UNUSUAL CASE
OVERLOADED BEFORE INSPECTOR. What must surely class as one of the most unusual cases of overloading heard in the local Court for a long time was heard when G. Pax- j ton was charged with overloading this morning. The defendant said that he had turned into a sideroad and was loading fence posts when the inspector, Mr. McKenzie, ar- j rived. They chatted for some time • during which time he completed • the half finished loading operations, l and then Mr. McKenzie asked, “Have you finished loading?” Paxton re- ? plied that he had, and the inspector .' said he had better weigh him. ’ “You could have knocked me down with a feather when I found that I was 13cwt overweight,” said the de- < fendant. The Magistrate: Yes, I expect you : could. I’ve never came across a • case like this' before. I - A fine of £l, costs 12s> was impos- > ed, the Magistrate commenting that f he could hardly differentiate be- (■ tween this and an ordinary case of j overloading. V , '
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4762, 22 October 1935, Page 5
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170UNUSUAL CASE King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4762, 22 October 1935, Page 5
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