SUPREME COURT
AN INEVITABLE ACCIDENT.
(By Telegraph—Press Association).
PALMERSTON N., July 3L
At the Supreme Court, an action in which Ellen Jane Wheeler, of Palmerston North claimed £ISOO damages by way of compensation from T. F. Conway, orchardist, of Fitzherbert, for the death of her daughter through being struck by defendants car on June 12th. concluded to-day before Justice Smith. It was alleged that Conway drove negligently. The question of contributory negligence by deceased was raised. The jury after ar short retirement found neither party negligent, the judgment being that it was an inevitable accident. WELLINGTON, July 31. Tn the Supreme Court, Charles Augustus Comerford, who pleaded guilty to six charges of theft and forgery, while employed as a radiographer at Wellington Hospital, was to-day sentenced to eighteen months on each count to he concurrent. His Honour said it was clear he was in a position of trust and was in the habit of helping himself.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1929, Page 5
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