Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-08-21 | Page 12 | Judge Whitaker is Opposed to Speeding

JUDGE WHiTAKER IS OPPOSED 10 SPEEDING P. (!. Spraguc Fined $50 in Po-. Po-. lice Court; Case Will Be Appealed. That .1. .T. Whitakcr. police court .iudge. is going to take -a prominent part in tho crusade of tho police against au-lomobilo au-lomobilo speeders was' readil- showu Thursday morning when P. C. Spraguc, chauffeur for Frank Knox, was in court to answer 10 a speeding charge. Spraguo was arrested by Special Officer Of-ficer C. ('. Rile-, whoso duly it is lo patrol South Temple street, on Wednesday Wednes-day night. Hiloy testified in court that Spraguo was driving tho machino at a speed of fifty miles an hour, cossing South Temple and State streets without, slacking up a hi I. After hearing Mm testimony in Mio case, .ludgo Whitakor fined the driver $50. When Snraguo hoard hia sentence ho called up Mr. Knox, and tho latter told him to appeal the caso and ho would obtain the services of a lawyer nnd havo the ensed aired in a higher courl . A cash bond of $50 was forthcoming forthcom-ing ami Spraguo was given his freedom.