Mr. Ward—If the coolie had not turned round and walked into the car there would have been no accident?
Witness—Thero would have been no accident.
Mr. Ward—The car was very close to the pavement?
Witness—Yes, I could have stepped into it from the pavement.
In answer to his Worship, witness said it was possible that the coolie, who was an old man, was startled by the horn. If he had stopped where he wes the car would have passed between him and the pavement.
At this point, Mr. Hartopp asked fv an adjournment, for the attendance of a doctor, Mr, Ward—I find it somewhat difficult to deal with this case in measured language, because—His Worship—Exactly what are you going to address me on?
Mr. Ward—I am going to ask you to refuse to adjourn the case, on the ground that the evidence as its stands falls very very short of anything like manslaughter. In the face of the evidence it would he a monstrous thing to keep a charge of manslaughter hanging over the head of this young girl. There is no evidence upon which a jury could possibly
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