The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-20
MOTOR JUDGE HUGO
LAYS SPEED TO BEER
drinking, Then Driving Au-
tomobiles Not Consistent"
He Warns.
EIGHT CASES ANALYZED
Japanese Who Had a Series
Of Collisions Worst of
fragrant Offenders.
EIGHT CASES ANALYZED

Tho evils Of intemperance and various
other things that a motorist should know
were strongly impressed upon a number
Of involuntary guests at the opening
yesterday morning Of New York's first
Motor Law Court.
The proceedings at which tales of
reckless driving were told were held in
Part vi Of Special Sessions. with Fran
els NJ. Hugo, Secretary OF State, sitting
for the first time as a judge under an
authority vested In him by the last
Legislature. Each OF the eight cases on
the calendar was there for either re-
peated violations of the traffic laws or
for some especially fragrant ofrense.
After a session in which he listened
to a great number of witnesses, heard
one motorist promise to quit drinking"
and admonished another that drinking
beer and driving automobiles" was mot
consistent" the Secretary of State and
first Of the motor law judges, reserved
decision upon all cases and announced
another session Of this new court for
August 8.
The hearings before the Secretary Of
Of revocation of licenses. In every case
called there were either additional GRIM
inal proceedings pending or else the de-
PENDANT already stood convicted and
punished in other courts.
OF the eight cases called, seven In
cluded with the charge OF reckless driy-
ing the complaint of operating a car
while intoxicated. Not one OF the motor
lists so accused would admit. however.
that he had partaken of more than "one
drink on the day OF his alleged offense,
and that drink was usually described as
beer.
Some Speedy Driver.
Quite the heaviest batter in this speed
league, proved to be Genji Kaneko, a
Japanese chauffeur. who for upward OF
ten years past has been employed by
various wealthy families here and on
the Pacific coast. and who has been
convicted of three violations this year.
When he was working for Mrs A w.
Malley of 1874 Riverside Drive Genji's
average was 500. for in the few days
that he held his Job he had two COL
lisions and cost his employer a great
many dollars. He was employed on
Saturday. On Sunday he hunted a car
belonging to Charles H. Kahler OF 1858
Union street, Brooklyn, some twenty
feet along a road at Greenwich. Conn
On Wednesday he fouled a car owned
by William A. Allen. president and
treasurer OF the Allen Auto Speciality
Company of IS West Sixty-frst street
into the grass of the West Drive In
Central Park. On Thursday he was dis
charged. At the time OF the collision
with Mr.. Aliens car he had a maid and
two children in the machine that he was
driving.
Evidence OF another affair that oc-
CURED on the Manhattan Bridge on the
morning OF February IL was also intro
duced to show Genjls previous record.
On that occasion he was fined 81 for
driving on the wrong side OF the road
way.
It was stated in court Mrs. Malley
had hired Kaneko as a result OF an ad-
vertisement in which he represented
himself to be "non-smoker, abstainer
polite. careful" and to possess various
other virtuous qualities. Decision was
reserved in his case. as in the others.
A charge that occupied much time was
lodged against Frank R Waller of 515
Fulton street, Jamaica who was &C
cused by witnesses with having driven
his own roadster at a rate OF about
forty miles an hour along Mayor Hylan's
own thoroughfare. Bushwick avenue.
Brooklyn.
At Bushwick avenue and Decatur
street on May rs the witnesses said
Waller crashed into a smaller car occu-
pied by Mortimer l. Reynolds of SO
cambridge street, Brooklyn. knocking
that elderly gentleman into tho air and
dropping him on the neighboring side
walk.