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Fined for Illegal Running
" VOU are either a knave or a fool, I d I Ramsay Edwards, 32 Castle Street, last week. He was fined a total of .£15. on't know which," Sheriff Inglis told George Dundee, during his trial at the sheriff court Edwards admitted using a lorry outside the terms of his C licence by carrying goods for hire or reward between Dundee, London and Manchester. He denied further charges of using a lorry, with intent to deceive, -a certificate granted by the South Eastern Licensing Authority in respect • of another lorry, and knowingly making a false statement on an insurance proposal form that he was the holder of an A licence.
Edwards told the Court that a Harry Josephs in London asked him for £600 for an A licence. He (Edwards) went to London, paid £450, which was all he could give at the time, was given the lOrry disc, and was told he would get the actual vehicle as well when he paid over another .£150. Edwards said he got a receipt for £450 and left it at that. Josephs advised him to leave the licence transfer formalities to Josephs' solicitors and so save himself money. Edwards left it to Josephs to get the licence transferred, and gave him his name and address and telephone number.
Advertised for Sale
Edwards said there were advertisements in certain journals every week advertising A licences for sale. He purchased this licence from 38 East India Dock Road. He had since tried to get in contact with Josephs, but no one lived there. It seemed to be just an empty house.
He was unaware that the licence had been improperly come by, otherwise he would not have been using it. The licence did not appear to have been altered.
When he told the Sheriff that he tried to be a business-like man, Sheriff Inglis commented: "You don't seem to have been very business-like in this transaction. You are either a. knave or a fool, I don't know which."
Cross-examined by Mr. John Skeen, deputy fiscal, Edwards admitted that he knew that in the road haulage world A licences were scarcer than gold. But he thought if he saw• something advertised for sale in the paper, all he had to do was go and buy it.
• Finding him guilty, Sheriff Inglis said: "Now that I have convicted him as a knave, I will treat him as a fool. I will content myself with a fine of ES on each charge."
Al at Simms
AYEAR of outstanding progress and
. record output at the works of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., was reported in his annual statement to shareholders by Mr. G. E. Uardet, chairman and managing director of Simms Motor and Electronics Corporation, Ltd.
The purchase of the new factory within a few miles of Finchley, which now houses the whole of the automotive electrical equipment production, left space at the Finchley works to install additional plant to cope with the rising demand for fuel injection equipment, he stated.
Net profit of the Simms Group for the year was £702,647, compared with £489,490 for the previous year.