CHARGES AGAINST MOTORIST
FAILING TO’ STOP AND NEGLIGENT DRIVING ' (By l Teiegraph—Press Association) HAMILTON, 22nd Juy. In the Magistrate’s Court to-day, John Henry Mahood was fined £5 on each of two charges of failing to report an accident and failing to stop. The defendant pleaded guilty. ' • ; According to the police, the defendant was driving a truck between Cambridge and Hamilton when he knocked down Ernest Tapp, who was walking on the road. Tapp was severely injured, and defendant drove on. His conduct was described as extremely callous. - Counsel for the defence said that Mahood had three young men as companions, all of whom were under the influence of liquor. Mahood himself was sober, but feared that if he stopped he might have been arrested for intoxication in charge of a vehicle. A further charge of negligent driving causing bodily harm to Ernest Tapp was preferred against Mahood, and the hearing is proceeding.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 23 July 1935, Page 5
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