FINED FOR MANSLAUGHTER.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10778, 29 May 1911, Page 4

FINED FOR MANSLAUGHTER.

(Per Press Association.) | Auckland, May 29. ; At the Supreme Court Justice Ed- | wards passed sentence on "William Ernest Dawe, motorman, found guilty at last sessions of manslaughter of a fel-low-motorman by the bumping of one tram into ' another. His. Honor said the fact that earlier in the' evening prisoner had a shock through :narrow t ly : missing a drunken man should* have made him more cautious. The plea that his attention was distracted by the constant ringing; :of -th'e t bell was no excuse for. inattention' tq; what was BT front. He was inclined to' flunk 'that the accident was the result of miscalculation of the^speed of the'car and getting too close to a standing car ahead. Taking into consideration the good character and the jury's recommendation to mercy and the views >;f the Judges of the Appeal Court, prisoner would be leniently dealt with and a fine of £25 imposed.