FATAL ACCIDENT
CHARGE AGAINST MOTORIST Bv Ipleerapn—Piesf Association NEW PLYMOUTH, August 10. The Supreme Court sessions opened to-day, Mr Justice Ostler presiding. Of the three bills of indictment presented, two related to charges against motorists, alleging negligence, causing death. A true bill was returned against Samuel Edward George Hawke, charged with negligently driving a motor truck so as to cause the death of a motor cyclist. After the jury was empanelled, the Crown asked that it should be kept together for the four days the trial is expected to last. Mr R. H. Quilliams opening for the Crown occupied nearly two hours. As the case is expected to last four days, the Court adjourned to allow jurymen to make arrangements for their absence from their homes. Later six of the 28 witnesses were heard, the evidence being similar to that L. the lower Court.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20493, 11 August 1936, Page 9
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144FATAL ACCIDENT Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20493, 11 August 1936, Page 9
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