The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-29
BrattIebOrO Local
COURT DID BIG BUSINESS.
MANY Local Automobiles Contributed
Ell Oh for Violating Law.

M. r.,.,i,,,s ~ the municipal court I'M
J,, amounted 10 Sl23s6, the bull move,
,nont beinr oceasioned by the a,tNiy ~
u 49, Attorney Frank H. Barber ~
'''J ,ng mn yiolAtors Of the automopile
Lor many weeks there have p.eh
''nnnlnnts that local auto owners, Mels
having little regard 20 the law anu ths ~,
snsh things as signalling, carrying hsn,a
and numbers did not concern 'he W., a
ors of machines III thls loNni ~ thc
- of eumshoe work by members oil ln'
sscrct service bureau Of the states al'9l'
49, office n number OF warrants were ~
.,sd and ,lndpc William X. Daley helu
INF most of Friday. The inst p.ls9n
,o ans,yer the call of the court was a. ~
Mt who paid l.26 for failure 20
soHnd his signal as required 10y Jaw; Joni
IA Manley walked IN and asked Wna' ,r
bill was and paid the penalty LOT iu 1a,.nT
n car without a license nuiloel u'sp'"s w. "
lis Gne was So and the costs the SAINT ~
~ ,i,rs il soon became known about
Ne street that Sll 20 would cover thv
cost al a round trip from ones place oi
I,siness to court and accordingly tnt
money began TO come IN last Dep"';
SLa,SiTs e b Mann, and {. |. Knapp 81
preiticboro and +. l.. Wellman OF 6ull'
lord and Chief OF Police George Nlsoh
were given the warrants TO serve -
During the day - persons We're serN ,,i
with summons to appear III court. nea''n
officer Henry Tucker failed 70 s3"' ,,i,b
.;gnoi A. b. Clapp was charged Win
a,ssa,ating his priyate car under a garage
npmber DIR. III. p. Greene neglected 70
"arr,, n number plate ON the front oil MS
machine. Il. G. Crosby had two com
plaints against him, carrying pet oiie
humber and failing to signal, one OF Whl.h
was not called. Jacob Estey lalleH ~
carrv lights. c. A. Smith was iound vP'
Grating a car with but one llght;. II, wi
,Ieffts, the taxicab OPERATOR was d'seoNeieJJ
operating with but one number la'g 'Is'
Chauffeur Wilson employed ny G no
Holden was summoned Tor ear'yhs ~
i;ghts There were no narrowing details
dining the court proceedings. As last as
each case could be docketed the money was
forthcoming. Some of the offender drew
nhecxs while Others paid IN loose challge'
NJ ~ + Hazelton of Bellows Falls was as
covering running a car with one license
nlote Friday morning and he contributes
the regulation amount to the treasury u
The state. Drs. A, !. Miller ana ~ ~,
LYNCH would not offer a plea oil guilty 10
careless driving and their cases "e'' WV
tinued until Monday. a., A.,
As soon as it became known that inc
states attorney desired autolsts to sounu
their horns as required by law, at eiti nIi
Intersection OF streets the air was hlleu
with a medley Of noises. Some oil tine OF
orators started sirens upon coming lnto
the village and kept them gong uhtli ouV
side of the business district. rom lGui
10 five o'clock in the afternoon Xatleu
assortment of noise was dealt out nen
some drivers showed an inclination during
the evening to disturb the slumbers OF tne
residents OF Main street by unnecessary
SIGNALLING Chief Of Police Wilson toil
them they would be prosecuted Tor Dreaci
of the peace with the result that the hois'
ceased except when necessary. - n
The case of the State against Dr. H. IL
Lynch. charged with running an a9t ONO
lille recklessly, was mol pressed by Stale
Attorney Frank +. Barber Monday an.
immediately a complaint was made against
IN, I,nch that he had violated the auto
mobile law on Sept. 10 by failing to ploN
his horn on Main street when approachinE
Flat street DIR. Lynch pleaded not guiltA
70 The. second charge and after consider
allie DELAY Monday forenoon Jury wa
drawn by Constable &. |. Knapp and TN
ease went to trial at 3 o'clock IN The after
noon before Municipal Judge w; IL, Daley
The Jury was j. +. Hall, }. Il; MelIen
Horace French II, +. Goodenough anu .
es. Chief of Police George Wilson ana III
lynch, The Jury found the responder
not guilty. Chief Wilson testified that o OF
The evening of Sept. 10 he watched III
lynch leave the top Of the hill near IN
corner of Elliot street in his automoolle
The chief was sure that the doctor falle
to sound his horn. The respondent wa
equally sure that he did sound the nor
and gave as his reason for using SO inue
care the fact that bad accident hau ilaa
pened to a New York car the preVlou
H. ~, Canal street which prompte