Applicant Wrote Letters of Support—Objectors
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ALARGE bundle of "supporting letters " which was handed to the Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. J. H. E. Randolph, in a case at Leeds, last week, was written mainly by the applicant and his son, alleged Mr. P. Kenny, who objected on behalf of three livestock hauliers, to an application by a farmer, Mr. L. Carter, Halifax.
Mr. Carter wanted to use a horsebox for carrying livestock, agricultural goods, implements and wood within 25 miles. Mr. Kenny said two of the alleged letterwriters had since written to the objectors repudiating everything in the letters. They said they had signed only as a gesture of good will to a neighbour.
Answering Mr. Kenny, the applicant said he was surprised to learn that one
of the letters handed in was from a man who could not write. Mr. Randolph asked what he meant by describing the vehicle as a horsebox when it was obviously an open cattle .truck. The logbook had obviously been altered.
Mr. Kenny submitted that the application was unreliable, as it was for a horsebox which was not a horsebox, supported by letters from farmers who did not write them, and was made by a man who kept shifting his ground during the hearing.
Addressing Mr. Randolph, the applicant declared: "I think I had better get a lawyer. You don't seem to believe my witnesses. I don't know where I am."
Mr. Randolph: "You will soon know, as I am now going to tell you. You have not made out a case, and I am refusing your application."
500 MOBILE SHOPS ORDERED ORDERS for nearly 500 mobile shops for delivery this year have already been received by Smith's Delivery Vehicles, Ltd., Team Valley, Gatesheadon-Tyne, 11. Production is likely to approach 1,000 units.
Last year's output was 20 per cent. higher than in 1956.