NEGLIGENT DRIVING
WOMAN DISQUALIFIED FROM HOLDING LICENSE. A PAINFUL CASE. . (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, May 10. In the Supreme Court, Mrs Isabella Mabel Stanley for driving a car negligently and causing the death of Stephen James Johnston was ordered to come up for sentence when culled upon within a year, and her present license to drive was suspended. She was disqualified from holding a driver’s license for the whole term of her life. The Judge said that there were painful features in the case, but it was the Court’s duty to consider all the circumstances and the interest of the public. His Honour was satisfied from reports that Mrs Stanley was a woman of unblemished reputation. The jury's strong recommendation to mercy justified him in taking a course that commended itself to his own sense of fitness and right. It was beyond question that Mrs Stanley should not be in a position to imperil property, limbs and lives on the highway.
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Southland Times, Issue 20771, 11 May 1929, Page 11
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162NEGLIGENT DRIVING Southland Times, Issue 20771, 11 May 1929, Page 11
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