The Washington times., 1923-11-22
WITH THE
ALIBI
THE TRAFFIC COURT
IN CROSS SECTION
Being a Skeleton Record
OF Cases Tried in Judge
Schuldt's Tribunal.
Read 'En And Worry
BY DONALD McDOUGAL.
BY DONALD McDOT
No Tealll-Play.

AZ AOEty AAAEOS SAA
hour, your honor, and every time
tried to pull alongside he ran
out to the car tracks and forced
me on to the wrong side, SO ]
had to drop back to keep from
hitting north-bound traffic.
There was a fire at l. street
and the road was blocked with
fire engines, pedestrians, fire
hose, and pushcarts. He pulled
up behind a street car and fell
asleep with his head on the steer
ing wheel, pretty drunk. He be-
gan fishing in his pockets as
soon as 1 woke him up and then
asked the man one man on the
seat with him for the loan of
his permit. The man said he hal
only enough for himself and be-
gan lambasting me.
Forty Mile Whiskey.
Il put 'em both under arrest
and when I'd got 'em off the
seat I found holf-filled pint bot
tie there"
Witness: "A friend Of mine
was waiting with me at Ninth
and U streets to go out to Dean
wood. We saw the defendant
driving by, and as we both knew
him, we asked IL he wouldn't
take us out there. He said he'd
have to go down southwest first,
and call for a man he was go
ing to take out to Warrenton.
I'VE went down Ninth street
to M and through M to Seventh.
Wed been there five minutes or
more when the officer came up
and said he'd trailed us down
Seventh street at forty miles an
hour. I told him he was mis-
taken, because we had come down
Ninth street, not Seventh, but he
said forty miles an hour was too
fast on any street, and arrested
u.s."
Defense Counsel (hoIding bottle
at arms lengthl: ibid you ever
see this before?" Witness looks
puZZled) Maybe you can recog-
nize it better by the odor."
UnsOphisticated Lawyer.
Witness: sniff, sniff. Yes sir.
That's the stuff that was in the
car"
Defense counsel: "I'n have to
take your word for 1t that this Is
corn liquor, officer"
The cop: IT don't know what it
is. But judging by the condition
of your client when I arrested
him it's something just as good"
The Way They Tell It.
Boob: II was stopped by the
fire apparatus on Seventh street
and pulled up to the curb waiting
for a chance to get through the
crowd. We'd been there at least
five minutes when the officer came
up and arrested us. There was
a patrol wagon there and he put
us in it. Then he went over to
our car. glanced around to see if
any one was looking, pulled that
bottle out of his pocket and when
everyone's attention was on the
and called the patrol driver over
and showed it to him."
Too Ambitious.
Tie court: THE testimony that
the defendant came down Ninth
street instead Of Seventh was so
convincing that the court was
beginning to- think the officer
may have lost the real culprit in
the confusion attending the fire
But the defendants assertion that
the officer tried to frame him
with the bottle removes all doubt
from the courts mind The other
man in the car testified that he
saw the bottle there before the
officer came. intimating that it
belonged to the man he met on u
street.. The court must find the
defendant guilty. Have you any
thing to cav as to the penalty,
Mr.. Maddigan?"
A Notable Exception.
Assistant Corporation Maddigan:
II have no suggestion to make,
your honor, except that the pen
atty should be of a nature to dis
courage this growing practice of
driving while drunk"
Gin driving and speeding, 500
and fifteen days straight Jail