The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-06
With the
IAlibiArtistsI
Ia Cross Section Of the
1 Daily Grind in Judge
MacdOnald's Court
Read EN- and Weep
BY DONALD McDOUGAL
By DONALD McDOUGAL
A Good Try

street just below the Avenue from
$50 to IL, your honor-half an
hour overtime"
"Padthrone bossa man Ikea
mocha da biffstick. Mocha da
rtpple no geta weigh G-r-r-rabba
Queeka da biffstick no. Beega
da car-r-r-whoo-"
1.-TWO dollars"
"Alla r-r-right. I don't mind.
Georgia Peach Crop Looks Good
"Stand up
What do you say to this charge
of illegal parking?"
Guilty.
"ordinary case. you honor. He
was parked on Eleventh street
rs minutes overtime"
1.-Two dollars"
"Stand up-what's the matter
got rheumatism? Stand up !!
what do you say to this
charge Of illegal parking?
'.Ie was parked on Thirteenth
street twenty-five minutes over
time"
1.-TWO dollars -
Puts on New Record
May ask you to stand up for
Just a moment while read the
charge? I'm sorry, indeed, to
trouble you, but the law makes
this formality compulsory. What
do you say to this charge Of
expecting the seed-I mean ex-
ceeding the speed limit?"
Guilty, as far as know.
"And this one of driving with.
out a permit"
II must be guilty Of that, too"
The cop: IF paced this lady for
six blocks along Sixteenth street
at twenty-five miles an hour
and up-'s
His side kick (whisperingl:
'.Ho-lee mackerel! The speedome.
ter read 36.
The court: whats this about
no permit?"
well. she had a permit, your
honor, but it was a Georgia per-
NIT. The car she was driving had
d. G. tags. / don't think she
quite understood the law. I'm
sure the violation was uninten-
tiOnal"
The sidelick: wonder what
makes him so dog-gone sure.
I'm not. (Snickeringl Hard-boiledI
Yes, he's hard-bofled like tapioca
pudd'n' You wait till get on,
the stand"
An Early Fall.
Gle gets onl. Counsel: do you
recognize this lady~,as the one
you stopped last night on Six
teenth street near Euclid?"
Eyes, SIR"
Sure of it?"
Eyes, sir-she's easy to look
at mean easy to identify. Ny
testimony merely eorroboratcs
that Of the preceding Witness"
In every respect?"
Yes sir-except as to the
tags. / didn't notice whether
they We're Georgia or D. c."
Defendant: IT thought, that my
tate-Georgia-had reciprocfty~
with the District"
'sWell, SO it has. But your
own State does not license its
residents to operate District
registered cars in its territory,
and if the District were to grant
you "a privilege that your State
denies you, that would be more
than reciprocity-it would be
magnanimity."
''I didn't understand all that
when l started out yesterday
evening to bring my aunt home
in time for dinner. / don't think
1 quite understand it now"
"A good many people don't
understand that regulation right
away-the first hundred dollars
are the hardest-but it gets
easier as you go along. What
were you running down Six
teenth street at twenty-three
miles an hour forbid you say
twenty-three miles, officer?"
tits in my notebook, your
honor~I can find it in five or
SIX minutes"
Never mind. Wen take the
defendants personal bond on the
speed charge, and I'll have to ask
you to pay a fine OF $50 on the
permit case, Miss Georgia. Z"
The clerk: eff you will kindly
stand up for a moment, will
take your personal bond. am
very sorry to put you to this in
convenience"
he was parked WlInlH 1.-Two
feet of a fire-pIpg for thirty.fi
minutes, your Honor"
Boob: IT didn't notice the fire.
plug until / ran in there, your
honor. / tried to back out in
such a hurry that / choked my
engine. Then I found my battery
was run down, and 1 went in to
a drug store to call a service
station"
There were only three phones
In the place, and two Of them
were out of order. A lady at the
good one was saying tits pink
crepe de chine with a draw-strfng
around the neck" She didn't
have any draw string around her
neck and had to wait till she
hung up"
L grabbed the receiver as quick
as could and got an unlucky
number. They connected me with
a dress-maker's establishment"
''It serves you right for letting
your battery run down. ST."