When a little girl placed an apple in her pocket before leaving home on a recent evening she little knew that the fruit would play an important part in a motoring ease heard in the Police Court at Gisborne. The case was one in which a motorist was charged with knocking down a little girl and driving on, and it was stated by the police that when interviewed later the defendant denied all knowledge of the accident. Homcver, it was shown that before leaving home the child placed in her pocket an applo which had a piece bitten out of it, and when the car was oramined by the police the identical apple was found wedged between the mudguard and the-radiator. “An apple caused the first downfall of man,” remarked counsel for the defence during the hearing of the case, “and I hope this one will not cause the defendant to fall too heavily. !
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3661, 5 July 1927, Page 1
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