Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-02 | Page 7 | Cab Driver, Eager for Fare, Gets Jail Term

Gab Cab Driver Eager for forFare forFare forFare Fare Gets Jail T Term arm I Because of his eagerness to beat a street car to a prospective fare Robert Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert Andrus 29 taxicab driver will spend the next five da days s in the city jail Andrus was convicted of charges of reckless driving in police court Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- urda and was sentenced to serve five days in jail by City Judge James A. A Stump Motorcycle Officers S S. S L. L Christensen Christen Christen- sen and T. T B. B Burbidge who arrested the defendant fh Thursday testified he drove his cab thi through ugh a stop sign at North Temple and Third West streets and that he proceeded north on Third West street at 50 miles an hour They also testified he had been drinking Andrus said he had driven his car carat at excessive speed inan Juan effort to beat beata a street car to a prospective customer Charges of speeding were dismissed against Glen Fogle 19 of ot 1178 1176 South West Vest Temple street when officers reported reported reported re re- re- re ported he was speeding to take an injured youth to a hospital Fogle Friday pleaded guilty to the charges but sentence was deferred pending investigation of the circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances of the case Judge Stump imposed imposed im im- im posed a 8 a 3 3 fine however after Fogle admitted he drove through a stop sign at Eleventh East and Seventeenth South streets N N. R. R Miner 24 24 of East Sixth South street pleaded guilty to driving an automobile at 50 miles an hour on West Vest Temple street between Fifth South and Sixth South streets and was fined 10