A BROKEN MAN FOR SENTENCE

NZ Truth, Issue 1080, 12 August 1926, Page 7

A BROKEN MAN FOR SENTENCE

Totters Into Dock To Hear His Fate

(From /'Truth's'! Special Auckland •;.■ ■■'■. :;:; '.-v-.Repj-'■■/.;, ■■■ All«. Auckland .'\wasshocked at the death of Frank Wilson m the ■ motor •accident-.whichoccurred on Anzac Avenue last March. Alfred^ james Dickinson, the driver of the car, was charged at the Auckland Supreme Court last week with - negligently driving a motor-car and thereby causing the! death of Frank Wilson. He was defended by Lawyer Gatenby. ; = When tram and motor collided m. Anzac Avenue, Wilson was killed outright and the car wrecked. As he stood m the dock, the accused was a pitiable object. Shock and injuries have left their mark and he was as one suffering from a palsy. The jury brought m their verdict after an absence of about two hours. "Guilty," with a strong recommendation to mercy. . When the accused tottered into the dock to hear his sentence, Lawyer Gatenby made a final appeal on his behalf. ; ' The. accident had caused the death of Dickinson's life-long friend and ruined h,is own health and -business. Addressing/the trembling.man m the dock, Judge ■ Herdman said: "Dickinson, an accident of this kind is always 'distressing. You have suffered and are at this moment suffering. . "I don't propose to add to your distress by saying anything more. .. If there had /been any evidence of drink the punishment would necessarily have been severe. "The punishment which will best'fit the crime is a fine of £50. You will be allowed Uiree mouths to pay."