Larrow Transport changes pleas to guilty
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• Larrow Transport (Northern) Ltd. pleaded guilty to three offences contrary to Section 164 of the Road Traffic Act 1960 (unauthorized use) and three offences contrary to Section 233 of the same Act (displaying a licence identity certificate with intent to deceive), at Woolwich magistrates' 'court on Wednesday. Fines totalling £90 with 20 gns. costs were imposed.
The hearing originally began on August 13 but was adjourned at the request of Larrow's representative, Mr. JacksonLipkin, because Larrow intended to plead not guilty to the three offences under Section 233.
At Wednesday's hearing, however, Mr. P. Kenworthy-Browne, now representing Larrow, changed the pleas on all six counts to guilty and elected summary trial.
Mr. Michael Burrell, for the MoT, said the three vehicles were stopped on three separate occasions. On two of them it was found they were displaying identity discs issued to C. Bristow Ltd. and the other was showing a disc originally issued to Davis Bros. Haulage Ltd.
Mr. Kenworthy-Browne said these offences were committed in between a substantial licence application—the application to licence 108 vehicles purchased from the old Davis Group—and the written decision of the Metropolitan LA, Mr. D. I. R. Muir.
The Davis Group receivers wrote to the depot managers throughout the country asking for the licence identity discs to be returned, said Mr. Kenworthy-Browne. It was probable that some of these were inadvertently left in these particular vehicles and that was how they came to be displayed at the time.
Larrow were unable to rebut these allegations, he said, because the transport manager concerned had left Larrow's employment and could not be traced.
"My last plea", he concluded, "is that the financial position of Mr. Sammy Davis is very grave and it is highly unlikely that he will be able to continue in haulage."