A MOTOR ACCIDENT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20964, 1 March 1930, Page 27

A MOTOR ACCIDENT.

NEW ZEALANDER’S LICENSE SUSPENDED. (From Odb Own Corrlspoxdent.) ~, r i . LONDON, January 16 -rv ebone 3?oKee Court ’ Oli Janu«i} 9, there was a sequel to a midnight cai crash in Piccadilly on November 18 when a beauty specialist was fatally injured. ' Amyas Douglas Connell, architect, of \\c!bock street, W., was charged with ” s car in a negligent manner on that date. He pleaded not guilty. Connell, who said he was a New Zealander and an architect, stated that he came to this country to enter for the Kome_ Scholarship in Architecture, and won it. It was the greatest prize 0 f the 'ttholc Empire for architecture. On the day of the accident, Mrs Stewart was not feeling well, and lie was driving her to her home in Pont place, at the request of a friend. He was keeping a proper look-out, and had a feeling just before the accident that he had skidded, but he could not rememnv much about it. He was dazzled by the lights. He must have misjudged distance of a refuge. Mr Mead said Connell’s offence could not be stigmatised as a crime in the same way that manslaughter was. He had to find if there was, negligent driving, and the case spoke for itself. The accident was the result of inattention. He imposed a fine of £lO and £5 costs, endorsed the license, and suspended it for six months.