Siddle C. Cook, Ltd., Guilty, say Magistrates
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v NARESBOROUGH, Yorkshire, INmagistrates last week found Siddle C. Cook, Ltd., of Consett, Co. Durham, guilty on four counts of illegally operating vehicles. They were fined £4 on each charge, plus costs.
Last August the company pleaded not guilty to charges, instigated by the Northern Licensing Authority, of operating articulated vehicles earlier in the year in excess of 32 tons. Evidence was brought by the prosecution to show that the vehicles were being operated as articulated units within the meaning of the Construction and Use Regulations.
At the hearing, Mr. T. H. Campbell WardIaw, for the defendants, reminded the magistrates that in April they had been asked to find that, on the same dates and carrying the same loads, the vehicles were operating as tractors and trailers— the charge then being that they were not carrying the requisite number of attendants. The charges had been dismissed on that occasion.
In August, after rejecting a submission of no case to answer by Mr. Wardlaw, the magistrates reserved their decision for six weeks.