The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-06
WITH THE
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ARTISTS
THE TRAFFIC COURT
IN eros SECTION
Being a Skeleton Record ct
Cases Tried in Judge
Schuldt'A Tribunal.
Read sEn and Worry
Deferred a'ayment.

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Deferred a'ayment.
"At half past q Monday morn.
ing, Your Honor, y was running
south on Georgia avenue in 2
Ford coupe. At U'pshur street
the defendant passed me at such
speed that I Thought I'd bet
ter pace him. My 4speedometer
showed thirty and / yea led for him
to, stop, He went fastar. yelled
again and be opened up some
more, Every time I 1'elled he
put on little more q as, IND
when he reached forty figured
I'd better keep still. 1'heH ]
tried to. run in. front sof him J. and
he crowded me over SO hhat
had to hit the trolley polAs or
drop behind. He looked a0tuna
and laughed at nae. / kept rtghf
along with him and at FlOr ida
avenue ! ran in front and stoppe ed
him. I examined his permit ;sAd
it seemed to be all right, so I
said Come over to No. 5 and
put UP collateral for speeding.
Health Hint.
On the way over there he tried
to ram me-, but I was looking for
that. and be failed. I teld hira
had be IN much better physical
condition q month from now Il
he didn't try that move again.
had him drive q little ahead OF
me so could keep my eye on
him. While I was getting out
OF my machine at the station he
stepped on the gas and didn't
see him again until yesterday.
Personally Conducted.
A few days ago we got word
that there was a. Lot Of speeding
around Fourteen street ana Co
lunabia road, and was sent over
there. On the way ever q naa-
chine passed me at thirty miles
an hour, and I went after him.
He saw me coming and turned
into Fafmont street. T turned
into Euclid and met him On Uni
versity place. I let On / Gdnt
know him, and asked hina for
his permit. He said he'd left It
home, so took him over to the
station and charged him with
failing to show his permft.
Boob: II was crossing New
HAMPSHIRE avenue at Georgia
avenue when I heard someone
honking behind me. - thought
It was car that wanted to
pass. and / hooked around and
saw II was only a Ford, so ]
didn't pay any attention to it."
The. court: you thought q
Ford wasn't worth bothering
with?'
A DetOur.
Well, Of course. a Ford Is an
right. but ] generally don't bother
about 'ep- At Georgia avenue
he shot around In front of me
and I had to stop. Then / saw It
was an officer. He said Where
are you going?'' ] said Pm going
to the garage" He said mo, you're
going to Number Eight jesi like
that. Then he took my permit
and put It in his pocket"
Why did you run away after
you got to the station"
"I didn't run away. There
wasn't anyone to watch my car,
and I didn't have any lock on it.
It seemed risky to leave it there
while I was in the station prog
nosticat'n' with the desk-man."
Doing what?"
"Prognosticat'n '-expoundin' de
circumstance. I had to turn my
car around to get In front Of the
station, and after / turned around
/ kept on going. didn't have
any money, and knew they'd
want collateral, and was in q
hurry to get home, SO I went.
But I wasn't running away"
Chickens Come Home to ROOst.
81 couldn't have been speeding
because I wasn't thinking any
thing about 1t. The officer
charged me with not showing my
permit, but how could /, when
he had It in his pocket?"
That's the question; the court
will have to find you guilty un-
less you can answer it. IF, as
you say, the permit was In the
officers pocket, 1t couldn't have
been in yours. You should have
stopped at the station and asked
for your permit, instead Of Ieav-
ing so hurriedly."
Speeding, $25; falling to show
permit, $40.