MOTORIST ACQUITTED
CHARGES ARISING FROM TRAGEDY IN DUNEDIN.
(United Press Association.)
Dunedin, July 22.
After a retirement of 35 minutes the jury acquitted John Francis Harris on charges arising out of a tragedy in Princes street on May 9, when, as a result of being struck by the accused’s car, two men were killed and two women were seriously injured. The charges were that while intoxicated in charge of a car, Harris caused the death of two men, and, alternately, that he caused the deaths through negligent driving.
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Southland Times, Issue 22949, 23 July 1936, Page 9
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