MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.
SEQUEL TO MOTOR FATALITY. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. Arising out of a collision between a taxi and a dray on the Yaldhurst Road on June 7, Alfred Denton, the driver of the dray, was to-day committed for trial on a charge of the manslaughter of Frank Keenan. The latter had his left arm broken and some ribs fractured, and he died in hospital three days later. The post mortem examination revealed that death Was due to shock, following injuries and associated with chronic alcoholism. It Was alleged that Denton was driving without lights and was under the influence pf liquor.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 August 1921, Page 5
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104MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. Taranaki Daily News, 18 August 1921, Page 5
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