Motorman Charged With Manslaughter.
. « A LIGHT PUNISHMENT; fPBB PBHa AMOOKTIO*.] AUCKLAND, Stay 27. In the .Supreme Court Mr Justice Edwards passed sentence on William Ernest Havre, a motorman, found guilty at last session of manslaughter of a fellow-motorman, (by the bumping of one tram into another. His Honor said the faot tlvat the •prisoner ihad! a shook through narrowly missing a dininken man should (have made him more cautious. The plea that his attention was distracted! by the constant ringing of the hell was no" excuse for inattention to what was in front. His Honor was inclined to think the accident .was iihe result' of miscalculation of the speed of the car, and getting too close to a standing car ahead. Taking into consideration accused's good) character, the jtiry's recommendation to mercy, and the views of ihe.. Judges of .the Appeal Court, prisoner would): bo leniently -dealt 9f 425 wa? imposed.,^
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 May 1911, Page 3
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151Motorman Charged With Manslaughter. Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 May 1911, Page 3
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