SEQUEL TO MOTOR FATALITY
DRIVER BEFORE THE COURT COMMITTED FOR TRIAL (By Telegraph—Press Association) DUNEDIN, This Day. The sequel to a tragic motor accident in Princess street south on 9th May, which resulted in the deaths of two pedestrians and severe injuries to two others, was heard in the Magistrate’s Court, when John Francis Harris, aged 51 years, appeared before Mr Bartholomew, S.M., charged with being intoxicated while in charge of a motor car, with causing the death of Thomas Joseph Rogan when driving a motor car while in a state of intoxication, and with causing the death of Charles Nicol Stewart through an act of omission when driving a motor car while in a state of intoxication. The inquest into the deaths of Rogan and Stewart was held concurrently with the hearing of the case for the prosecution, the coroner returning an open verdict. Accused pleading not guilty, reserved his defence, and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. Bail was allowed in his own recognisance of £IOOO and two sureties of £SOO.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 18 June 1936, Page 6
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