096harge Of Manslaughter -.�r
� ��or Drive
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Heard Ire Su gkne Court 'q l`
Count Ea�Qd
It
°a" manslaughter Rutherford in the north ditch iud
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,= __ The hearing of
' charge against D a v i d_Harber den :.by. the tall grass. He testified
,, g WOODSTOCK, Sept.ept.'15—Dehb-
five hours, a E'
Beau 2% rof 152"Mer—ritr s set, that the Rutherford body w as
+yPµ crating. for about
today
Ingersoll, entered. its second day about 100 feet east of the Huntley
body. `
.Supreme Court jury ..here
�"� David HerUerC $C&YLY...29, '
boy"s
$- I before Mr,�istice D ]] PG �ey, Y•
<=--� in the Supreme Court. - Leo Connor 22, of Centerville a
the
fowrd o
(In ersoll, not guilty of motor .
don
waship The charge arose out of an acci- friend o the.., boys, told cmrrt
of identifying the bodies at the
a,
L'r manslaughter but guilty of
i".
or village dent o�n�M ,y 25, when two Center- I
Rate villa, cv, fists were killed. on No. 2 scene. The next witness called wash
g Sent driving. ;(
e -. Sentence is to be imposed by
Highway, near Munro's Corners. George -Clifton -. manager n - the
Walker unera Home, in Ltger
Mc Justice D. P. G:- Kelly about Z
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a the ,Iv The two boys Geor Huntley, 17,
_ soil:- Mr. Clifton testified that he
11 a.m. 'omorrow.
cis and Edward Rut rerford, were
fI lNns-1 - removed the bodies from the. some
way pm�er attend-
wagon
�' Beatty was charged specificallyHunt-,
death of George Hunt-
sir
`) V" and turned"the'clothirig of Ruther-
/ on eir
,� ing'.; a Uall ,game at Beachville. ford over to Se n� ^rt�3._ert,�ore of
.;. with the.
icy, 17, Centreville, who was ]rilleda u
Mr. Beatty faces the charge the o'f, the Woodstock Provincial Police.
while ridinghig'. bicycle oil NO -
.,Connection
with t e ea. r
George Huntley.,
,Dr. Harry,Furlong, coroner, In
' e in -that he
Highway,nearCentrevrlle about -
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Ruth-;
r
gersolli, L pro-
y 30 p.m. mr May 25. Eddie
i
The first witness .at this mprn-
trounced the.; boys dead' and had
erford, 18, Centreville, was also, r
ing's hearing, Constable P a uj.
the bodes removed to Ingersoll
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killed in the accident. 7 ,,
Hampson f the Ingersoll detach-
3
told)
for examination Questioned by
24; Witnesses' Hoard 1
t,
inert of the Provincial Police,
the court of finding a bicycle with-
Crown `Attorney A. C. Wh2leyq he
a rs examination show-
The case well to the: jury about
n I
in"the Ingersoll;. town limits..Con-
state
ed- that Huntley received a cum-
3.20 p.m. today 'and verdict vIas1
`
stable Hampson said. he ,was pat-
pound fracture of the skull, frac-
I returned about 8.15 p.m The!
rolling Charles street in Ingersoll
tired right'collar bone, and frac-
;;evidence of some 24 witnesses'!
when he came .upon a badly, dam-:
tired nibs and pelvis. The body of
: heard before_ the defences. 1
:
aged blue bicycle, with the name
Edward Rutherford,. showed a frac-
was.
at 11.20 a.m. today
1'
George. kluntley on it, lying on the
ture of the rieck, and multiples
rested 'r
In his address to the jury, De
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travelled -portion of the highway..
fractures of the body. Dr. John
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=fense Counsel A. B.'hatth
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He notified the Woodstock detach-R
ment and was told that it had n
of Ingersoll verified the
estimony of Dr. Furlong.
of
London; pointed out that the deE-�
connection .with the accident a t
, .The next witness was tie pro
' ionnegligence was mostj,
e
Centerville. Itwasnot until about
vincial police .photographer, C -
_of,
important in this case -and. asked
! t
20 minutes later that he too the
stable Ronald Waddell, of t h e
I; for an acquittal.
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bicycle to the accident scene.
oo s cc e ap ment. Constable�I
I -Testifying for the defence,- T, p
POSITION OF BODIES
Waddell identified photos of the
fj L. A16shall,_ stewarrt`at the: Ca-,-
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Constable Al �y rams of th,e
scene, and photos of the damage)
,f _.d1 a�egon canteen here, said
e
Woodstock 'detachmenn old the
to .the car. He pointed out to the
he saw Beatty at the canteen p
vlcourt,
that when he arrived he
jury marks on the damaged earl
I, about 9 p.m. on May 25'for a few
s
found the body of Huntley lying on
which he said appeared to be hu-I
minutes. He said the canteen was i
%
the side of the road on 'the. north
man flesh. The hearing iscontinu-4P
closed at the time because of a
'
'r /�
shoulder. A further- Search near
the scene reveajpf the bod
ing.
t- (Continued on Page 2l
4 i general meeting and that there
i31ONDIS EVIDENCE
was nothing unusual in his man-
nor or the way he was walk-
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safely, so •Tie ran over -the may<-=...
A friend of. the boys, F ra k
�117, of No. 2 highway Id e. ry
on the. roadway. He stopped and
found a body laying at the side
ing. Marshall said 'the accused
that they had attended a ball
of the road.. He testified that a
-, only, came to thecanteen once
'or
game at Beachville, . then returned!
light,. colored car had passed him.
twice a month, usually to play
to his home near Munro's cross -I
near Beachville and after he stolr
jbilliards and that he never saw
m v g. When he last saw `die boys)
ped at the scene, a car of similar
him'. drink more than' -three or
Huntley was riding a blue bike.
color camerback and pulled into
four bottles of bear and that;
a/ 1 equipped with two generator sets
a laneway near the. scene. He told)
.sometimes he only drank a coke. t
and front headlight a150' a -rear..
the jury that he approached the.
I` Accused Testifies
I ( tall light. He . also testified that
car and, "The gentleman there'
Beatty told of having three or -.
the. rear fender was:: covered with
pointing to the seen gd�'asked me.
four drinks at a golf club at J
�red, glow tape. The last time he
- saw them they ,were riliing west-
gy---
�'Is' he gone?. I said "yes" and
,Burlington following' a company 11J-
' �. ward on No. 2 highway.
thenhe said 'I hit him".
: sales'meeting at Hamilton. He
The second -witness called, -
Kenneth Willi of Ingersoll,
I
said,: he left Hamilton.: about 6,45
that night, waiving at the legion, i?
win Sprat„, identified the Huntley
bicycle. The third crowd witnessi
who'was tiie f rst.' on the scene,
how he found the injured
`.which he found closed, about 9 f
l
Donald Blanchard of Ingersoll,
A. C. Whaley
told of
` youth, lying, on the north side of
`: P.m.
He he
to piney
l tiie road just off the shoulder. He
said left Woodstock for
L
that he was,driving Weston No. 2
':I ssid he was driving,towards Wood-
' home! driving about 40 to 45 miles -
highway when he saw twoboys on
stock when he came ,upon a bicy-
an hour."I was certainly all right
bicycles riding' about: 1000 feet in
'nlo on the road and stopped to look
'as I had had nothing to drink
front of his car. The boys were
for the rider, Questioned further
[since left Hamilton;' he test! -
1 riding on the pavement side by
he told of seeing a car wth one
&ed.I
d.
and heading west.- He stated
that both of the bicycles had
headlight on pass him a half mile;
A she{t dislsnce,miC. of Reach-
Beach -
y lights on and one of the two lights
from Ingersoll heading west.
I - Jltd
I; villa he recalled seeing one bf-
,
seemed brighter than the'-other.1
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The eighth crown .witness -to
called ,was ,Lloyd Ford, of Wind,
cycle on the shoulder of the road
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Frao Press Woodstock Rumau
•WOODSTOCK,- Sept. 16—David
Herbert Beatty, 29, of,ingersoll,
was sentenced today in Supreme
Court to,one'year on a reduced
chargei of dangerous driving in
connection with an accident in
which two Centreville cyclists
were killed.
"You stand in a most imfortim-
ate position," Mr, Justice D P. G. I
Kelly said in passing, sentenr .
It ,is most fortunte, in my`
opinion, that -you were not found
guilty of the major offence of
motor manslaughter."
Beatty was charged specifically
with the death of George Huntley,
17, Centreville, who was killed
while riding his bicycle on No. 2
Highway, near, Centreville, about
Centreville, abort I.
9.30 p.m. ;on May 25. Eddie
Rutherford, 18, Centreville, was
also killed in the. accident.
Charge Reduced
After deliberating .for about?
five hours, a -Supreme Court jury
yesterday found Beatty not guilty'
of motor'manelajrghter but guilty
of dangerols driving::
Mr. JuAice ', Kelly " rejected " rejected a
plea by Defence Counsel A. B.
Siskind, JC, of London. for the
court to impose only a fine.
'The evidence, in my opinion,
Is such that it would amply apply
in the major offence," Mr. Justice
Kelly declared. .,
"I. came - here prepared this
morning to impose on you the
limit of that section, which I felt
was my duty, of two years less
day plus a, $1,000 fine."
' Character Witnesses
The justice told. Beatty that to
ImpBse. a' fine would take it out
on his family. He noted that the
court 'could not overlook it and
felt it. was very -difficult for him
after hearing the dharacter wit-
nesses.
Earlier, Mr. Siskind called three
character witnesses' — the Rev.
of St. Paul's Presby-
terian Church, Ingersoll; K. R.
Daniels.. former mayor of Inger-.
sell and'. former- MP for Oxford,
mail Harold Riley. of Woodstock,
Crown Attorney A. C. Whaley,
QC, of Woodstock, said he felt
the sentence should be enough to
t2x.-9 1-19s sw ° o°Tss�-
,Vtit, ®-elf.` /9s6-. Gf:hra.�4
5CL 71o*4 tL �atr1 /y f°rwvv
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"register asesdike this."
of the I ni , R eenrds Te1� S Paury
court in cases like this."
1 1°"'. old. "„" '°
near the scene of the crash told
sor a driver 'of r the son Trans.',. "°° leCr ++wa.v. �oocr .info
'Ford point he said, be met a heavily
1
/1
.the court, that about 1.9.30 she
port company. Mr: told oft
,seeing a car with a headlight and'! loaded, transport with headlights
I
- heard a car go by at a terrific
I. !part of the windshield out, headingi bobbing on high beam, making
',.speed, but she did not see it Cross
west on.. No. 2` highway "near, lit impossible. to nee straight
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examined by defence" counsel A,�-;,Beachville.
A fow minutes later het :ahead. Beatty said bedimmedhis
R. Siskind QC of London, she told
the jury that could not say
saw a crumpled ,object on the,. i.lights, blew his horn while keep-
she
1 the car had any connect-
roadway,.. and stopped,, i` jog eyesgive on the white centre .
'I,
7
,whether
' ionjwith .the accident.
Two .brothers were the next is. ;tp give the cyclist as wide
alto
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Fes ni yjj r, son of Mrs. Bark-(
witnesses to be called. _ s. berth as possible.
{ ien[rred' at he was sitting in
the front of his house look-
Ernest Moyer 16 wholivesnear Accused said the truck didn't
told 'its
1
i room
Z ing 'west; when he saw -the boys,
the scene o . the accident dim lights and suddenly there
Crown Attorney Whaley that he was a "terrific explosion" a.ad
!
?go by. He told the "court that
!
and his brother were cutting grass Ithe right. side of the windshield
i
George. Huntley, was riding on the
George
Rutherford was on the
on the north side of the highway, :was ' -blown in. He said he was i
approached the
h !1
and
He
and as they road stunned by the explosion and
j
y
shoulder of the highway. stated
he saw, -a car. heading west with
he thought something bad
j
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II
that he, saw light colored car go,
a bicycle over the right front fen -,.that
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by at' a speed estimated at 75i
der. The boy's brother, William'' fallen off the truck,' He told of
-br"'
1
I i MPH.
Moyer, 18, also told of ` o1,he driving on, making a. U-turn at
FOUND BODY
saw a crumpled- bike wrapped a-. the outskirts of Ingersoll and
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The next witness to be called
round the front' fender, of what returning to the scene as swiftly,
was Ronald Herons of Riverside,
),'looked like a light green car.. Fol-_ and .safely as possible.
a driver for � ri%�iGlrar . is Transport
lowing the .brothers' testimony the. :
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t
Company. Questioned by Mr. Wha-!'case
driving
was adjourned until Tuesda3',
�,morning,atten � j '
ley, he said he was east-1
be
o'clock.` 1 I
�Ta
�hrlirat
"'in
. bound on the highway when
The crown is expected to calf a��. �I j ;I .`-f`�0;
1 saw a crumpled bicycle flay
total
to witnesses in the
2is to t1
`I the middle of the road. engv�s�
;its head-,
oaf ex reeled el�'
The se k g
ou Wechirsday. 1� 1
Oxf
i
also a car ,Harked with
..jury sometime
.lights on he'said. Mr.Harone, told)
i
1I the court that he could not . stop
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Of. Town's Separation
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Perusal' of the 'minutes of a'that the town would be in
meeting of the former Ingersoll much beater 'position Tina
'Board of TLade held in the council and otherwise if the munh
chamber, l y_,1 191�, disclosed was separated from the con
'!that it ways at t is meeting that a' counRypurposes, therefore h
resolution was passed favoring the solved that this meeting r
,proposed separation of the town of the by-law for separation a.
.Ingersoll from the county of Ox-lornmend that ,theelectors pc
(ford. I votes in favor. of separal
The meeting was well attended. May. 28". The, vote by the i
'but of those who were present the was in favor of separation.
majority have since died: Listed) At that timedifficulty w
as being atthemeeting v.erc 'being experienced in. provid
!President iCin H Richardson, l sired accommodaton in th
IW. J. FRiott. ,T Ike en for farmers and the travelli;
h"- W. I IIo arth ' O. E. o r `lac; and the following ret
McI-cod, F. G. Wa'T 'y, Mayor was passed", that the'presi
IColekdge Chas. Scoffi7l, F.ch-Ri„ the, Board of Trade and tw
,ar%son, G. C. Ellis,—S. M. Fleet,'members to be'named by I
7. G CuthbgrLco-1 C. E. Ro ers,„a special committee to cent
lDr. McKay, Walter Mills, J L, the committee of which J.
Palerson` W. J Berry, ft.'H.tgJs chairman with a i
Your, Chas. \1'hite Dr. Canyield,� securing accommodation in
,Geo. Sutherland John E. Pnjes, soli for farmers and the to
;,Oscar ,reenlield, F. MrgDougall. public". _-
ADOPT RESOLUTION I By resolution the industrl
The following resolution by W J mitten was, instructed to
'.Elliott and 1I. Richardson was daily some facts favorable
'unanimously adopted: That' industrial and separation
whereas our county representatives on which electors would i
have quoted figures which show May 28.`