Daniel Smith, an Army veteran who was 90 when he died at a hospital in Washington, D.C., was one of the last remaining children of enslaved Black Americans, and a rare direct link to slavery in the United States.
He grew up hearing stories from his father, who was born into bondage during the Civil War. Decades later, he marched for civil rights in Washington and Selma.
Boston Magistrates Court.
influence of drugs and without insurance and was appearing for sentence at Boston Magistrates Court.
Prosecuting, Ms Y Hue said police saw him driving a Ford Focus at an excessive speed in Mablethorpe at
9.30pm on December 10 2019 and when police stopped him, they smelt cannabis inside the car.
She said Smith was not listed as an insured driver of the car and enquiries revealed he was banned from
driving until November 2020.
A drugs test revealed a reading on 2.5 grammes of cannabis in his bloodstream, the legal limit being two.
The magistrates were told that Smith had been banned from driving on three occasions since 2010.