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NEGLIGENTLY DRIVING A CAR TWELVE MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT (By Telegraph—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. In the Supreme Court Samuel Donald Halliday, charged with negligently driving a ear so as to cause bodily harm, was sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment, and disqualified from obtaining a license for three years. Counsel for prisoner said previously Halliday was charged before the Magistrate with being drunk in charge of a car in the same set of circumstances which gave rise to the present charge. The Magistrate had sentenced the prisoner to hard labour for two years. After serving that sentence prisoner had served another for theft and was released last month, then lie was re-arrested to answer the present charge. Counsel submitted his only criminality was intoxication in charge of a ear and for that he had paid a substantial penalty. In reply to the Judge, the Crown Prosecutor said the girl injured in the accident was in hospital for some time. The Judge said there were no mitigating circumstances.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 2 May 1935, Page 6
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