COURT QUIZ ON IDENTITY METHODS .sx Police methods of holding identity parades were questioned in a Darlington court today by Mr. Colin Black , defending solicitor for 28-year-old unemployed labourer , James Rudd Fenwick of Estoril Road , Darlington .sx Det .sx -Con. Henry Hammond gave evidence that he and Mr. James Hughes , another witness in the case , had been standing in Northgate on Sunday , October 8 .sx Mr. Hughes had recognised a man who had asked D.C. Hammond for a light .sx Cross-examination .sx Cross-examining , Mr. Black asked :sx " Did you suggest to Mr. Hughes that this could be the " - " No .sx " " Why were you in " - " We were there with a view to identifying the defendant .sx I had asked Mr. Hughes to come along .sx " " Ah , is this the way to carry out an identity parade ?sx " Mr. Stanley Walton , prosecuting , stood up .sx " I object .sx It was not an identity parade .sx " Question reframed .sx Mr. Black :sx " I'll reframe the question .sx You have been trained in methods of identity parade .sx Is this the correct " - " There is no strict way .sx " " You refuse to give a straight " - " No , sir .sx I answered your question .sx " Mr. Walton rose again :sx " He has said there is no strict way .sx " Mr. Black :sx " Let me reframe again .sx Is there any recommended " - " Yes , when applicable .sx " " This wasn't such a " - " No .sx " " Why were you particularly in " - " I knew the defendant was coming along .sx Some member of the force had asked him to come to the police station .sx " " Had Hughes been shown photographs of the " - " Yes .sx " " And other " - " Yes .sx " Sent for trial .sx Fenwick was sent for trial to the next Durham Quarter Sessions on charges of taking a car without the owner's consent , stealing a car radio and driving while disqualified .sx Bail was allowed and a defence certificate granted .sx Through Mr. Black , Fenwick denied all three charges and reserved his defence .sx When he elected to go for trial on a third count , a fourth case of driving while uninsured was adjourned 6sine die .sx When Fenwick arrived at the court- 20 minutes late- Mr. Black apologised for him .sx " He has two children and his wife is expecting another , " he said .sx " He has had to arrange for his mother-in-law to come in before he could come out .sx " Fenwick was on his way to court when police were sent to look for him .sx Parked car .sx Darlington company director Mr. Brian Neasham said he had parked the company's car on waste ground next to their Bowes Street premises .sx This was on October 4 .sx When he returned an hour later the car was gone .sx It was returned to him by Middlesbrough police the next day .sx " It wasn't damaged in any way , but the radio was missing .sx " Outlining the case , Mr. Walton said :sx " In fairness to the defendant he wasn't with the car when it was found abandoned .sx " Mr. Hughes , a garagehand at Neasham's said he was sweeping the yard when a man he recognised as the defendant came to the gate .sx He said he was wanting a van or something , and Mr. Hughes said he would have to see Mr. Burley , the commercial manager .sx The defendant said he was waiting for his brother , waited some time and then went .sx Later he returned .sx When he returned , said Mr. Hughes , " I pointed Mr. Burley out to him .sx " Later Mr. Hughes saw that the car had gone .sx Cross examined by Mr. Black , Mr. Hughes agreed that he had never seen the man before , and had only seen him once since .sx He was certain that the defendant was the same man .sx " He was wearing a light fawn coloured mac and a greyish flat cap , " said Mr. Hughes .sx But he agreed :sx " I wasn't taking much notice of the man .sx I wasn't suspicious or anything .sx " When he saw Fenwick on the Sunday he was wearing " a suit of a khaki drill colour .sx " Heard car .sx Mr. Kenneth Burley could not give a positive identification of anyone in court .sx But he had seen a man at the gate .sx Said Mr. Burley :sx " He was supposed to be waiting for his brother and interested in a van .sx " Objected Mr. Black :sx " Surely that's hearsay ?sx " Retorted Mr. Walton :sx " If you don't want it , we'll miss it out .sx " Mr. Burley said he heard the engine of Mr. Neasham's car start up and stall twice .sx He realised that it was not one of their drivers or Mr. Neasham in the car , and ran towards it .sx It moved off across the waste ground towards Brunswick Street .sx " I ran after the car as it turned into Brunswick Street .sx The driver looked back and I could see it was the same man who had stood at the gate .sx He was wearing a light coloured raincoat and a cloth cap .sx " At Middlesbrough .sx Middlesbrough welder Mr. Alan Breckon , of Snowdon Street told the court he was in Middlesbrough on the corner of Sussex Street and Richmond Street on the night of October 4 .sx A man came out of a cafe and asked him the way to Darlington , and then to Stockton .sx He recognised the man as the defendant .sx The man got into a car about 15 yards away and drove off .sx It was a green Ford Consul , he said .sx Cross examined he said :sx " It was an ordinary green Ford Consul with a hard top- like an ordinary saloon .sx It was definitely not a convertible .sx " He was sure it was a Consul and not a Zephyr .sx The man was wearing " a greyish coloured jacket , no raincoat .sx " There was a street lamp on the other side of the road about 24 feet away .sx On duty .sx Re-examined by Mr. Walton he said he could not tell the difference between a Consul and a Zephyr and this car " was going away fast .sx " Middlesbrough policeman Colin Redman said he was on duty in Gosford Street walking towards Sussex Street when he saw a green Ford Zephyr parked outside a cafe .sx " Before I came on duty I had received information that made me interested in this car .sx " When it drove towards him with headlights full on , he put up his hand and flashed his torch .sx The driver ignored the signal and he had to jump out of the way .sx He recognised the defendant as the driver .sx He was wearing " a corduroy flat cap , sports jacket and dark trousers .sx " Cross examined he said he was about 20 yards from the man when he got into the car .sx It was definitely a convertible .sx The street lighting was sulphur lights on standards about 30 feet high .sx At Northgate .sx He agreed with Mr. Black that sulphur lighting sometimes cast a peculiar colour on people's faces , but " the cafe strip lighting was also on and the car was outside .sx " The nearest light was " about six feet in front of the car .sx " Was he sure of that , asked Mr. Black .sx " I'm fairly sure of my answer .sx " " So the last witness must be wrong if he says 24 feet ?sx " went on Mr. Black .sx - " Yes .sx " D. C. Hammond said the defendant had asked him for a light in Northgate on the Sunday .sx He had been with Mr. Hughes in Northgate .sx The defendant had been wearing " a green checked suit .sx " Reserved defence .sx When charged at the police office with taking without consent , Fenwick said :sx " I've never been anywhere near the place " .sx He said he was in Middlesbrough on the Wednesday and came back by taxi about midnight .sx " I had a girl to meet , but I went on the bus about six o'clock .sx I didn't take any car .sx " Charged with the other offences later he made no reply .sx Durham policeman John Middlemiss said Fenwick had been convicted of taking without consent , driving while disqualified , using an uninsured vehicle , and using obscene language at a Durham court in 1956 .sx He had then been banned from driving for ten years .sx When the charges were read to him in court , through Mr. Black , Fenwick said :sx " I plead 'Not Guilty' and reserve my defence .sx " LADY CHAYTOR FINED +50 AND BANNED .sx Lady Patricia Chaytor- well-known as a horse lover- was fined +50 and banned from driving for six months at Bishop Auckland today following a collision involving two National Hunt jockeys .sx The wife of Sir William Chaytor , she lives in the 50-roomed Witton Castle in the picturesque village of Witton-le-Wear .sx DENIED CHARGE .sx On the advice of her solicitor Lady Chaytor , who denied a charge of dangerous driving , did not go into the witness box .sx Jerry Scott ( last year's winner of the Grand National ) and his jockey friend Pat McCarron , gave evidence for the prosecution .sx " These two men almost ended up in the West Auckland Cemetery- in more senses than one , " said Mr. H. Hewitt , prosecuting .sx While driving towards Darlington through West Auckland they saw another car approaching- on their side of the road .sx QUICK THINKING .sx " Only the quick thinking of Pat saved a head-on collision , " Scott told the court .sx He said that as the other car drew near McCarron swung their car sharply to the other side of the road .sx " But there was still a slight collision and the other car drove on .sx I could not repeat what I said then !sx " The two jockeys in Scott's car turned around using the open gates of the cemetery and chased after the other car .sx They finally caught up with it at West Auckland .sx " I kept my eye on it from the moment it smashed into us , " Scott said .sx " When I got out of my car- if you will excuse the expression- I said to the woman driver , 'What the hell are you doing ?sx ' But she did not reply .sx " SLIGHT DAMAGE .sx PC John Peacock said that when he arrived he found some slight damage on the nearside of Lady Chaytor's car .sx She refused to make a statement , he said , and told him :sx " I have never had an accident before , and I was never on the wrong side of the road .sx " When told about proceedings being taken she was alleged to have said , " You can do what you like .sx " For Lady Chaytor , Mr. N. Foster , of Darlington , said that she did not think that bringing his client into the witness-box would be of any assistance " Because she cannot recollect this incident .sx " He said she had been driving for 25 years and had no previous convictions .sx RECEIVED DRUGS .sx " She stoutly denies this charge and she has not the slightest recollection of this accident .sx " Two days before this , he said , Lady Chaytor had been in hospital for observation and during that time had received drugs , some of which contained an element of pheno-barbitone .sx " The only conclusion she can come to regarding this accident is that when it happened she was suffering from drowsiness as a result of the drugs which had been given to her .sx " YOUTHS STOLE PETROL FROM PARKED CAR .sx A +200 motor-cycle bought to keep a 16-year-old youth out of trouble landed him in a court before the first hire-purchase payment was due .sx Speaking on behalf of her son before a Darlington court today a working mother said that " his heart had been so set on a motor-bike " that she had paid a +50 deposit so that he could have one for his birthday .sx She added that she had not yet begun to pay the balance at the rate of +2 10s a week .sx SAID HE WOULD HELP .sx Asked by the chairman of the Bench , Mr. J. Hemingway , how much her son paid for his keep out of the +3 18s he had just begun to earn , she replied :sx " I let him keep it for himself ; he has had to pay for tax and insurance but said he would help out with the payments .sx " The youth appeared with another motor-cyclist , Henry Ernest Chapman ( 19 ) , of Railway Cottages , Hurworth Place , on a joint charge of stealing petrol .sx They pleaded guilty .sx Prosecuting , Chief-Insp .sx James Richardson said that two policemen found Chapman and the youth hiding in a yard off Skinner-gate on the evening of October 30 .sx Asked what they were doing they said they were looking for a motor-cycle , but when further questioned , Chapman said :sx " O.K. They've found us out .sx "