“ HANG A FEW.”

Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1924, Page 3

“ HANG A FEW.”

JUDGE’S CRITICISM. AUCKLAND, May 14. “In that case the .sooner we bung a lew rivers thy la-tter!” This was the .statement of Mr Justice Stringer in the Supreme Court in the case in "'fin'ii John Andrew Fox, a taxi-driver "as charged with manslaughter. M'. Smiler, a witness, said that ear drivers -olten passed within n few inches, sometimes two or tliico inches, <d objects on the loud ahead of them. They frequently did this when the object ahead was a vehicle moving in the same direction as themselves.

His Honor .Mr Justice Stringer: Do you, as a-professional driver, say that i.s a proper tiling to do/ Mitness: A good driver should be able to do it. II is Honor: Pci Imps he should be “bio to do it. M'hnt we are asking is whether it is n reasonable thing to do. Mitness: If both vehicles are going in the same direction it i.s quite a safe thing. His Honor: It is not a safe- thing, because we see 11 1 .. tin this instance it lias killed n man. Witness: In this ease there was something protruding from the car which the <li i) er did net see. His Honor: lln you think that was caret lit driving/ M’itness: I admit it was bad judgment. but it happens with every driver -very day. His Honor: In i lint (JIM* the runner wo lismg n- low drivers the hotter.