| Surname: | Dyson |
| Initials: | J A |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 7598501 |
| Notes: | CMP. Formerly Royal Army Ordnance Corps, transferred to CMP. 21/11/45 Discharged. James Albert Dyson. Extract from the Bognor Regis Observer 25/7/1942. ALLEGED CARLESS DRIVING. COMPANY DIRECTOR FINED AT BOGNOR. Arthur Benjamin Leigh, a Company Director living at Fortuna, Southdean Drive, Middleton was fined £5 with 10s costs and his licence endorsed at Bognor Police Court last Thursday, for alleged careless driving. Later his solicitor who had been a passenger in his car at the time of the alleged offence and had appeared as a witness for the defence, gave notice of appeal. Mr Leigh pleased not guilty through Mr M W Osborn (instructed by Messrs. Beaumont Son & Rigden) Lance Corporal James Ashwood Dyson of the Corps of Military Police said that on June 3rd at about 2/15 pm with Lance Corporal Mascall he was travelling from Felpham towards the railway crossing and on reaching the triangle the speed of their motorcycles was approximately 25 mph. At the triangle a cream coloured car continued on out of the Upper Bognor road at a speed he alleged of 20 -25 mph. The car did not stop but picked up speed and carried on. The witness said had not quite reached the opening and the car caused them to skid as it came right across the road and continued on. In reply Mr Osborne witness said he did not see a taxi in front of the defendant's car. Lance Corporal Mascall gave corroborative evidence and other witness for the prosecution were Laurence Bailey, of Nye timber and Ellen Lucy Picket, of East Dome, Upper Bognor Road. For the defence Mr Osborne submitted that it was impossible to turn into the road at the alleged speed of 25 mph. Defendant on oath said that as he approached the triangle there was bus and a taxi in front and the latter passed the bus. As he went out from the triangle he heard squeaking of brakes. His speed he affirmed was nothing approaching the 20-25mph alleged. To Superintendent E M Savage defendant said that he stopped at the triangle and came out when the motorcyclists were stationary, 10 - 12 yards away. Kenneth Claud Rigden, of Summerly a solicitor practising in London, and a passenger in the car, gave evidence in support. |