A Charge of Manslaughter On Thrsday at the Mixed Court before Messrs. Tenney and Yui. Wong Ming-sz, a chauffeur, was convicted upon a charge of man slaughter and sentenced to two months' imprisonment with the order that no further licence as chauffeur should be granted to high in the future.
Mr. R. C. Faithfull appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Kentwell fo: the defence.
According to the case for the prosecution the chauffeur on January 26, unknown to the owner. Mr. Grove, had driven that gentleman's car to the Horse Bazaar in Bubbling Well Road, and when driving into the entrance of those premises had run against Loh Chi king, a Chinese who was passing along the pavement at the time. and' had crushed him against the archway of the building. The wnfortunate victim of this accident was removed to the General Hospital, but the internal injuries which he had sustained proved to be incurable and he died two days later.
In the defence it was mentioned that deceased was a man of ves absent-minded habits, and that at the time of the accident he was walking along the pavement read ing a book and not looking where he was going.
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