FEELING STIRRED BY PRESS REPORTS
WELLINGTON ACCIDENT Press Association. WELLINGTON, Friday. When William John Walling, a carrier, was charged with recklessly driving a car, and so causing the death of Helen Telfer, Mr. W. Perry appeared and said that in justice to the accused, he must state that the press reports had aroused the public feeling unjustifiably against the prisoner. The reports stated that he bumped into the car, which fell over a bank, and drove on. As a matter of fact, Walling was some miles past the accident. When he heard of it he immediately returned and helped to extricate the injured people. The first intimation of nis own implication was his arrest at 4 o’clock in the morning, when he was dragged out of bed. The man who chased the car had made a mistake in the number, or had taken Walling's as the wrong car. The magistrate granted a remand till June 15. He said this statement would tend to neutralise the reports, if they had such a tendency as Mr Perry suggested.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 68, 11 June 1927, Page 15
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176FEELING STIRRED BY PRESS REPORTS Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 68, 11 June 1927, Page 15
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