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A S a result of what the prosecutor Pi described as "one of the most deliberate offences ever brought before this court," Fletchers (Leeds), Ltd., Buslingthorpe Lane, Leeds, was fined a total of £17 12s. 4d., including costs and advocate's fee, at Wakefield, for using coaches on contract work without having public service vehicle licences for them. The defendant company pleaded guilty on three summonses.
It was stated that the coaches were used to take Leeds Rugby League Football Club supporters to Wakefield, despite two warnings by Ministry of Transport officials that no public service vehicle licences had been issued for the three vehicles concerned.• Stanley Fletcher, secretary of the defendant company, said that he had intended, visiting the Licensing Authority's offices on the Monday following the Saturday on which the coaches were used, as he had taken on a new partner. He had already arranged to take the parties to the football match, and could not find alternative facilities.