The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-18
HEAVY FINES FOR
FAST GOING AUTOS
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miles apart and who took time by
watches that were not stop watches,
not infallible. No one has ever said
that i was wild man. and j GER
tainly had no idea of speeding on the
Sunday in question. In the name ri
Justice, can't a gentleman drive over
the county roads without being ae-
cused of .'scorohing," concluded Mr.
Carneaei. in an impassioned address
'If L doubt the word of the officers
in this case l will have to doubt their
magistrate. Imposing a fine OF $40,
and Mr.. carneal immediately took. an
appeal
Not Over Twelve Miles.
Mr.. ]. %. Corley, for the Cable
Company, swore that the machine in
which he was riding on the fateful
Sunday could not have made twelve
miles an hour bad the driver wanted
it to. The chauffeur said that it broke
down on the stretch of road between
the stations where the detectives were
located, and that for an hour he
worked on it. II am not asking for
sympathy in wanting to be dismissed,
but an error has been made" de-
clared Mr.. Corley. His wife was with
him in the car, and she was opposed
to speeding. He appealed when he
was fined $40.
Mr.. Fuller, manager of the Gordon
Motor Company, placed on the stand
Mr.. G. ID .Larus, who swore tnat
car No. 1868. the one reported for
speeding, was not on the road on
Sunday, the 9Th instant. Magistrate
Smith said that 1t was not his fault
IL some one had used q like num-
Der and imposed a fine of $40. An
appeal was taken.
Mr., w. II. Miles paid a fine of $40,
after making an eloquent appeal for
dismissal. He said 1t was impossible
for the officers to have been correct
in their statement of the case.
Two Are Let or.
The case against w. s. Forbes was
dismissed, # being shown that he did
not own car No. 1897, which was re-
ported to have been "scorching."
Mr.. e. A. Stumpf proved that he
went on the road on the Sunday in
question In order to time the speed.
He showed his watch to one of the
helpers of Officer Bendall as he pass
ed him. He was dismissed.
Despite the testimony of Mr.. James
F. Bradley that the car of w. G.
Smith was not making over twelve
miles an hour, and the further state
ment from tie witness that the dis
lance from the place OF two of the
men and the other two was not two
miles. and therefore no accurate es-
innate could be made of the speed
of an automobile between the points.
a fine was imposed. An appeal was
taken. The fine was $40. Mr.. Brad
ley, incidentally. Built the road out
towards the country club. and he OF
fered statement that unless the au-
tomobilists were not let alone the
road would suffer In thu future.
Mr.. James II. Anderson paid the
fine that was assessed against him
Saskatchewan protesting that he. did
not go over the speed limit.
Other Cases Disposed or.
Mr.. w. A. Neal protested that he
was not running faster than fifteen
miles an hour, but the record against
him was that he had gone over eigh-
teen miles an hour. He was fined $40
and agreed to pay the fine rather than
take an appeal.
Mr.. l.. Y. Bentley and Mr.. Il. C. Pc
iossse were fned $40 each. both taking
an appeal. 1917 =
Mr.. Iran MaItby ana Mr.. Thomas
q. May ware not present and Mr.. NJ.
h. Bruce asked that hts case bA eon-
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