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SESSION AT BLENHEIM NO BILL RETURNED lltv Tplcci'aplj-I’njps Association) BLENHEIM. Kith November. "In the circumstances it was difficult to see liow the driver of the truck can be held accountable for flic collision,” said Mr Justice Northcmfl when referring to the Grand Jury this morning a case against Noel Ernest SinclairRose. of Blenheim, farmer, for negligently driving a motor vehicle, causing bodily injury. The case, which is. the only indictable charge for the Grand Jury, arose out of an accident at Rapaura. when a girl named Ivory, who ran from behind a school bus, was knocked down by Rose's truck. "Frankly. I find some difficulty in understanding why this man Inis been charged at nil. unless the distance travelled after the collision indicates negligence through defective brakes or negligence of controlling the truck after the collision,” his Honour added. The Grand Jury returned no bill. The Court is engaged in the re-trial of Leonard Alma Turner. Pclorus. farmer, on a charge of cattle stealing, on which the jury disagreed last sessions.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 17 November 1937, Page 10
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