“ Hit and Run ” Motorist Fined
Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. Fines totalling £2O were imposed on a ‘‘hit-and-run” motorist, Thomas Henry Owens, aged 34, a truck driver of Woolston, by Mr. Mosley, S.M. Owens knocked down two men in Ferry road on March 20 and failed to stop. His apprehension was stated by the police to be partly due to the publicity given to the case in the newspapers. Owens’s license, on which he depends for a livelihood, was not cancelled. The Magistrate stated that he was loth to throw anyone on the unemployed list just now. Owens pleaded guilty.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6840, 22 April 1932, Page 6
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101“ Hit and Run ” Motorist Fined Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6840, 22 April 1932, Page 6
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