NOT GUILTY VERDICT.
CASE AT WELLINGTON. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Feb. 12. A verdict of not guilty was returned to-day by the jury in the case of John Stewart, whose trial was completed in the Supreme Court, Wellington, before the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers), on a charge of negligently driving a motor-car on the Masterton-Carterton road on Novem•ebr 30, thereby causing the death of 47.0 mas Lacey. In the course of his summing up, His Honour, while observing that accused’s conduct both before and after the accident had been reprehensible, warned the jury to he very careful, in the light of the evidence of a number of motorists that deceased had been narrowly avoided by them when he had been running out into the road in their track. The jury were absent for a little more than half an hour before returning with their verdict. His Honour then ordered prisoner’s discharge.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 66, 14 February 1935, Page 3
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