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The deceased and her mother had just got off a bus and wished to cross the road to}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4029166  the other side. It would}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
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the back of a stationary bus. }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 It would appear also that although one witness described the truck as }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5598657\charrsid5598657 "}{
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ence that there was a governor o}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 n his engine so that it was not possible for him to exceed 30 miles per hour.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4029166  }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4029166\charrsid5598657 This evidence was uncontradicted}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4029166 . }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 It is virtually}{
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\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4029166\charrsid5598657  in which the magistrate recorded the evidence (where }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1118565 accuracy in recording a witness\rquote }{
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deplorable preparation of the record. Although the magistrate certified that he had checked with the original and that the record was a true copy of the original there are numerous errors.
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 she had hold of the child\rquote }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3545414 s hand. She s}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 aid that at the time the road on her left (t}{
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This could ha}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3545414 rdly hav}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 e been correct be}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3545414 
cause she then said that the ap}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 pellant}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1118565 \rquote }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
s lorr}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3545414 y came onto their side of the ro}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 ad and hit the deceased, as she still had hold of her hand (alth}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3545414 ough the deceased was in front o}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 f her). (Incidentally this piece of evidence, i.e. that she still had hold of }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5598657\charrsid5598657 the}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1118565  deceased\rquote }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
s hand was not supported by the other eye witness). S}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3545414 he also said that she first saw}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  the truck when it was 
2 chains away and added that they had stopped to let the truck go through.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3545414\charrsid5598657 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 The road at }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13253301 this point is 34 fee}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13253301\charrsid5598657 t wide }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13253301 so the two m}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 ust have }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13253301 been standing about 6 -7 }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 feet from their side }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13253301\charrsid5598657 of the road or 27 - 28 feet}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13253301\charrsid13253301  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13253301 from the appellan}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1118565 t\rquote }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13253301\charrsid5598657 s}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179\charrsid3231179  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179\charrsid5598657 correct side of the road}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 . Indeed the p}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 oliceman }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 w}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179\charrsid5598657 ho visited the scene said}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179  he saw on}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1118565 e of the child\rquote }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 s sa}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 ndals (of a type known as flip-f}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
lops) on the road about 7 feet from}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5598657\charrsid5598657  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 the side of}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
 the road, a spot which }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 had been pointed out by the mother as the point of impact.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  I will revert to the ev}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 idence of the flip-flop later. I}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 think one might well ask, if th}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1118565 e mother saw }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 the lorry first 2 chains away and she was standing 6 -7 feet from her correct si}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 de of the road, was the lorry then on}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  its incorrect side,}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179  o}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 r did it swerve right across onto its wrong side, and if so what}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179  avoiding action did she take, did she try to pull the child o
}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 ut of the path of the lorry?
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13253301 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 The}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 re are improbabilities in her evidence well as conflict with other witnesses' evidence. The plan of the scene drawn }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 by the policeman who visited the}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  scene seems to con}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 
tradict her evidence. The body is show}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 n as}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179  lying towards the middle of th}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 e}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179  road but well w}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 ithin }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1118565 the appellant\rquote }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 s side of the road. The flip-flop that was supposed to}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 show the point of imp
act was 12 feet at right angles across the road. From the plan there is just no way in which the accident could have happened as the mother described}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 
 it. Another eye witness was Prem Chand Seth (PW3). He said he saw the truck going fast and travelling not on his side bu}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 t in the middle of the road, it hit }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 t}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 he girl who was stationary in fro}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 nt of her mother. The record th}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 en continues }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7228420 \'93}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 Girl hit and}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 spin}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179  w}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 ith}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 tr}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7228420 uck\rquote }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 s right wheel and was throw}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7228420 n}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  on to }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 my}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  side of the road.}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7228420 \'94}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179  That does not seem to mak}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7228420 e sense and the magistrate\rquote }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 s own handwriting is indecipherable. Later the witness said }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7228420 \'93}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179 
Did not see girl cro}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 ss - she had taken 2 steps when lorry on its}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3231179  }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 wrong side hit her.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7228420 \'94}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
 This seems to conflict with what the witness said before (and does he mean that she had only taken 2 steps from the side of the road as the mother said?) and to confuse}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7228420 
 the issue even more, in cross-}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 examination the witness}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4881272  s}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 aid }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5598657\charrsid5598657 "}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
I maintain place of impact still was 6 paces from}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4881272  l}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7228420 orry\rquote }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
s side of the road.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5598657\charrsid5598657 " }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4881272 He then expla}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
ined that his pace was the equivalent of a yard, but further }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4881272\charrsid5598657 demonstrated}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  the distance he meant as}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid479730  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7228420 1}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4881272 2 }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7228420 - 1}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7099251 5 feet from the lorry'}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 s correct side of the road then the lorry was }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4881272 
completely on its correct side o}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 f the road, and neither in the middle of the road nor on the wrong side as the witness had previously stated.}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4881272\charrsid5598657 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 The de}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9793827 ceased's flip flops were found }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
lying on the road. Accor}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9793827 ding to the policeman who visi}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 ted the scene and drew the sketch plan one was}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9793827  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 lying about 10 feet from the girl's head and}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9793827  }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9268197 13\'bd}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11228713  feet from the lorry\rquote }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
s side of the road and the other was lying about 12}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9793827  feet from the girl's head at r}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
ight angles across the road and 7 feet from the side of t}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9793827 h}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 e road. Apparently the }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9793827 mother had pointed}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  this out as the po}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9793827 
int of impact. I have already poin}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 ted out the}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9793827  virtual impossibility of this be}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 ing the actual point of impact. And to}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9793827  confuse the issue further PW4}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  a bla}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9793827 cksmith living near the scene, w}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
ho heard the accident and ran}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9793827  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 to t}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9793827 he scene said both}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  flip flo}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9793827 ps were lying on the same side o}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
f the road, that i}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11228713 s the lorry\rquote }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2847334 s correct side of the}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  road}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2847334 . In fact the policeman}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  found everything connected with the accident, except the one flip flop, }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2847334 on the same side of the road. (W}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
as the flip flop deliberately placed to show where the mother said the impact took place? It is a possible explanation.)}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2847334\charrsid5598657 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 That then apart from statements made by the appellant was the evidence for the prosecution and as co}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11228713 
nclusive proof of the appellant\rquote }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 s guilt it leaves a lot to be desired.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12406979\charrsid5598657 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 The appellant gave evi}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12406979 dence on oath, his evidence being}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  more or less the same story that he gave earlier to the police. He said he saw the two women and the girl o}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12406979 
n a road crossing. (Incidentally there was no}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  evidence that this was a pedestrian crossing, and so I presume the words}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12406979  meal
}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  only that they were crossin
g the road). He blew his horn, the women stopped but the child ran across. Then the mother called the girl back, she ran back and that is when the lorry struck her. He said that the women had stopped in the centre of the road, not two paces from}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12600105  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 the side as the mother of the child stated.
\par 
\par I think from what I have already indica}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15212522 ted that this version of the accident }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
is more probable than that given by the mother or by PW4.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15212522\charrsid5598657 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 The magistrate fairly correctly set ou}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15212522 t in his judgment the evidence }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 given by the prosecution and by the appellant, but he did not analyse}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15212522  }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 it in any way, nor did he in terms consider t}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15212522 he appellant's evidence that th}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 e girl had rushed across the road and then came back when her mother called. He did }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5598657\charrsid5598657 not}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  consider the discrepancies and inconsistencies or the improbabilities in the prosecution case.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15212522\charrsid5598657 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 He found as a fact that the two women}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15212522  (incidentally although there is mention of two women, only o}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 ne, the mother gave evidence) and the }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2514139 girl in front were on the women\rquote }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 s side of the white line. This ignores the evidence of PW4 who although somewhat inconsistent in his evidence, at least on one occasion put }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2514139 the impact clearly on the lorry\rquote s side of the road, i.e. 12-}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 15 feet from his side of the road.}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15212522\charrsid5598657 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 He found as a fact that the appellant was travelling along the middle of the road (which itsel}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5598657\charrsid5598657 f}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  cont}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid336854 radicts the evidence of the moth}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 er) and was not}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid336854  keeping a proper look out and it }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 was this failure or fault which caused the acciden}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid336854 t. There w}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 as no explanation of the finding
 that the appellant was not keeping a proper look out. In fact the appellant had said that he had seen the women}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid336854  and the child and went on to ex}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 plain what the child did. Had the magis}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid336854 trate said tha}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
t the appellant should have recognised that there}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5598657\charrsid5598657  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 a dangero
us situation in time and taken precautions there might have been less room for argument, but I think the findings}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid336854  of fact he did m}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 ake}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid336854  were hardly sup}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 ported by }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid336854 the}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  evidence.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315\charrsid3087315  }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315\charrsid5598657 The evidence required very care}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315 ful}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315 appraisal to try to decide
 how the accident occurred. Perhaps a few careful questions asked of the witnesses might have clarified some of the apparent inconsistencies and contradictions, but I think that the magistrate has shown insufficient care in evaluating the evidence before 
him, and now it is quite impossible to predict what view he would have taken had he evaluated the evidence properly. The state of the evidence is such that there must be considerable doubt whether the prosecution proved the appellant\rquote 
s guilt beyond any reasonable doubt and the crown quite properly has not seriously opposed the appeal.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 Accordingly I }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315 allow the appeal and set aside the}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
 conviction o}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315 f the appellant on the charge}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  of causing death b}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315 
y dangerous driving contrary to section 26}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 9 of the Penal Code, and t}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315 he sentence passed on him in respe}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 ct of this}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315  of}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 fe}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315 nce.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5598657\charrsid5598657  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315 If the fine has been p}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 aid it}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5598657\charrsid5598657  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315 should be returned to the ap}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 pellant.
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2514139 {\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315\charrsid479730 (Sgd.) G.O.L. Dyke
\par JUDGE}{\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid479730 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15694747 {\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315\charrsid5598657 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315 LAUTOKA}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3087315 7th}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657  November,}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5598657\charrsid5598657  }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid856640\charrsid5598657 1979.
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