Evening star., 1927-10-07

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arcrayatincly during the trial and 50
sure was Judge Allen Of his stand in
hne instance that he reach, y. down ~
his pocket. pulled forth a roll OF bills
and. ,uariuc them under Judge COCK
rell nose said:
I'm bet YOU tlis 500 that I'm right
aud you're wrong,
In the midst of the excitement the
elder TAYLOR turned to neiGhhor ana
sad: 'Ill bet him $500 they're both
wrong" but the sally was lost i'll the
hubbub.
Judge Allen Says He Won.
judge Allen today laughed about the
incident. but ccntended that he wen
the bet.
I'm an old man. ycu know" his
honor informed a Star reporter to-
t7av. "and know more law than these
yo1,ncer fellows around here ever Viii
KNOW. | was down to Richmond yes,
tcr,lay and saw Attorney General
Saunders about this reciprocity bust
ness. and hc said knew The Jaw
al,ja beginning to end.
4 hate Ia say this but Judge Cock
lell must have leained all his law
from the HagerstoWn Almanac. Hes
nice fellow, Nuu understand-chai
man of our county agricultural com
mittec. ANA 50 forth and like him,
but be lust doesn't know the law the
wav he ought to.
Judge Allen was A little peeNed also
over Judge Laughlin's failure to ap-
pear
He said he was too tired from cut
ting corn. but he lives only a short
distance from his office, where the
trial was held. while | had 10 come
seven miles" Judge Alien declared.
son Offended at Remark.
Mr.. Taylor's son took offenSe at a
remark by Judge Allen to the effect
that law violators haven't any NOR
ais" and he rose 70 ask If the judge
meant to imply that his morals were
lax or lacking. Judge Allen, u Is re-
counted. said he meant what he said,
hut when TayIor demanded again 10
know whether he meant To question
Violating law which YOU yourself
had 10 ask the Attorney General to
interpret for Nnu," the judge explain
ed that he referred only To 'wilIful
vio'ators."
Il didn't say anything was the mat
ter with his morals" Judge Allen said
today. "That young fellow got mp
when the case first was postponed ana
tried to have lot to say, but | told
him he wasn't An authorized attorney
and if he didn't shut up I'd fine him
s15"
The Taylors contended to the court
that the trucks in question didn't carry
Virginia tags because they We're owned
hy T. r. TAYLOR & Co. Il Washington
corporation, with offices in the District
National Bank Building. They admit.
ted having hauled gravel in Nirginin
on District of Columbia tags. but de
-oIared they were repairing the road
leading to their place, free of cost 10
the county.
Judge Allen said today that Mr.. Tay-
lor left the court last night ""ntirelN
satisfied" but Mr.. Taylor indicated
otherwise today.
This case is just beginning" Tay-
lor announced.
Preparing to Launch Drive.
In the meantime Judge Allen is pre-
pairing to launch the drive on District
of Columbia tags next Monday. he
asserted today.
The attorney general said / was
right, and I'm going to clean up this
tag situation out here" the Judge eX-
planned. Officer McDermott is com
ing here Monday and he is going
after the bakery wagons. stores and
other commercial vehicles with Dis
nict Of Columbia tags. ] don't think
we'll bother the newspaper truck"
The Judge added that he didn't want
. make trouble for any one. but the
aw must he enforced. He explained
that reciprocity was "all right" and
he hoped it would he settled"
They're all sore on me out here for
this campaign" he said. but
know the law and I'm going to en-