Overweight pigs: overload fine
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• Pig carcases slipping down a rail in a lorry in transit led to a wholesale butchery firm being fined for having too much weight on the front axle.
G. E and G. H. Pointer, of Aylsham Rd, Norwich, was fined £10 for using a lorry with the front axle overloaded. The firm was ordered to pay 5 guineas costs. The front axle was overloaded by 1 ton 6 cwt. The wholesalers pleaded "guilty".
Mr A. F. Jordan, prosecuting, said the maximum on the front axle should have been only 6 tons.
Mr E. A. Rutherford, for the company, said the load had slipped forward, causing the overweight on the front. His clients were aware that the regulations were introduced as a safety measure and were sorry for the incident. Usually, when made up of pig carcases, the load was 16 tons, which was the overall limit for the lorry. This time the carcases must have been heavier than usual.