CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.
A MOTOR FATALITY. ■pet Presa Associap'.'a.; AUCKLAND, last night. A charge of manslaughter was preferred against William Pitman, laud agent, the conclusion of an inquest before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., concerning the death of Elsie Lillian Roberts, who received fatal injuries through boing knocked down on November 3 by a motor car driven by Pitman. The coroner returned a verdict in which he said the motor car was driven by Pitman in a culpably negligent manner. Pitman, when charged with manslaughter, pleaded not guilty, and was committed for trial. . Bail was fixed at £SOO and was forthcoming.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16606, 9 December 1924, Page 7
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101CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16606, 9 December 1924, Page 7
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