ACCIDENT CASES
i ; COMMENT BY BENCH a By Telegrapn Press Association { NAPIER, October 29. r Mr Justice Ostler, who presided at the opening of the Supreme Court, 3 made reference to a case in which a motorist was charged with negligent . driving, thus causing the death of a i second party. The Grand Jury return- ) ed “No Bill.” i His Honour, in addressing the jury, [• said that it was not necessary to put 3 a man on trial because he happened ; to have killed another man, unless ; such death was due to negligence. If ) the cyclist had seen the oncoming car t there was no responsibility to sound r the horn and, as the motorist had seen the cyclist, he must have been keeping i a proper look-out. The motorist may i have been justified in concluding that > the cyclist, approaching from the left > of an intersection, would stop for the 1 motorist. ■ Before a man could be put on trial i on such a charge there had to be prima 1 facie evidence of neglect.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19943, 30 October 1934, Page 5
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