LADY MOTORIST FIXED

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 37, 20 June 1927, Page 5

LADY MOTORIST FIXED

THINKS PENALTY UNFAIR. i>iD HOT Shitu CONSTABLE. .Special to “Post." Cill;jbTCiiuliOm, Saturday. “i tio nuu know anything auout it,” said Winured Reynolds wlieu enarged in the Magistrate A Court witii having tailed to stop her cap when signalled) to do- so by a constable. “i am a stranger here, you know,” she added. “I don't know, madanie,” retorted Mr E. 1). Mosley, S.M. Defendant said she did not see the constable signal to her. “Jn any other place the constable would have called out, or attracted Attention in some way,” she declared. The Magistrate: Where have you driven ? Defendant; In London, Sydney, •Brisbane lam on, a tour. If the constable just pufc his hand out and put it down again J. might not have seen him. The Magistrate: You should make yourself acquainted with the signals before driving. Defendant: J. thought I knew them. The Magistrate; Did you see the constable standing there' J Defendant; I cannot remember anything about it at all. I have been thinking as hard as f can. The Magistrate: Evidently you could not have been keeping a proper lookout. Yon are expected to keep a, proper lookout, especially at such, places as the Bank of New Zealand corner. Defendant: The policeman did not, make m 0 aware of his presence. The Magistrate: Yonr want .of care is going to cost you £1 ■ Defendant: I think it is rather imf,Tho Magistrate: Pined 10s and costs 10s-