|
William Spencer Johnson, auctioneer’s assistant, Mil[ford] Leys, Castlethorpe , was summoned for using a motorcycle under a limited trade licence issued to Thomas Brumwell, and not being a prospective purchaser, and using the machine on test or trial, at Yardley Gobion, on October 3rd. Thomas Brumwell was summoned for aiding and abetting. Mr. R. H. Redfern represented both defendants, and pleaded not guilty. P.C. Willoughby deposed to stopping Johnson on the road from Stratford to Yardley, when he was informed that the machine was on trial. Defendants could not produce the duplicate of the register. P.S. Summers corroborated, and added that, in company with P.S. Stritton, of Bucks Constabulary, he visited Brumwell’s premises. The latter said he lent the machine to Johnson as a friend, and he was too busy to give him a duplicate of the entry into the register. It was not on trial. Mr. Refern submitted that Johnson was a prospective purchaser. Johnson stated that his own machine was being repaired by Brumwell. His brother, for whom he was purchasing, had now left him. The Bench considered Johnson had committed a technical offence and dismissed the case on payment of costs. Brumwell had already been fined for this offence.
|
