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CASE AGAINST DRIVER SEQUEL TO FATALITY DIRECTION BY THE JUDGE [»Y TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION"] WELLINGTON, Thursday Without retiring, a jury in the Supreme Court to-day returned a. ver*' diet of not guilty in. a case in which Donald Nisbet, truck-driver, aged 26, was charged with manslaughter. The case was a sequel to an accident at Lyall Bay on the afternoon of July 18, when Shirley Ann, Blackburn, aged five years, lost "her life when struck oy a lorry driven by accused.' . Mr. Justice Blair intimated that he was bound to say the Crown had not presented a case which would entitle the jury to return a verdict of guilty.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23482, 20 October 1939, Page 8
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111PROMPT ACQUITTAL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23482, 20 October 1939, Page 8
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