New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
.SPEEDERS TRAPPED
 IN WEEKEND DRIVE
Four Out Of Six Arrested Fined
 by Judge Saxe

Seven alleged speeders were bag eci by the local police department over the weekend, and in police court today Judge NJ. D. SaXe fined four of them sl5 and costs each while Prosecuting Attorney J. G.. Woods nolled the charge in two cases. In the seventh case, the bond was forfeited as the motopist failed to respond when his name was called.
 George Jacobs, aged 3S. Of 76 IaWlor street, was fined S35 and costs for reckless driving, but S25 was remitted. He was arrested by Motorcycle Officer Louis E. Harper about SOS last night on Stanley street. and, according to the officer, Jacobs offered him s5, later asking him 10 name his price if the offer was not high enough. Officer Poli tis testified that he heard Jacobs tell Officer Harper to name his price.
 Officer Harper testified that he
 
 driving at the rate of 70 miles an hour. Jacobs had nothing to say except that he thought it proper to settle with the officer instead Of going before the court.
 Stanley Simonds, aged 1o. 0, ? costs for speeding. He was arrest od by Motorcycle Officer Alfred Tanguay. who testified that he fol- lowed a motorcycle driven by Si- monds on Arch street and observed that the speed was 45 miles an hour. Simonds pleaded not guilty and doubted the officers estimate of the speed. He believed he had driven at the rate of 20 10 25 miles an hour. although there is no speed ometer on his machine. Judge SaXe said he could not be expected 10 accept the word of a driver who had no speed meter on his machine in preference to that of an officer whose machine Is equipped to guage speed
 Walter Plocharczyk. aged IS. of 26J High street. drove through Gold, Horace. Myrtle and other streets in that vicinity, at the rate of 4o 10 i2 miles an hour, Sergeant Thomas J. Feency testified. and when over- taken said the accelcrator on the car would not function and he was unable to reduce the speed. He was fined s15 and costs. He repeated the story he told the sergeant, add ing that it was necessary 10 force the accelerator to release itself, and in doing so; the spring was broken, but Judge SaXe was not impressed.
 Joseph Scamoni, aged 21, of 12G Oak ttreet. was fined S15 and costs on the charge Of speeding. Officer Fred Wagner testified that as he was riding on South Main street about o:30 yesterday afternoon. Scamoni's car passed at a fast rate of speed. Several other cars were also passed, the officer said. Sea moni had nothing to say.
 William Rich. aged %. of Chi ' t6 IiI', " to liIltb SIJ anu tOSlS for speeding. Motorcycle Officer Harper testified that he made the arrest about 7:S0 Saturday evening, after Rich had passed 15 cars be- tween No. fire station and the in- tersection of Hartford avenue Ed Stanley street. He was driving at the rate of 35 miles an hour. th> officer said. Rich said he was ns aware of the fact that he was ap- preaching an intersection.
 Nolles were entered in the cases of Lewis s. Howard, aged 2C, of T Westford Circle. Springfield. Mass. | and Abraham Witkin. aged 39. of 969 Stanley street, charged wit7, speeding. Officer Harper arrested Howard at 10:40 Saturday night on Hartford avenue and he and Officer Blanchette were 10 have testified in the Witkin case, the arrest having been made about s:S0 Sunday morn ing on Stanley street.
 Nils Norman Nilsen, aged cs. of South Windsor, who was arrested for speeding by Motorcycle Officers