COMMITTED FOR TRIAL
MOTORIST CHARGED Press Association. WELLINGTON’, Monday. A charge of having driven a motorcar .in a negligent and reckless manner on the main road at Upper Hutt, on September 17. thereby causing bodily injuries to Norman Parata and Jack Alridge, who were riding a motor-cycle, was preferred against Albert Goodman, horse trainer, of Trentham, in the Magistrate’s Court to-day. Accused was committed to the Supreme Court for triai. Bail was allowed. The magistrate refused counsel’s plea to dismiss the case. The evidence given as to Goodman’s sobriety was unreservedly accepted by the magistrate, who said the police case in this respect had failed. The question whether Goodman was or was not guilty of negligence in trying to pass a car in front of him, thus causing the collision, .was, said the magistrate a question for a jury to decide.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19280131.2.117
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 266, 31 January 1928, Page 13
Word Count
141COMMITTED FOR TRIAL Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 266, 31 January 1928, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). 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