The Archive · 1921

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diminutive boy was charged in the Traffic Court with ignoring police signals when driving a motor car and also with driving without a permit. He had _previously been fined for driving while unlicensed and was told by the police that he was too small to manage a car. Mr, J, H. Liddell said that the boy wag not at fault, as witness had taken him out in the car to teach him to' drive and was giving him instruc tion at the time. What he did was at witnesses' orders.

Mr. Hutchison:—But do you suggest he did not break the regulations because what he did was what you told him to do? He will be fined $20 for disobeying police signals and $35 for driving without a permit.

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