ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER
CHARGE AGAINST TAXI-DRIVER. (Peb United Press Association.) • ■ AUCKLAND, "January 2&, ■■ a The hearing' of the charge against Kuoaell : , Bedford Graham of the manslaughter of a ’ 10-yoar-old girl named Madge .Cooper was continued at the Police Court. One witness ,’ lor the prosecution estimated the speed' of * the motor car at 20 miles an hour, and another at between 25 and 30 miles an hour. A ’constable gave evidence that accused. in a statement said the brakes were In good 1 order. He slowed as the tramcar was reached. Deccaced “Was getting off a few yards in front, and she stopped and stepped back. - ' v A witness for the defence stated that he never saw the speedometer register more than J '2O miles an hour. Prom his own expedience’of motors the considered _that the taxi- ' man's actions were' the wisest in view, of the i circumstances. > - . . , The hearing was adjourned.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18463, 26 January 1922, Page 7
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