MOTOR FATALITIES.
ALMOST DAILY OCCURRENCES. CHIEF JUSTICE’S REMARKS(Per United Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., May 6. to the increasing mmber of motor fatalities was made by the Chief Justice (Mr Justice Myers) in his ‘barge to the grand jury in opening the Supremo Court session. Commenting on two cases for trial involving the deaths of three persons, ho stated that such fatalities were becoming all too frequent and cry, ver- serious. “ A great district like that you represent is to be congratulated that it does not require more than two criminal cases for trial,” added his Honor, “although I don’t know that it will be a matter for congratulation having regard to the observations ! have made., It is a fac these cases are not criminal ones in the ordinary sense, but they arc cases in which the circumstances have to be.investigated fully, as,they involve in one instance the death of two fellowcreatures and in the other case of one.” Proceeding to discuss both .cases, his Honor added that one could scarcely take up a newspaper nowadays without seeing one or more or mhny more of thesb tragedies reported.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21019, 7 May 1930, Page 12
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