LORRY DRIVERS FINED FOR DEFRAUDING EMPLOYERS F OR being concerned in
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what the prosecuting solicitor, Mr. J. T. lialsall, described as a " raCket " for obtaining expenses when away on long-distance journeys, seven lorry drivers were; at North London Magistrates' Court, last week; each fined £5 or 28 days.
The defendants, who pleaded guilty, . were charged with obtaining money by false pretentes from their employers, Messrs, R. J. Weeks, transport contractors, of Hackney, .London, E.
Mr., Halsall told the magistrate that the defendants were not the only men . who had being doing this and that . others would in' due course appear. before hini.
He explained that in the vast majority of cafes which the men visited while away, free parking space was provided. The defendants were charging expenses for parking and even had docket s with false and convincing names of parking places that did not exist at all. _
All the men. had made statements saying how they could buy the tickets and that other drivers would not like it if they did not fall into line.
The defendants all asked for Other similar offence's' to be taken ...into considera tion . •