Constable Identifies Wrong Man—But Case Proved.'
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Although awrong, man was identi. fied in a case at Dundee. Sheriff Court, last week, the Sheriff held that identification was proved. A man, who pleaded not guilty to havirig •driven a lorry at a speed exceeding 20 m.p.h., was identified by a police constable who had followed him in a car. A second constable, however, identified an official from the sheriff clerk's office.
The solicitor for the defence said be did not think that the fisc.a11/2 had estabblished the identity of the accusedThe actual person must be identified. He asked that' the .case be dismissed. .Sheriff Malcolm said that the•.oirly point, on which the second constable did not come up to the full length of the first was that he identified the wrong Man. This was not sufficient to be a case of wrong identification. He found the charge proved and imposed a fine of 20s. The driver's licence Was endorsed.