FATAL COLLISION.
YOUNG DRIVER FOUND GUILTY. HAMILTON, August 26. A collision between two cars on the Morrinsville-Hamilton Boad at Nowstead, on the evening of May 8, in which a young man, Thomas Shaw, was killed, led to tho appearance of his cousin, Hector John Shaw, aged 20 years, in the Supreme Court at Hamilton, on a, charge of negligently driving a car -so as to cause death. After a retirement of three hours tho jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy on account of the prisoner’s youth. The evidence showed that the road was clear and each driver had a clear view of the other. The accused attributed the accident to his vehicle skidding throught striking a pot-hole in the road. Sentence was deferred.— <P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 27 August 1930, Page 3
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