JURY DISAGREES
FOR THIRD TIME. (By Telegraph—Preai Association)'. AUCKLAND, November-6. On April' sth- a-' 1 bus collided • with -- a train at McLeod’s Flat near Hikurangi, and six young people were killed and four seriously injured.’ v The driver of the bus, Noel Herbert'Wilkinson, aged 19, has been -fried -three' tunes on'«. a charge of-negligent driving and-causing their deaths, and' unless the SolicitorGeneral intervenes he" will be tried a fourth time.' ' 1 • ’ ■ ••'
When the third 1 jiiry disagreed yesterday, Wilkinson’s counsel protested strongly against further proceeding, which counsel for the Crown said'; he was bound to apply for. : -*■? Justice Herdinan ' said the disaster, of which the prisoner l was an agent, was one'of magnitude. "He Would fi£ the new trial for next Thursday and leave the Solicitor-General to ' decide whether the trial should prpceed, . , .
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1930, Page 5
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