TAWA FLAT TRAGEDY.
SUPREME COURT I’ROCEEDINGS. WELLINGTON, July 28. During the Supreme Court hearing of charges against William John Walling of manslaughter and negligently driving a car so as to cause the death of Helen Telfer in a motor tragedy on June 3 at Tawa Flat, Walling, giving evidence in his own defence, said the news of his arrest was published in the Saturday mornings paper, and that was how his friends knew of it. The Crown Prosecutor produced a copy of the Dominion, and the accused could find no such statement. His Honor said it was clearly impossible. One of the witnesses for the defence, who denied the truth of some of the evidence for the prosecution, was asked if he had been declared an habitu.nl criminal. When he admitted that he had been, lie"was asked further if the list of his previous convictions was correct. He said they were too numerous to memorise. liis Honor: Don't you know whether they are right or wrong? Witness: There are so many of them, I daresay they arc all right. Walling was found guilty of negligence; but not guilty of manslaughter.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3829, 2 August 1927, Page 71
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190TAWA FLAT TRAGEDY. Otago Witness, Issue 3829, 2 August 1927, Page 71
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