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.E3,000 FINES ON YORKS OPERATORS A FINE of £2,000, plus 1,200
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guineas costs, was imposed on Bill Wood Ltd,, Garforth, Yorks, and a further fine of £1,000 on William John Wood, a director, at Leeds Assizes last week. Three charges to which a plea of guilty was entered related to conspiracy to alter entries on log sheets with intent to deceive, conspiracy to permit driving more than 11 hours continuously and conspiracy to permit driving without statutory rest periods. The prosecution accepted pleas by Wood of not guilty to 17 related charges, and two similar pleas by the company to further charges of conspiracy.
Mrs. Margaret Wood entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of inciting forgery and to four charges of conspiracy and was discharged. Three of the company's drivers, who pleaded not guilty to five charges of conspiracy to contravene the regulations, were also discharged.
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