In giving the verdict Mr. Haines stated; It is a matter of regret that, although in accordance with established practice, a formal request was sent from this Court to the Japanese Consular Court asking for the attendance of a Japanese marine to give evidence in this inquest, no such person has attended this Court and consequently I must come to a conclusion from the evidence I have already taken without the advantage of having heard his version of the accident.
"The pertinent facts are these: 1. On April 24, 1939, at or after 8 p.m. a car, no. 5593, driven by Bertram Lillie with Mrs. Lillie as passenger, struck an unlighted barrier on Broadway Bridge and went on without stopping.
"2. This car crossed Garden Bridge and stopped outside the Municipal Police hut at about 840 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Lillie reported the accident to Sergeant Wimsett, who suggested that they should return to the scene to investigate.
They returned with Sergeant Wimsett to Broadway Bridge, via Seaward and Boone Roads, where Mrs. Lillie recognized the scene of the accident.
"4. Sergeant Wimsett tried to explain to the sentries, one of whom made them park their car in Dixwell Road. facing Broadway. Mr. Lillie was by now an angry and excited man.
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