Judgment of Speed
"1 would bo prepared to say a car was travelling fast, tout 1 would not be prepared to state 'that speed in figures of miles per hour,” said Mr. Justice Ncrlhcroft in the Tima.ru Supreme Court when counsel was trying to get a witness to give the actual speed of a train after he had stated that it was travelling too last under the conditions. "A witness can say whether a vehicle was travelling fast or slow in'accordance with what he is accustomed' to see.” his Honour added, “tout few people are competent to say just, how fast in miles an hour it was travelling.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20002, 29 July 1939, Page 3
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108Judgment of Speed Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20002, 29 July 1939, Page 3
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