The Washington times., 1923-07-09
WITH THE
ALIBI
ARTISTS
THE TRAFFIC COURT
IN CROSS SECTION
Being a Skeleton Record Of
Cases Tried in Judge
Schuldt's Tribunal.
Read 'En1 and Worry
BY DONALD McDOUGAL.

Ford roadster cuts corner at
South Capitol and N. streets. sees
cop and opens up for a twenty-five,
mile clip. Cop hops Maxwell ana
detours past mortal remains OF halI-
gallon Jar whose spirit has departed.
Sidesteps two more tragedies at x
and L streets, rounds roadster up IN
a dump and asks for permit.
THAT car is all shot to pieces
Judge, and can't make fifteen miles
an hour, let alone twenty-five. 1t
has two loose bearings and
why were you driving around
without q permit"
II misplaced 1t temporarily.
what was the idea of throwing
glass in the street,"
A FOur-an.a-HaIf Street Adam.
ut wasn't me, judge. It was the
lady who was riding with me-"
The Lady: II didn't throw no
glass in the street. I threw It in
the dump. This gentleman took
me down in southeast to look TO
a dawg / done los, an I took
jar of water along ''yains' he was
thirsty when we foun' i'm. But 1t
was tes' a common Fode car we
was in, an the jouncing done bus
the jar
Speeding, $40: misplaced permit,
IS; cutting corner, SO; throwing
glass in street three counts against
the LADY, 81.
In q Hurry.
'"This morning at 7:45, your honor,
the defendant backed a delivery
wagon from the curb without sound
ing his horn or looking. A man
just passing behind escaped with q
broken fountain pen and a small
tailor's bill. The defendant never
has applied for a permit"
Manana.
IT always sound my horn and look
before I leave the curb, your honor.
but I forgot to this time because I
was in a hurry. I was going to ap.
ply for a permit next week."
Importance Of Having . Permit.
1.-The courts experience is that the
majority of accidents are brought
about by you fellows who drive
without permits-without passing
the examination that shows whether
you are fit to be trusted with an
automobile in the streets of Wash
ington. This practice Of driving
without the permit that shows you
have passed the test, has got to
STOP
Driving without permit, so.
A Busy Cop.
This morning, your honor, while
/ was taking the name Of a man
that cut the corner of Chaplin and
Fourteenth streets, looked up from
my note book and saw the defendant
run by street car that had stopped
to take on passengers"
Public Spirited Citizens.
Witness: "I was waiting at the
corner of Fourteenth and Chaplin
streets for q car, your honor, and
saw the officer stop this man be-
cause 1t looked as though he had
violated the street car rule. I spoke
to another man about 1t, and he
agreed with me that it would be un-
just to convict the driver on such o
charge So we gave him our names
and agreed to come into court and
testify to what happened"
Weak Point In Street Car Rule.
Traffic was heavy on Fourteenth
street and everything was running
slow. The defendant came down
the street crawling along with the
street car. He was opposite lne
front door when the car stopped at
q considerable distance from the
stop point. The street car was 60
| ing so slow he had no way Of know.
ing when it was going to stop for
passengers, and he ran on just as
the door opened"
Cop No News Movie.
The court: THAT locality is a
very important congested section,
and the court wants to do all pos
sible to help the officer there to
keep the place clear. But the testi.
mony Of these two disinterested wit.
nesses, strangers to each other and
| to the defendant Is too much in con.
flict with the testimony Of the of.
ficer. He could not see what hap.
pened while looking at his note
book. There is a reasonable doubt,
which must be resolved in favor OF
| the defendant. Case dismissed"