WOMAN'S DEATH
KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTORIST INTOXICATION ALLEGED Press Association. HAWERA, Friday. An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Millicent Elizabeth Richter, a farmer’s wife, aged 42, who was found unconscious near her home on the road early on the evening of February 24, and died the following night. The coroner, Mr. J. S. Barton, S.M., found that death resulted from a fractured skull sustained through Mrs. Richter being knocked down by a motor-car driven by George Cravy Smith, a stock buyer, of. Hawera. It was alleged in evidence that Smith and a passenger named Ernest Alfred Nixon were intoxicated. They stopped after knocking the woman down, but left almost immediately when questioned by a passing motorist. Smith was charged with causing the death of Mrs. Richter.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 300, 10 March 1928, Page 1
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