NOT GUILTY
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. RUTHERFORD ACQUITTED. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, July 28. After a retirement of four hours the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the Supreme Court in the case against James Thomas Rutherford, who was charged with negligent driving, thereby causing a death. The charges arose out of a level crossing accident at Masterton on the evening of April 9, when a bus driven by Rutherford was struck by a train, and one of the passengers, Frank Muirhead Gillespie, killed.
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Southland Times, Issue 21772, 29 July 1932, Page 5
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85NOT GUILTY Southland Times, Issue 21772, 29 July 1932, Page 5
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