Amos Bull, carter of Stony Stratford, was summoned for making a false statement as to the tare weight of the vehicle of which he had charge, at Castlethorpe, on March 7. Mr. C. J. Allinson, of Stony Stratford and Northampton, defended, and pleaded not guilty. Thomas Kyle Inspector of Weights and Measures stated he saw the defendant delivering coal at Castlethorpe on the day in question. He asked him what was the tare weight of the vehicle, and the defendant replied. “1 ton. 2cwt. 2 qrs.,” and the ticket produced bore the same weight. Witness weighed the vehicle, and found the tare weight to be 11cwt. 1qr. In his evidence the defendant said the tare weight of the vehicles was 11 cwt. 1 qr., and when the officer asked him, that was the weight he told the Inspector. The weight on the ticket was 1 ton 2cwt. 2 qrs., but that was because he delivered coal to that particular purchaser in two lots, and had only one ticket, on which was included combined the particulars from the two weighbridge tickets. Jos. Jelley, manager of the Co-operative Society at Stony Stratford, by whom the defendant was employed, said the man was merely delivering coal which had been previously ordered by members of the Society. The Bench decided to convict. They were convinced that the defendant did make a false statement, but that he made it under a dedeptive idea that he was saying what was right. It should be understood that tickets must be delivered with each load. Fined 10s. and 9s. 6d. costs.