MOTORIST CHARGED
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, May 12. William Albert Parsons, the driver of a car which knocked down and killed Henry Gilbert Hancock at Kaiapoi on April 23, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of driving negligently so as to cause the death of Hancock. On a charge of being drunk in charge of the car which struck Hancock, he was remanded until August 25. Concurrently with the hearing of the chargee against Parsons, Mr Young, S.M., conducted an inquest into the death of Hancock. Eyewitnesses of the accident and -friends of Hancock gave evidence that he was perfectly sober, also that after the accident Parsons had admitted himself at fault. Constable Holmes said that he interviewed accused after the accident, when Parsons admitted having had four whiskies in the late afternoon—two at Christchurch and two at Kaiapoi. Parsons was obviously intoxicated, said witness.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 140, 13 May 1930, Page 2
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