LICENCE SWALLOWED
MAN ACCUSED IN COURT Said to have swallowed the licence about which a constable was questioning him, a man was given the benefit of the doubt at Croydon Police Court. London. He is Kenneth John Wilks, aged 31, a motor engineer, of Addiscombe. A charge against him of assaulting the police was dismissed. Police Constable O'Dell said he saw Wilks and told him he had reason to believe the licence he held was forged. As he reached out for the licence, Wilks said: "No, you don't," and kicked out at the constable, knocking him back. Before witness could reach for the licence again, Wilks took it out of its holder and swallowed it. Wilks, in Court, denied that tho kick was deliberate. He slipped while reaching for the licence, about which,there had been a dispute, and knocked against the constable by accident.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23281, 25 February 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)
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144LICENCE SWALLOWED New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23281, 25 February 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)
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