MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.
(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, January 25 The hearing' of the charge against Russell Bedford Graham of the manslaughter of n ten-year-old girl, Madge Cooper, was continued at the Police Court. A witness for the prosecution estimated the speed of the motor at twenty miles an hour, another nt between twenty-fire and thirty mile©. A rob stable gave evidence that accused in a statement said that, the brakes were in good order. He slowed as the iramcar was reached, deceased getting off a few Vaxds in front. She stopped and stepped back. A witness for the defence stated he never saw the speedometer register more than twenty miles an hour. From his own experience of motors, he considered the taximan’s actions ihe wisest m view of the circumstances. The heating was adjourned.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16642, 26 January 1922, Page 2
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133MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16642, 26 January 1922, Page 2
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