SEQUEL TO ACCIDENT.
LORRY DRIVER IN COURT*
MAGISTRATE DISMISSES CHARGE.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PAEROA, Monday.
At the Police Court to-day, John WiU liams, a lorry driver, was charged with dangerous driving. He was also charged with driving a vehicle with defective brakes.
Sergeant Calwell said the prosecution; was brought under the regulation which prohibited a speed of more than ten miles per hour round a bend where the road could not be iseen for more than 40ffv Williams had driven at 15 miles per hou? at the bend. His lorry left the road and a passenger was injured. Mr. J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M., dismissed the major charge and imposed a fine of 10a and costs on the other charge.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20562, 13 May 1930, Page 11
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