SHOCK FOR MOTORIST
iwn/rv KYKsiniiT II h'r.d been a "real shook to him to find that he 'hail U'.V.viUlngly 'noon a source of danger. it was slated in the Mao'! Usin' ; Coui l, Waipukuruu, v. nen the -h-earint' i ! a enaigo of negligent driving, cousin" dcMh, against .fames Wharmfby. builder ar.'d contractor. Waipukurau. 'revealed a disease in belli eyes, snaliing visioo.. .faulty, of which Whnrmby was not aware. The .poll'd? had made cut a prana fse.'e ease, 'but 'he icon'sklcrod that 'the evidence 'for -the defence completely rebutted this, said the magistrate. 'Mr. J. iMillc-r, 'SJM. Accordingly he would acquit Wivarnuby. but he would have to suspend his drivin'g license. The loro'seciStion was a sequel a daylight '.accident «n July 5. when the two-year-old son, of Mr. read Mrs. W. O. NhtLa, Waipukurau, was knocked over by a car driven by 'Wbarmby and filed a few minutes 'after being admitted 'to hospital. Wharmby was rep.-esente'd by Mr. C. G. Marker.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20002, 29 July 1939, Page 3
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160SHOCK FOR MOTORIST Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20002, 29 July 1939, Page 3
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