TELEGRAMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9480, 6 December 1907, Page 8

TELEGRAMS.

A GIRL'S DEATH.

CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER

ITPRESS ASSOCIATION.!

PALMERSTON N., December 6.

At the coroner's enquiry concerning the death of Lucy Goldfinch, the evidence given by Alice Stubbs, a schoolmate of deceased, showed that tiny were induced by a man identified as Emmanuel White to have a ride on a hcrse. The pace at first was slow, but it soon became faster, and they slipped off. Deceased struck the ground first and witness fell on top of deceased. Another witness stated that the children fell off when the horse began to buck. Edwin Lorck said that White advised the .girls not to go too fast. Although fairly close White did nothing to assist the children after the accident.

White stated . that the pony was quiet and the pace not more than a canter. ' Tie girls lost ' their 1 balance and fell 1 backwards. The jury found deceased died from injuries received by falling off White's horse, and that White contributed to the accident by placing deceased on the horse» and neglecting to take proper precautions for her safety. White was at once charged with manslaughter and remanded till Moriday. He was allowed to go free on his oYfii recognisance of £25.