A bus driver employed by the China General Omnibus Ca. was sentenced to six months' imprison ment in the Provisional Court on Aug: 4. The evidence showed that the prisoner was driving a special bus from the greyhound races on July 31, and omitting the customary page ipa ce coorg member of the crew of the Dollar str, President Madison, who was thrown out and the bus passed over hhis legs. The riesha coolie escaped with "a little injury but the passenger died in hospital on August Mr. Meinhardt, Senior Consul's Deputy, expressed an opinion that the sentence seemed excessive as there was some evidence that the driver tried to avoid the accident.
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