Early Press Cuttings
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Prince Hatzfeldt's Motor
Daily Mail, 6th September 1902
Prince Hatzfeldt's motor-car driver, Robert Dennis, was fined £5 and £3 7s costs at the Bakewell Petty Sessions yesterday for driving along the Buxton road, near Haddon Hall, at an excessive speed.
A constable with the aid of an ordinary watch had calculated the speed at over thirty miles per hour, but the prince, who was the principal witness for the defence, gave sworn testimony that his 12-h.p. car was absolutely unequal to such a speed, and was, moreover, geared specially low for hill climbing in the Peak.
Dr. Tyler Pleydell Carter corroborated Prince Hatzfeldts evidence, but the Bench, in convicting, reminded the latter that less wealthy and influential people had an equal right to the safe usage of the roads, and they looked to motorists in his position to set a better example.
The Motor Problem - Two Accidents
Daily Mail, 3rd September 1902
A motor-car belonging to Mr. Prentice, of Kensington House, Newmarket, was being steered around a sharp corner on the road between Newmarket and Ely yesterday, when it skidded and was completely overturned.
The occupants, who consisted of three ladies, two children, and the driver, were thrown out on to the road. One lady had her head injured; and another was badly bruised. The third lady had the heel of one of her shoes driven into the ground and that of the other wrenched off by the force of the impact.
The children and driver escaped miraculously. The car was wrecked.
A motor-car dashed into a hansom cab in South Audley-street, Piccadilly, yesterday afternoon, and the cab was overturned. An elderly lady and a little girl were thrown on to the pavement, and were so injured that they had to be taken to hospital. The driver was unhurt.
Motor-Car Dispute
Daily Mail, 14th November 1902
The charge against Nicholas J. Wood, aged eighteen, living in Jermyn-street, of obtaining a motor-car, valued at £1,600, by false pretences from Mr. D. M. Weige, of the British Automobile Syndicate, Long Acre, was further investigated at Bow-street yesterday.
It was stated in defence that the defendant, who is a ward of court, and son of a former M P. for one of the Durham divisions, would come into a very large fortune at the age of twenty-five. The defendant swore that Mr. Weigel agreed to hold over the cheque for £1,200 which he gave, while his solicitor deposed that he warned the plaintiff that Mr. Wood was not in a position to purchase the motor-car.
The case was again adjourned.
At the Divisional Petty Sessions, Newbury, yesterday Thomas Homyer, described as of the Central Motor-Car Company, Tottenham-street, Tottenham Court-road, was fined £1, including costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment, for driving a motor-car without exhibiting a red light in the rear of the machine. The defendant did not appear.
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