Milford chronicle., 1915-11-12
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On Sunday Oct. 80 an automobile party
from Milford was returning home thr o
Frederica on the street which branches
from the FELTON, road. This street is so
rough that it is impossible to drive with
any speed over it, but at the crossing of
Market St. they noticed a man taking
their number. On Tuesday the owner
of the car who was not present on Sum
day, received a notice that he had been
exceeding the speed limits of the town,
which is twelve miles per hour, and
would be fined accordingly. That even
ing he with three of the four occupants
who were in the car on Sunday went to
Frederica, hunted up Mr.. Robbins who |
had served the notice and who in turn |
called VIM. Spurry, town alderman who |
had made the charge. Spurry came up |
to the car and in an insolent manner |
which was a positive insult to the two
ladies present, began to blow about the
way in which not especially they, but /
other machines went through regar dless
of law, which he meant to stop and when
asked if he arrested them all he said, not 1
miles. The Milford parties offered to do
what was right, but asked for a square
deal as they knew they were not guilty
of the accusation, and to settle it they
finally went before Justice-Of-the-Peace
Davis. The gentlemen went in first and
stated the case, asserting that they were
not exceeding the speed limit. After
lengthy argument they asked to have
the ladies sworn in as witnesses, but the
Justice told him to have as many wit
nesses as they would he would take the
alderman's word, altho he did not pre-
seuta single witness, and they were fined
FIVE dollars and costs. Now where is
the argument? This alderman said he
determined that morning to stop some of
the speeding, and he claims that he saw
these parties make the turn several hun
dred yards distance, coming head on to
him over a street that kept the car, which
is a light one, on a continual bounce and
knew that lthey were making close to
twenty miles an hour, altho they slowed
down at a distance of two hundred yards
away and made the turn very slowly.
What kind of a speedometer is he to be
able to tell the rate car is travelling at
that distance? Surely if he would get a
patent on himself he would be a useful
instrument to help brake up speeding in
other towns. Next his conduct around
the ladies was,very repulsive, and another
point which showed his inability to ham
die the situation was that in his argu-
ments and at the trial the question was
never asked who was driving the car or
where he was, altho he was not present.
Now if this Justice would take one mans
word, without a witness, against three
-o1io bfo r,arsov,c xyfrot &c i1a nee of having
q law, or rather of pretending to have
one as there was no law noticeable. Con-
stable Robbins, altho he had no say in
the case declared that it was rotten. Now
Frederick is the home of several of Della
wares leading politicians and what do
such men as Senator Frazier, DIR. Hoey,
Dr.. Derrichson, J. S. Reynolds and many
others think of such justice. Such
nockery of trial was disgrace to their
own. This fellow had no proof what
ever that they were travelling over ten
niles an hour at such distance, but he
lad determined to make an arrest and
Is is often the case the inocent had to
suffer.
The Justice G) gave them no show
whatever and it was very evident that he
md the alderman were Birds of
Feather as it was plain case of taking
IN unreliable mans word against a re-
liable one, and in giving a written state
nent of the case he gave it without his
ignature which he was afterwards asked
o add. Well we don't blame him not to
want his name attached to such a dis
-usting affair as that, but thanking Mr..
Robbins for his courtesy, we are glad to
ay there is one gentleman in Frederica.
Milford, Del. N. NJ. STOKES,
Nov. ), 1915 Milford, Del.