DRIVER CLEARED AFTER CONVICTION
4th March 1955, Page 42
4th March 1955
Page 42
Page 42, 4th March 1955
— DRIVER CLEARED AFTER CONVICTION
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F1FTEEN minutes after being convicted, in his absence, of exceeding the 30 m.p.h. limit in a built-up area at Bigrigg. a driver was cleared of the charge when the clerk of Whitehaven magistrates' court discovered that there was no restricted area in the village concerned, and that the defendant should have been prosecuted for exceeding the speed limit applicable to a goods vehicle.
Harry Hardy, Ashbury Street. Manchester, was stated to have driven at 38-43 m.p.h. in a lorry weighing 71 tons gross. A line of £3 had been imposed, with an endorsement of his driving licence.