ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER

Otaki Mail, 19 July 1922, Page 4

ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER

JIUTOIIiiT COAIAII'J'TED MJ;. TaIAL. | The charge o: alleged maiishiug..- j ter against Hugh vv. iHelUi.o3ll Wao I neard at the i'lumefalbu Police Cour; j last week. it was uUeged agaifioi .a cased, v*uo was icpreseuieu by Aii Oiigiey, that on April 10, at Shannon, lie Uia cause the deal a ui A imam • nuviosoti, theieby coiuiin.iing man j Clu.ltQiliUi • j jonn Archibald Mclntosh, labourer, oi, Shannon, said he was a biodier o. accused, un the night of die ucciLtein lie was ill a muiur-oar wnu ac- j i used and deceased. The party iim an iiotel at Shannon, alter oenig in | side tor about a quarter ot an until Witness had two Uiiuics in me uotm. and accused U-lsc. Jaad -two. Wnncs.what his brolher drank. Lutci wt. ness liatl another drink with accused and deceased at another hotel. Accused usually had a lew drinks when ' iie went into town. Un the night o, the accident accused was sober, the car lelt the hotel at 6.10 pun,, tuc accused driving in the direction oi MuKerua on the iliunnowPanuusion .North road, 111 cur was iig'hed. and the speed at which it travelled was yn oftiuiary pace, The ear was in optically on the middle oi the toem Witness did not see anything approaching nor did lie see anything strike the car. He did not know w in,., happened, because lie was "knocnca out.” He behoved the car was s an., mg towards the centre of the mo and the angle was nut great. The gn-. was standing back iruni the car. .John James Wood, sliare-niilkei. MaUeruu, deposed tliat on the liighi under review lie lelt his home to g ‘ 10 .>llOllllOll at about 0.4 b o'clock. He crossed the first bridge near Shannon, and although lie had lamps-on hie £ ig he could not say whether the\ were burning when crossing tinbridge. I( was a clear moonligln night, and witness could see a long way ahead along the road, which was a straight one. Witness drove on his proper side oi hie road. When in had crossed the - bridge he noticed a motor-car approaching. It had head lights and was travelling at a moderule speed. H was travelling on the middle of the road till ii reached siaffoid street, and alter passing Stafford Sircet it crossed lo the wrong side of the road. When the car wu alniiii three '-hums distanct witness m,tired that it- was oil the wmny. -mle ol the road, and witness - drew m hard lo the left hand side, leaving J a),out bin from the t'tige of Ihe guns | l h,' i-rir came into rue alter 1 hud seen it on the wrong side of the road.' said witness. ‘ When the car struck me il was on the edge of 'die road. Icame straight at me, and the inside n he wln-'l of the car would be four oi five feet from Ihe edge "f the mini ” The next thing that witness realised was ilia - he was out id the vi’hi"b' and one shall of the gig was through 1,.- \vi: dsn VI, Ol the -- u - . W inn -- saw deceased and accused. The last- .,,, .•• n, !..' all i-igii'. Inn a liiilc da/.ed. and witness did not r.oanvliiing unusual about him \|ice the collision witness noticed that .... , ai- w;,s lying on the road and the ~ ut wheels were turned at an. angle --mis the centre of the road. D?hs , ip pan of the car had a slight inclination loWiirds the centre ,d tie ~.: i d. Tie nearest wheel m the c would tic a!: mt foil' - live !,"■! fro”' die edg. ,d' die road, 'the v.a f pi, -dtp n \i!•• ■»i Constable Mctrcg'or arrived. Witness though; "!e - Irivei ot the car should have bee:, able io see the gig even without the lights being on. lid ward Lyle SUia,rl, a milker, ol Miranui, deposed th.it he was riding with the previous witness. Wood did not have any light on the gig. John Albert tiiumwold. beekeeper, ol Shannon, said he was cycling Iron, shannon on the right hand .-ode u. "the road. A car passed witness, un veiling in the same direction —towaid.Pahriersum Nortli —and it ton-lied him. The next thing dial witness saw was that it had run into the horse and gigConstable McGregor. oi Shannon, win, was called lo the scene of the accident, said that the marks ui the tvies mi the road indicated Hun tin a'ernsed had been travelling on his wrong side. In tiie opinion of witness accused was under the influence oi ;jipior, H was a clear moonlight night, and Hie. width of the mad where the accident happened was -T !'ec ? The surface of the road was o-eod. and the section of the road near the scene of ihe accident was straight. Tin-re was no candle in the only "lamp on the gig. It had burned ~ut and only llie grease remained. This concluded the case for 'lie prosecution. Accused, who reserved ids defence, and pleaded not guilewas committed mr niri.l at the next sitting of ihe Supreme conn in Palmerston North on August 8, bait being allowed.