KAPANUI COLLISION.
CAPTAIN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.
(Pur Press Association,) Auckland, last night. Tbe trial of William James Southgate, maet9E of the Kapanui, which sank in the harbor in a collision with tbe Claymore on tbe night of December 23:d, upon a charge of manslaughter in connection with the deaths of three victims, commenced before Mr Justice Edwards today.
The evidence for the Crown was to the oflect that Captain Southgate caused a breaoh of regulations in going to .starboard, all the witneeses holding that he should have kept, his course and passed the Claymore green to green. They said that bad they been in Captain Southgate’s position they would not under any circumstances have crossed the Claymore’s bow.
Witnesses with tho exception of Captain Fleming, superintendent of Mercantile Marine, all held that Auckland Harbor did not come withia the meaning of regulation 25 relating to a narrow channel. Mr Mart’n, for the defence, pointed out that Captain Southgate ac‘ed for the best, and bo asked if the jury were going to convict him for manslaughter for what was really an error of judgment.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1671, 10 February 1906, Page 3
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183KAPANUI COLLISION. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1671, 10 February 1906, Page 3
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