SANSON MOTOR SMASH.
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.
WARREN NEWT It FOUND NOT GUILTY.
The manslaughter charge against, Warren Newth, arising out of (he recent Sanson motor fatality, resulting in three deaths, was concluded at the Palmerston Supreme Court on Friday, when further evidence for the defence was given. In his address, counsel for I tie accused slated that the Crown’s ease had been entirely disproved. There was clear evidence that Ncwlh drove at a moderate pace, yet Eglinton had averaged a greater speed. The police tests had been carried out unfairly, and (lie prosecution had based its ease purely on theory.
Addressing the jury, the Crown Prosecutor adniilted Unit if his ease depended entirely on whet her Egiinrun bad lights al lhe time of die collision il would’ fail. The evidence on (bat [mint was no| conclusive: nevertheless with ordinary care a.•(•used should have seen the appronehiug car, even uulighled. Tin; evidence of I lie eyewitnesses could not be accepted as ennehmive.
A tier a retirement of nearly two hours, the jury relumed a verdict of not guilty.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19200817.2.17
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2164, 17 August 1920, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
176SANSON MOTOR SMASH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2164, 17 August 1920, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in