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)ontainer Infringed Length Rules, Say Magistrates ANCASTER magistrates last week
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fined -a driver. Mr. J. W. Thurlow, f Cockermouth, £2, and his employer, ohn Stamper (Farms) Ltd., of Dearharn, 5 for using a cattle transporter on 'ebruary 16 which exceeded an overall mgth of 30 ft.
The police stated that the container ad four bolts to fix it to the flat platform f the transporter. These bolts were rusty ad indicated that they had been in the ame position for some time. The overang, it was alleged, measured 2 ft. 11 in.
For the company and the driver, who leaded not guilty, Mr, T. H. Campbell Wardlaw said that as the container was moveable and interchangeable it did not and could not amount in law to a reconstruction of the vehicle. He argued that the vehicle was being operated within the limits prescribed by the law.
This case, he said, was not parallel in material particulars with the Hughes and Co. (Carlisle) Ltd. case which had been the subject of an appeal to the High Court from a previous decision of the magistrates.
Despite this, the magistrates found the case proved,