FAILURE TO STOP
TRUCK DRIVER SENTENCED
THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, Sept. 16. William Albert John Gray Kempton, the driver of a truck.that collided with the Carterton-Mastertoa bus and failed to stop, was sentenced to three months, with hard labour, by Mr Justice Smith in the Supremo Court. His Honor said he could riot accept the view that prisoner thought he had struck the water table. The blow must haye been severe, and it was a matter of good fortune that the persons in the bus were not seriously injured. He had come to .the conclusion that the Statute had been directly enacted to assist in preserving the safety of travellers on the highway, and in his judgment it had to be enforced; and the only way it could be enforced was by imprisonment.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23299, 17 September 1937, Page 8
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137FAILURE TO STOP Otago Daily Times, Issue 23299, 17 September 1937, Page 8
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