STERN COMMENT

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 258, 28 September 1935, Page 2

STERN COMMENT

BY WELLINGTON MAGISTRATE. PRISONER ADDRESSED. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Sept. 27. Roy Hamilton Dellow was charged to-day with aiding and abetting a motorist in fading to stop after an accident. The case was a seguel to a prosecution against Patrick Thomas Syron, dealt with some time ago, in connection with the death of Norman Anderson, who was struck by a stolen car driven by Syron on the night of May 6 when driving from Lambton Quay into Willis Street. Dellow was one of the passengers and Syron had alleged that, when the accident had occurred, Dellow had said: “You hit a man. Drive for your life.” Syron said he was dominated by what accused had told him. In fining Dellow £2O. the Magistrate (Mr E. D. Mosley) said: It was one of the most callous acts a man could possibly perpetrate. I can’t use language sufficiently strong to express my views on your action. All I can say is that it was extremely callous and reprehensible. There is only one punishment for a man like you who knowingly leaves a man on the side of the road after he has been knocked down by a motor car, and knowingly encourages the driver to leave him without any assistance. I don’t know what sort of man you are. I think there must be very ‘little manhood in you. It was mentioned that Dellow had lost his position and was now struggling to sell goods on commission. He was married, with children.