The Archive · 1930

H, M. Police Court

Traffic Offender Warned In He M. Police Court on April 4 Before Bir. C. G. O. Anderson, Acting Registrar, the Economic Shipping Bureau, 106 Szechuen Road, were summoned for overloading trucks on March 21 and March 31, The Bureau pleaded guilty.

Inspector J. Sullivan, prosecuting, said that both trucks were operating ox Broadway. On the first occasion, the land exceeded the licenced capacity by $20 Ib, and on the second by 1,460 Ib.

Imposing a fine of $14.80, the equivalent "of £1, on each charge, Mr, Anderson commented on the Bureau's consistent infringement of traffic regulation:

"Within the last five or six months you have appeared in this court on even different occasions, always on the same charge," Mr. Anderson said, addressing a representative of the Bureau, "and it seems to me hat you ave setting the police and the traffic regulations at defiance. I would like to say that as long as I preside over this court I do not propose to countenance this insistent defiance of traffic regular! money to the company. A case of eceoa was sold to the Sincere Ca. for $106 anda case of beer to the Hollandisehe "Restaurant, together with some pads to the Sun Sun Ca.

The first witness was Mr. E. H. McMichael, managing director the complainant firm, who corroborated Mr. Winter's statement.

Cross-examined by Mr. Wing, witness said that he had asked recused to pay for the goods, the next day.

Mr~Wing:—Mr. MeMichael_has put this unhappy man up as criminal because he does not pay] his bills the next day, I doubt whether anyone in Court does that.

Witness denied being hard on accused, who had embezzled the ney from the firm and it was witness's duty, as managing direc-for of a limited liability company, te take action.

Joseph Klinck and C. F. Tam, 2 the complainant company, also testified, the latter saying that he wrive instructions for the issue of Koods to salesmen but that he did not issue them himself. He had been compradore since last January) Lut did not know how many conipradores the firm had during the past few years J.T. Monehen, of the Hollané che Restaurant, denied seeing defendant Lefore.' Two cases of beer}

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