Manslaughter.
MOTORIST FOUND GUILTY
GISBORNE, March 13.
At the Suprme Court to-day, the. jury in the case against Albert Edmond Bourgeois, charged with manslaughter arising from a collision between accused’s motor car and a gig from which Kathleen Joyce Brown was thrown and fatally injured, returned a verdict of guilty, with a strong recommendation fc mercy on the ground of the had light on the gig and the state of the weather.
Mr Justice Reed referred to the newspaper comments on Lis action at Napier in granting probation in a similar kind of case. It was difficult to know what to do. He would like to give effect to the jury’s recommendation, and would require evidence as to accused’s reputation as a motor driver. Sentence would be deferred till Thursday. Accused was liberated without bail.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 March 1922, Page 2
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135Manslaughter. Hokitika Guardian, 15 March 1922, Page 2
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