MOTOR FATALITIES
DIFFICULTIES OF THE COURT WARNING OF IMPRISONMENT. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, May 12. The difficulty of dealing with charges arising from fatal motor accidents, when the accused persons are of excellent character and there is no suggestion of im toxication, was. mentioned by Mr Justice Herdman in the Supreme Court when sentencing two men, both of whom were stated to have excellent records. His Honor said that such men were not criminals in the sense that a thief, a burglar, or a forger_ was a criminal. “ In tnese cases," he said, “ intent to do injury is always absent. The fault consists in failure to take sufficient care. Still the loss of life caused by careless drivers is becoming so frequent, and the misery and injury caused to relatives so great, that I may have to consider, if these offences do not diminish, whether imprisonment, instead of being the exception, should be made the rule.” 5 Both men—John Thomas Kite and Frank Victor Lester —were fined £75. Six months was allowed in which to pay.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21643, 13 May 1932, Page 5
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