False statement led to refusal
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• When reapplying for an 0 licence to cover one vehicle. Mr J. T. Tempest. a Manchester wastepaper merchant, claimed that he had no previous convictions, when in fact, he had received approximately 25 since 1968.
This was stated at a public inquiry in Manchester last week when the North Western LA, Mr C. R. Hodgson, decided that he would not renew the licence but would consider any future interim application which Mr Tempest cared to make.
Referring to the convictions, Mr Tempest
had earlier told the LA that the vehicle to which the convictions were related, had really belonged to a Mr Taylor, and therefore he himself was not responsible for the offences and added that he would have appealed against the charges -but it would have cost too much".
On announcing that he would not renew the licence, Mr Hodgson said that the false application statement was a "direct lie" and warned Mr Tempest not to operate his vehicle until he had acquired the interim licence.