SENT FOR TRIAL
NORTHAMPTON CRICKETER. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) London, January 22. The Northampton cricketer Jupp, was committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter. Charles Barrett, aged 19, a motor cyclist, was carried into court on a stretcher and placed on the solicitors’ table from which position he gave evidence that Jupp’s car, which was on the wrong side of the road, came straight at him. Denis Moysey who was riding on the pillion seat was killed. Jupp told the police that his car skidded and was out of control.
A previous message stated: Following the death in hospital of Denis Moysey, aged 19, one of two youths on a motor cycle with which the Northampton cricketer, Jupp collided in his motor car on January 12, Jupp , was charged with manslaughter. He was not present in court, a doctor stating that he was suffering from concussion and multiple injuries, causing insomnia and nocturnal delirium, necessitating soporific drugging. The prosecuting counsel said that police officers had visited Jupp and found him normal. He regarded the doctor’s evidence as unsatisfactory.
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Southland Times, Issue 22488, 24 January 1935, Page 7
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181SENT FOR TRIAL Southland Times, Issue 22488, 24 January 1935, Page 7
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