Courts of Summary Jurisdiction
| Date | 01 July 1962 |
| Published date | 01 July 1962 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002201836202600301 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
The
Journal
of
Criminal Law
VOL. XXVI. No. 3
JULy-SEPTEMBER,
1962
Courts of Summary Jurisdiction
REFRESHING MEMORY FROM A
WRITIEN
STATEMENT MADE TO
POLICE
Gleed o, Stroud
ON the
nth
May, 1961 at the South Western Magistrates'
Court Brian Morris Gleed wasfound guilty of dangerous
driving.
Mr.
Stevenson, a vital witness, said in evidence that he
was driving a Hillman motor-car along Clapham Park Road
on
the
16th December, 1960 towards Clapham followed by
another car.
There
were two lines of traffic coming in the
opposite direction when a large chocolate-coloured lorry swung
out making a third line. Mr. Stevenson and the following
car had to brake hard to avoid a collision.
The
lorry swerved
round the wrong side of a traffic island and continued on its
way.At this juncture Mr. Stevenson noted
the
number of the
lorry and wrote it on an envelope. He at once telephoned New
Scotland Yard and within two hours went to Brixton Police
Station where a police constable wrote down a statement at
his dictation. Mr. Stevenson read the statement, checked the
number of
the
lorry he had given from the number on the
envelope, and then signed it. At court Mr. Stevenson was
unable to identify the driver and unfortunately had destroyed
the
envelope.
The
magistrate, Mr. Glenn Craske, allowed him
to refresh his memory of the number of the lorry from
the
written statement made to the police.
It
was
LDN
736.
The
defendant, Gleed, had been subsequently seen by the
police and had completed a form naming himself as the driver
of the lorry
LDN
736 on the date in question. He made no
admission as to being involved in the incident.
Gleed lodged an appeal and this was heard by the Appeals
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