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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and a Motor Case&#039;&#039; is a letter written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] published in [[The Eastbourne Gazette]] on 1 june 1927.<br /> <br /> <br /> == Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and a Motor Case ==<br /> [[File:the-eastbourne-gazette-1927-06-01-p12-sir-arthur-conan-doyle-and-a-motor-case.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[The Eastbourne Gazette]] (1 june 1927, p. 12)]]<br /> <br /> Sir, — A case which has excited a good deal of indignation among those motorists who know the facts, has been dealt with recently by the Eastbourne bench. The defendant was going along, it is admitted, at a fairly high speed, but the road was empty, save for some schoolboys at the end of it, who waved that all was clear. I have the testimony of two passengers in the car that no possible danger was threatened to any human beings, and yet the savage sentence of the magistrates was a fine of £15, 15s. costs and, what is worst of all to a motorist, endorsement of the licence, and suspension for a year. It should be mentioned that the defendant had no previous conviction in his record.<br /> <br /> Such unjust judgments are calculated to give Eastbourne a bad name among the motor community, whose goodwill means much to a pleasure resort.<br /> <br /> ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.<br /> : Gignell Wood &lt;ref&gt;Typo in the newspaper, the correct spelling is &quot;Bignell Wood&quot;.&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> :: Minstead,<br /> ::: Lyndhurst.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ----<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> ----<br /> * [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Complete Works|Back to Complete Works]]<br /> * [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Back to Conan Doyle]]</div>

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