HUTT ROAD CASE.
EVIDENCE FOR McDEVITT,
Wellington, Last Night,
In the manslaughter charge against Frank McDevitt, whose motor car knocked down a traffic inspector, Mr Cross, with fatal results, accused denied he was speeding, m proof of which, he said, he had travelled from Trentham to the place of the accident in a time which gave the average as a little over fourteen miles an hour. Cross had suddenly appeared in front of the car. Accused swerved and tried to avoid striking Cross and thought he had managed to clear him. Witnesses said Cross was at lirst outside the beam of light from accused’s car and had then stepped forward. It was impossible for McDevitt to stop the car or avoid a collision. Other witnesses said Cross was standing in the middle of the road.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2771, 14 August 1924, Page 3
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135HUTT ROAD CASE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2771, 14 August 1924, Page 3
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