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• Manager and Drivers Sent for Trial After Perjury Allegations
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THE manager and two drivers employed by Norman. Green (Fenton), Ltd., trading as Dilhorne Coal Co., Atlas Street, Fenton, appeared at Cheadle magistrates' court last week on charges of perjury and subornation.
It was alleged that Michael Fogden, of Bridgewood Road, Blythe Bridge, and Alfred John Shenton, of The Caravan Site, Woodhead, had wilfully made false statements on daily record sheets, and they had both been ,suborned by Mr. Harold Weaver, the manager, of Woodhouse Lane, Biddulph.
The charges amounted to six and eight counts, respectively, for perjury against Fogden and Shenton, and 14 counts for subornation against Weaver. Mr. G. C. Tinsdill, for the defendants, said that in due course all three would plead guilty.
In opening, Mr. V. A. McKnight said that two vehicles on limited B licences were involved. One was allowed to carry coal within 30 miles of its base, and the other within a 15-mile radius.
Giving evidence, Mr. K. J. Burris, a traffic examiner, said that on May 11 be had seen one of these units leaving the premises of the I3irchenwood Brick and Tile Co., Ltd., Kidsgrove, loaded with bricks. He asked for the delivery note and discovered that the load was bound for Wilmslow. He told the driver, Shenton, that further inquiries would be made.
On May 16, Mr. Burris asked Mr. Weaver for records of the B vehicles for the three months prior to May 11. Weaver said therecords would have to be put in order, and they were duly delivered at Mr. Burris' office.
After a visit to Mr. J. Ainge, manager of Birchenwood, it was revealed that on
numerous occasions the two vehicles had been . carrying bricks outside their authorized radius. Mr. Burris then interviewed Mr. Weaver, who admitted that the records submitted had been false. He stated that he had told Shenton and Fogden to fill in log sheets giving details of coal traffic when, in fact, bricks had been carried. Shenton had pointed out that this was illegal, and Weaver had said he need not do it if he did not wish to. Nobody else employed by Norman Green had known anything about the matter.
Mr. W. R. Whitehurst, a clerk of the bithorne Coal Co., said that he was present when Weaver asked Shenton and Fogden to falsify the records. He heard them protest, but they did as they were asked. Later, as Weaver had been ill, he had delivered the false records to the Licensing Authority's office.
Mr. J. Gregg. manager of the Potteries Independent Road Transport, Ltd., stated that he had asked the Dilhorne Coal Co. to carry bricks, and from March to May orders totalled £1,013.
The case is to be heard at Stafford Assizes on November 29.