"Pirate" Haulier Pays £590 in Fines
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AFORMER builder who ran a " pirate " haulage business even after he had been warned, was prosecuted by the Eastern Licensing Authority, at Southend, last week, and fined a total of £590.
Frank Slater, Mount Road, Benfleet, Essex, was fined £5 on each of 118 summonses which charged him with using nine heavy goods vehicles during February and March, to carry goods for hire or reward, when he did not hold a carrier's licence.
He pleaded guilty, but Mr. V. Moorfoot. defending, said that Slater knew nothing about the regulations a32 regarding licences. All his lorries had now been surrendered to hire-purchase concerns.
Mr. W. F. Bestley, prosecuting, said that Slater's gross profits during the two months were £2322. Trading as R. E. Transport, Morris Road, Canvey Island, he had operated a " pirate " haulage service for five different concerns.
After a warning, Slater said he was taking over A licences from three different concerns, but did not do so, continued Mr. Bestley. He made no application for licences and other operators had no opportunity to object as they would have done had his application been published.