BRIDEGROOM'S PLIGHT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 27 June 1911, Page 7

BRIDEGROOM'S PLIGHT.

OF IMPRISONMENT THREE DAYS BEFORE MARRIAGE. MOTORIST FINED £3O. The plight of a bridegroom—am aTdeat motorist—who appeaicd "in the well of fclie Court of Middlesex Sessions, was emphasised by tine presence of his brdie who aecnmi>;i.i).iecl | liim. They were iiowlv-wed, and their hap pines \va; disturbed by the thought whether th'2 bridegroom would be sent to prison for .: month. The psse was or.© in which N'.i<3jl Macklin, of Elm Park-gardens. Chelsea, appealed' against a sentence of on-e iii<>iv..Ji'c, imprison-m-entt passedi uroon him at Felt ham Petty Sessions on Feb. 27 for driving a motor-car without having a license.

Mr G. Elliott., K.C. for the a.ppe]|anit\ odm if H.ed that s J\£r Macklin had one conviction fen- dangerous driving and. five for exceeding the He was a. young man who was studying for the Rat. and he .took an. active' and intelligent interest, in motor driv.inig and aviation'. His was frequently abroad, and was in Algeria on December 7.' when he was fined, with costs, a sum of £l4 by the Mortlake magistrates and disqualified' for diriying a car for twelve months for -exceedinpr the speed- limit and for failing to produce his license. Wh-eni he returned from jj.lgeira'a a police officeir ca.rjed on him at "Elm, Pa.rk-gar-disns and told himi s(ie had to pay £l'4. but Mi- MaiekLin had' no .recollection., of "Dpin-Gc -told -that his license was revoked for twelve months. ■• Accordingly he Ve- = nmod driving. : ' M,r iNiiacikijin, coiinis©! proceeded', did not pKOvnitally lappisar before the PeJthSm magistrates', and'the Bench believed that thir. dftferdiant knew that - he was suspended, and:, regarding him as a young 1 mian who wa,s beyond control. they sentenced hini to one month's impa-ison-me-nt. ' The Fen'tence''was',passed on a Monday, and Mr M-acklin was to be mair.ried to a very charmiing amid, .attractive young lady o.n; 'the- folio wincr Thursday. : 'Presents had been..' received and guests bidden to the feast, and; th/* sentence came not in 'the form of a wedding present, but as a bolt from the blue. The mau-Hage. however. took place ,and! the happy couple were before the- court.

Tlie appellant unreservedly apologised to the magistrailes and 1 promised not to off-end. again. Mr Montagu S'ha.rpe.. the rh'iit-man:, aninoainced that the appeal would be allowed as far as the impirisoniment was concerned'. The appellant had brought'the trouble on himself by his lax behaviour. Tlie Bench thought a fin© of £3O and costsi would meet the case.