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ciPPEAL by P. Foster !age) Ltd, formerly Beda Haulage Ltd, of Bedagainst a Bedford Crown t ruling that their pleas of to 48 charges alleging permitted drivers to work ssive hours were une)cal, was dismissed last in the High Court.
E.' Crown Court made its in May, 1976, when it issed the company's 11 against conviction by Drd Magistrates in Seper, 1975, and fines total:4,800.
Justice O'Connor, sitting e Queen's Bench Divisio:ourt, said in a reserved Tient that the basis of the pany's appeal against iction was that the mag tes should have eciated during the ing that the defendants pleading guilty only bee of a mistaken belief that had been charged with an lute offence and that lack nowledge of what had ■ ened was no defence.
.t, said the Judge, the istrates had heard nce from a director and the company's transport ager. After that it must been clear to the Magist; that it was "ludicrous" he company to claim that Drily ground for pleading y was a mistaken belief they were charged with lute offences.