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Yorkshire L.A. Upheld in Express Appeal
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WJOMEN working for the Whitby IN Shellfish Company found travelling on public transport embarrassing because of smell from their clothes. So their employers arranged for a private bus to take them to and from work. This led to an appeal in the High Court last week before Lord Parker (the Lord Chiei J ustice) and two 'other judges.
The judges, sitting at the Queen's Bench Divisional Court, ruled that the bus owner, Mr. A. E. Wilson, of Staithes Motor Service, Staithes, Whitby. committed an offence by causing the bus to be used as an "express carriage" without a road service licence.
The court allowed with costs an appeal by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority against the dismissal by magistrates at Whitby on June 2 of a summons against Mr. Wilson. The case was remitted to the magistrates with a direction to convict Mr. Wilson of the offence. Mr. Wilson did not appear and was not represented.
Lord Parker said the company paid £15 a week for the bus. The women made contributions representing about half this sum. These payments, the judge ruled, were fares, and the fact that separate fares were paid made the vehicle an express carriage.