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Show RECKLESS CHAUFFEUR SENTENCED TO PRISON SAN FRANCISCO, April's. "Hardly "Hard-ly a week passes but that somebody is maimed or slaughtered in San Francisco Fran-cisco by the reckless operation of automobiles," au-tomobiles," said' Judgo Lawlor of tho superior court in passing sentence today to-day on Louis Kantor, a chauffeur convicted con-victed of manslaughter. "The judgment of this court mu&t carry the lesson that those who operate oper-ate automobiles must do so with proper regard for the Tights of tho public." Ho then sentenced tho prisoner to two years in the penitentiary. Kantor killed Jonn W. McDcrmott, Lellor iu a national bank, early Christmas Christ-mas morning, and drove off ut high snced, afler his car had dragged Mc-Dorniott Mc-Dorniott down Market street Tor half a block. The district attorney's oilioo joined in an application for probation, but Judge Lawlor would not consider it. |