JURIES IN TRAFFIC CASES
"There is little hope that we shall ever reduce the number of fatal road accidents so long as juries are terrified of the verdiet of manslaughter, " said Mr Justice Humphreys, at Leicester Assizes. A jury had found an accused not guilty of manslaughter, but guilty of dangerous driving. The Judge said he disagreed with the verdiet. He added: "In my opMon, the evidence in support of the charge of manslaughter was conclusive. I hold that view in spite of the verdiet of the jury.,>
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 62, 31 March 1937, Page 4
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