SAMSON MOTOR SMASH.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2147, 3 July 1920, Page 3

SAMSON MOTOR SMASH.

THE MANSEAI.TiIITEU CUAIiCE

Palmerston North, July 2

AI. Ihe Police Court, Warren Xewlh, a taxi-driver, was charged with having, »u May 201 li, al San>ou, committed manslaughter by causing the death of Arthur Ernest Eglinlon, Alfred Edward Penny, of Sandon, and Frank Kidman, of Wellington. A large, plan id' the scene of (he collision and I lie roads leading to it on each side tor some distance was placed before the bench, and evidence as to the proportion of the plan was given by H. >). Wylde, surveyor.

Walter Andrews, motor mechanic, said that judging by the damage done to (he cars, and assuming' that the deceased, Eglinion, was travelling at 25 miles per hour, Xewth must have been travelling 45 miles an hour.

J. R. Perry, president of the .Motor Oarage Proprietors’ Association of Xew Zealand, said that Kglinlon’s was the most seriously-dam-aged ear as the result; of a collision he had ever seen. He estimated that X'ewth’s speed must have been from 45 to 50 miles per hour.

Accused pleaded not guilty, reserved his defence, and was committed for trial at the next sitting of the Palmerston North Supreme Court, which opens on August 10th. Bail was allowed.