Post Office had been duplicated. Mr W. J. King, for the defence, said that the offence had been entirely an innocent one. After the car had been returned to his client he had had new wheels and tyres fitted on, and the car had been used as a demonstration car. It had been sold as such. Instead of notifying the change of ownership he had re-registered the vehicle in the name of Peart. This practice was followed by many garage proprietors in_ ignorance of the Act, he added. Taking into consideration the fact that the case was the first of its kind to come before the Court in Hamilton, Their Worships ordered defendant to pay costs only.
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Thames Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 17579, 19 March 1929, Page 8
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