Gaol Term And Fines For Black Market Deals In Wool Waste
LONDON, Dec. 19. Norman Marshall, 43, haulage contractor was fined £7OOO and sentenced to six months' imprisonment by Mr. ; Justice Delvin at the Leeds Assizes. I Marshall pleaded guilty to a con- ; soiraev to contravene the wool control regulations and to seven counts of illegally disposing of wool waste. Mr. JiwLc ■ "ir - -su did j not merely deal in the black market: vou created one The business in which you are the principal share- j •older and director was formed wholly or mainly for dealing in wool waste .'.legally, and the company was brought to an end as soon as the discovery of , he illegal activities was threatened." j Frederick William Trimnel, woollen nanufaclurer. who the prosecution ‘ ated had bought wool waste from Marshall illegally, was fined £7OOO and ordered to pay £IOOO slerling toward the cost of the prosecution, j William Oddy and Co. of which j Trimnel was managing director, were | fined £3SU and ordered to pay £IOOO ; costs. |
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22825, 21 December 1948, Page 4
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