GUILT NOT CLEARED BY "NOT PROVEN 'I
20th July 1951, Page 36
20th July 1951
Page 36
Page 36, 20th July 1951
— GUILT NOT CLEARED BY "NOT PROVEN 'I
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WHEN an employee of the Special Traffics (Pickfords) Division of British Road Services was accused of theft at Perth Sheriff Court, last week. Mr. A Robinson, Inverness manager, said that the Road Haulage Executive would not necessarily accept a Scottish verdict of "not proven" as absolving the man from guilt. A verdict of guilty would mean the man's instant dismissal. but if one of not proven were returned. further inquiries would be made by his employer. Counsel for the defendant criticized the R.H.E. for basing its treatment of employees purely on English law. Sheriff-substitute A. M. Prain remarked that there was a misapprehension regarding the effect of a verdict of not proven.