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HONORABLY ACQUITTED
Welland Man Discharged in City Court Following Auto Accident
[The Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 5 September 1916]
Judge Noonan directed a jury in city court at Buffalo on Thursday to return a verdict of acquittal in the case of Cyrenius J. Laughlin of Welland, charged with driving an automobile while drunk. In a collision between a street car and Laughlin’s automobile at Niagara and Maryland streets on August 19, five children and three women were hurt.
Laughlin denied he was under the influence of drink. He said on the day of the accident he had three drinks, each about two hours apart. He was so stunned by the collision he said, he may have given the appearance of being unsteady.
Judge Noonan declared there was no evidence to show Laughlin was intoxicated and he directed the jury to return the acquittal verdict.
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