MOTOR BOAT FATALITY
CHARGE AGAINST OWNER OF FELONIOUSLY KILLING. BA" NEGLIGENT NAVIGATION. (United Press Association.) Received February 3, 10.50 p.m. -MKLBOURNE, February 3. At I lie* inquest on 11 1 o of Ihe Hopkins River disaster, when several persons were drowned owing In the sinking of a motor bolit, the Coroner found Edward Geary, I tin lioimdi owner, guilty of culpable negligence in navigation and not taking the necessary steps to secure the safety of the passengers. lie committed him for trial on a charge of feloniously killing.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14583, 4 February 1921, Page 5
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