THE LAW AND MOTOR - CARS [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
Sin,—Miss Rose Macaulay should have paused and remem- bered, before making her comment on the trial of Lord de Clifford, that the onus is upon the prosecution to prove the charge.
The fact that one car was on the wrong side of the road proved nothing alone. It might well haVe been there, as wa s inferred from the statement of Lord de Clifford's counsel, for a variety of reasons involving neither negligence nor bad manners.
It is ridiculous to suggest that Mr. Justice. Charles ought to have expressed his disapproval of a motorist for driving in a manner which the jury had already held to be blaineless.
On what evidence or on what grounds was the learned judge to assume that driving on the wrong side of the road was a habit of this particular defendant ?
Your contributor's confusion appears to be far greater than that of the legislature.
As for " One driver, may be . . . endorsed " !‘`ours faithfully, CHRISTOPHER HORTON.
Elmbridge, near .Droilwich, Worcestershire.
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