SUPREME COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 78, 19 August 1912, Page 5

SUPREME COURT.

A MOTOR FATALITY. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchureli, Night. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court were -continued yesterday morning, before Mr. Justice Denniston. A middle-aged man named Thos. Guy was charged with manslaughter, arising out of the death of Annie Dunn, in a motorcar accident at Sydenham, on June 20 last. The Crown Prosecutor said, in outlining the case for the Crown, that deceased's death was alleged to 'have been caused by neglect and carelessness on the part of the accused. It was a case which, in the interests of the public, should be investigated. Guy had been driving a motor-car along Colombo street at about 0 o'clock in the evening. In order to avoid some cyclists he bad crossed over to the wrong side, and in doing that he ran into the old lady, knocking her down and killing her. The question was whether, under the circumstances, it was reasonable for the accused to exercise a greater degree of care. The Crown did not allege that the speed was excessive. His Honor said that the question was not so much whether it was negligent of the accused to go on the wrong side, but whether being on the wrong side he exercised reasonable care. After a brief retirement, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty,