BRIDGE UNSAFE.
DRIVER OF CAR ACQUITTED. Per Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, May 23. On a: charge of negligent driving so as to cause death, Eric James Baxter, sawmiller, of Waikanae, was acquitted by a jury in the Supreme Court. The charge arose from an accident at Lepperton in December, when a cardriven by Baxter crashed through the side of a railway overhead bridge on to the line. Patrick Newton, an employee of Baxter, received fatal injuries. The jury added to its verdict a rider that the bridge was dangerous, a fact which should be brought to the notice of the authorities.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 148, 24 May 1934, Page 2
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101BRIDGE UNSAFE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 148, 24 May 1934, Page 2
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