Plea of Guilty
Mr W. A. Harlow. S.M., received a surprise in the Hastings Magistrate’s Court when a defendant admitted on an ornately inscribed roll of parchment his guilt of a traffic offence. Examining the parchment, the Magistrate said: “It confesses guilt and expresses penitence for a sin of commission. I feel I would be less than human if I did not accede in some measure to the supplications.” Sydney Charles Harvey, a former London police sergeant now living in Hastings, confirmed that “thy miserable seitraat’s horseless carriage did indeed ana to my shame and to my sorrow" remain in Karamu road longer than the permitted 60 minutes. After examining defendant's seat the Magistrate commented: “Convicted and ordered to pa £ but let him be assured that any further commissions wil find the Court is steely heart."
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26692, 28 March 1952, Page 6
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