is not discovered they would escape altogether.” His Worship imposed a fine of £3. Senior-Sergeant Macnamara said that the defendant was proceeding to Waipukurau and when just past Longlands his vehicle had a side-on collision with another vehicle The defendant did not Stop, though the bumper and tail light of his car were torn away. It was only when the defendant sent an employee round to the police station to inquire ’f a tail light lad been found that his identity was ascertained. For the defendant, Mr S. Averill said that the collision was only a slight bump ami the defendant did not stop because he was told by his .passengers that everything was all right and that the other car had continued on.