JUDGE’S DIFFICULTY
MANSLAUGHTER GASES REFERS TO RECENT NAPIER OCCURRENCE. AN AWKWARD PROBLEM. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. GISBORNE, March 13. At the Supreme Court George Scott and Andrew Vincent were admitted* to probation for three years on a charge of breaking and entering, on condition they were prohibited during that period. The jury in 'the case of Albert Edmond Bourgeois, charged with manslaughter, arising from a collision of accused’s motor-car and a gig from which Kathleen Joyce Brown was thrown and fatally injured, returned a verdict of guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy on the grounds of had light on the gig and the state of the weather. Mr Justice Reed „ referred to newspaper comments on his action at Napier in granting probation in a similar kind of case. It was difficult to know ivhat to do. He would like to give effect to the jury’s recommendation, hut would require evidence as to accused’s reputation as a motor-driver. He deferred sentence till Thursday, and accused was liberated without bail.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11158, 14 March 1922, Page 5
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