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Two Fined for Illegal Running
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rAA PROTEST against the fact that on two occasions before being "pounced upon" by licensing officials, two operators of taxis and minibuses were watched while they used their vehicles in contravention of the regulations, was made by a defending solicitor at Cockermouth (C umberlan d) magistrates' court last week.
"I would doubt very much if this is quite the sort of justice one would expect—to be watched on previous occasions in order to build up evidence for the case—at least there should have been a warning," declared Mr, G. W. Tredell, the solicitor.
Mr. Iredell was defending Alfred Simpson, of 10 New Street, Cockermouth, who pleaded guilty to four summonses for permitting the use of two vehicles on April 8 last, for stage carriage work without road service or public service vehicle licences. He was fined £1 in each case and ordered to pay £3 13s, costs.
Elizabeth Jane Kirkpatrick, Thomas Kirkpatrick and James Kirkpatrick (trading as Thomas Kirkpatrick and Sons), of Sibson House, Great Broughton, also pleaded guilty to permitting the use of a vehicle for express carriage work without road service or public service vehicle licences on the same day. They were fined in each case with a total of £4 2s. costs.
Explaining that the bench felt that nominal fines would meet the cases, the chairman Mr. R. L. Wyllie, said the prosecutions had been brought under complex regulations, but owners of taxis and public hire vehicles should be quite aware of the details.
Mr. G. N. Worthing, prosecuting for the Northern Traffic Commissioners, said that Simpson had been given a memorandum of the relevant regulations and warned against operating a lunch-time service.
In the Kirkpatricks' case, a minibus had been seen previously with a full load and on April 8, when being driven by Mary Isabella Kirkpatrick, it was found that the passengers—all factory workers—had paid Is. 6d. or 2s. each. Mr. Kirkpatrick said he did not know he was committing an offence.
For Simpson, Mr. Iredeli said that because employees at the factory often wanted to go to Friday night dances, one of them had arranged with Mr. and Mrs. Simpson to get them •home earlier than by the buses of Cumberland Motor Services, Ltd. Mr. Simpson had also been approached by workers to take them to housing estates at lunch-time. He began to do it, thinking it was legitimate as no buses were going there, but stopped when he discovered it was wrong to run unlicensed.
James Kirkpatrick, who was in court butnot represented. had nothing to say.