Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-30

In the city court Monday. several
 men who were ordered on Sunday by state automobile inspectors to appear in court were before Judge Geissier to answer to charges of having driven their cars without having with them registration cards or drivers licenses. All of those who appeared pleaded guilty and paid.
 Joseph Plante. Chepaehet, pleaded guilty to a charge that he was. re- sponsihie for car that was being driven without having it's registration property of Michael Brainey, of Che- pachet. Bra. ney was not in the car when the inspectors stopped it in this city Sunday afternoon, but his daughz ter ard Piante were members of the party who were out for a ride and | Piante assumed the responsibility for
 any penalty that might be imposed for violation of the motor vehicle laws of | the state. Judge Geissler fined Plante, 1 s1 and costs, amounting to $t0. 1 John F. Freeiand of Sutton, Mass, pleaded guilty to being out with his lear on Sunday without having a regis tration card or drivers license. Mir. Freeland, very much of a gentleman.
 lsaid that it was the first time that he had had his new touring car out for a
 "trip: that he had hat qualified as a
 driver and that the young man who
 was driving the car in the hurry of
 getting started, came away without his
 license. He was fined the minimum
 s1 and costs, amounting to d0.
 T John Haniey. Jr., Providence, had a
 similar story to tell. Early Sunday
 morning he had received message relative to the death of 2 person in Wauregar and in hurrying to get to I that village had come away withou. !, his drivers license. He was fined s1 ) land costs, e total of $10.
 II Daniel Collins, Jr.. Pawtucket was ! present in court and pleaded guilty tc , Ihaving been driving a car. without ] having with him the registration. Ht . was fined s1 and costs, amounting tc } s1o.
 For having failed to appear as order, ed to 4. D. Windle, MiilhuFy, Mass. } forfeited his bond. posted on Sunday las did also Arthur Forshurg, Psovi dsnce, and Thomas F, Keener, New ' port.
 il Nearly 4A0 ears were held up el | Sunday by the inspectors. so the mum
 ber of prosecutions resulting is rela, ] lively small, and most of those wh, } were. found lax in observing Connee :. tieut's motor vehicle laws were resi-
 ldents of Massachusetts and Rhode Is land.
 : Many of thase who werf held up fo i, inspection took the operation good ] naturediy. while others were ineline to gropch, in greater or lesser degree The inspectors, however. were no
 tineiined to argue with anyone. The : had a duty to perform and they per ' formed 1t, Those who described the in : speetion as "a shame" or otherwis !. characterized if must be reminded tha ? things that are not. legal are bein ' done with motor vehicles in Connect 2 cut and that the only syay in which t ]. stamp out disobedience of law Is z enforce the law, which is to be don T vigorously throughou the season. 2 The speakers are the next who wi Y receive attention. Motorcycle riding iE 'f spectors are to come in here, and th
 speeding n.atorist who tries to ru
 i away from one of them will have tf II time of his life. fer the inspectors wi ,f be able to match speed and skill wit h the best of the fast drivers, and be- I- them at their own game.
 n Indications are that 1t is going ,k be good policy to obey the motor VI is hiele laws this summer. Those wi Is do so will not have any difficulty wit 10 the inSneetafS