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Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 647, 5 July 1921, Page 8

During a manslaughter , prosecution Mr Justice Hosking held that it is the duty of a motorist to travel only a,t such a speed at night that he can stop within the Radius' of his headlights. If this view is upheld it means that a motorist who dipis his lights without slowing his speed to correspond does so at his peril. Many local bodies have by-laws compelling such dimming of head-lights. A policeman walked into a Napier saloon for a shave. As the chair was occupied, he sat in the waiting queue, but his presence' was the signal for a discussion on a criminal case in which, a man had been found guilty of manslaughter. No. 1 wanted to know what the prisoner would get, id years or 20. No 2 said they should hang him and the policeman was appealed to. He said the dentence all depended on the jodgq, who was a new one. “What sort of a man is he?” came from No. 1. The policeman replied. “Weil, he was a very clever lawyer when t knew him, but it is hard to say what he will think ifG” And then one of the occupants got out of a chair. It was the judge, and the policeman lost no time in coming to attention.