SEQUEL TO ACCIDENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 112, 13 May 1936, Page 8

SEQUEL TO ACCIDENT

DEATH OF THREE PEOPLE LORRY DRIVER CHARGED [ Per Press Associa.ion. | HAMILTON, May .12. Thirteen witnesses were called at lhe I’oJicv Court at Hamilton to-<iay ; when a charge or negligent driving so as to cause the duatu of three pe» sons was preicried against Leonard Reay Grogan, aged 26, labourer, Hamilton i/efore x»ir. -J. u. L. Hewitt, 1 <B. Al lhe prosecution was the sequel to a collision which occurred between accdsed's truck, containing a party or Public Works employees, and a lorry driven by James Richard Gore, farmer, Karamu, three of the occupants, Wihiam Aikuian, Henry Lewis 'Williams, and William Oliver J-ir- \ is. icceiving tatal injuries. In evidence Gore slated that he saw accused’s truck approaching on its extreme incorrect side. Seeing a collision was almost inevitable witness steered into the bank and applied the brakes. Grogan's truck, allbough ( sweiving at the last minute, struck witness’s vehicle. The police put in a statement by accused in which he stated that toe i camber of the road prevented bun from regaining the correct- side. Had ’ the condition of the road be«n reasonable, accused thought that he could base avoided the accident. Alter lengthy evidence, Giogan pleaded not guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court at Hamilton for . trial. The inquest on the victims wa?. adjourned till lhe close of the Supreme Court proceedings. ■ I LIABILITY ADMITTED I 1 i ' I SEQUEL TO AN ACCIDENT e JURY ASSESSES DAMAGES B r I j [ Per Press Association. I 1 PALMERSTON N., May 12. t‘ L;abiiity for damages, the amount of which the jury was asked to assess, ) was admitted io a claim for £2500 gen » era! and £lO9 6s special damages, r brought by Mrs. Edith Alatilda Hodg--3 son, of Wbakaronga, against the . Hawke’s Bay Farmers' Meat Company, Ltd., in lhe Supreme Court. Plaintiff, in her statement of claim [• set out that the defendant company was the owner of a car, which, on (December .15, 1935, was under bailment t to Airs. Catherine Orr-C’raig. Jt was alleged that the latter’s agent. L- I - ’- s Stubbs, so negligently and unskilfully 1 drove the car on the main highway nt lhe intersection of the Stoney Creek j and Napier roads that it collided with plaintiff, who was cycling. Plaintiff p was severely injured and was in hospi- . tai for 57 days. She was permanently deformed and was unable to carry out her duties, and would be compelled to employ assistance. The defendant company, In its 1 statement of defence, admitted the al--1 legations, but denied that the car was I under bailment 10 Airs. Orr-Craig. l> 5 admitted that it was liable to pay plaintiff a reasonable sum as damages e referable to acts of negligence, t After medical evidence was heard, 3 the .jury awarded the full amount r claimed. i ! L I e I DANGEROUS SPEED MOTORIST FINED - j | Per Pie*i Association. I WELLINGTON. Mav 12. £ I Columba Kelvin Rogan pleaded ' {guilty to-dav before Air E. D. Alosley, B |S.M., of driving at a dangerous speed ' and was fined £4 and cost,-, and his licence was suspended till Mav 31, the s license to be endorsed. He admitted a v speed of 40 miles an hour v.bich, according to one witness, was 60 m.p.h. e He accelerated lo pass a taxi and had J | difficulty in turning a corner at the 1 ' Basin Reserve. Jt was sta-ted bv counsel that Kogan e had to go to Dunedin because he was T j a brother of one of the two men killed | there bv a car on Saturday evening. h ' f I SUICIDE ON A FARM e n ' OWNER'S BODY FOUND 0 [ Per Press Association. J e DUNEDIN, May 12. - Reu'ben House Hore, ag'ed 57, mar ried, a sheep farmer, of Becks, was ;; found dead with his throat cut on his u property yesterday. g ~ ~ —2 -