Show 1 Smoke Law Violator Gets Stiff Sentence By BOB HALE A sentence of 25 and 30 days in jail most severe in re recent recent recent re- re cent years was imposed in police court Monday upon a smoke ordinance violator who pleaded guilty Judge Frank E. E Moss suspended the jail term on condition the fine is paid granted stay until May 12 for payment and warned the defendant William Turner 1554 Garfield avenue he will have to serve the jail term if another offense is committed Turner was accused of Installing installing Installing Install install- ing a heating plant at Twelfth avenue without first obtaining a city permit as s required In section 1575 of the smoke control or or- Turner had pleaded innocent but changed his plea to guilty when I he appeared for trial I I The defendant told the court he thought a n. n p permit had been been bb ob obtained tamed fo for the job Glenn Smith city Inspector and complaining witness told Judge Moss the defendant even pretended to take out permits He always has said I taken outs out a permit I thought I had Mr Smith said We have a number of his jobs jobson on record ecord showing rio no permits I have been 12 years losing my patience patience pa pa- tience hence and I Intend to file a complaint com corn plaint in every case F. F Henri Henriod counsel for Turner asked Mr Smith if it were n not t true that the inspection de de- de- de had asked heating contractors contractors contractors con con- tractors not to apply for permits until furnaces were installed so asto as asto asto to simplify inspections Mr Smith replied it had been I the practice in the past to seek permits when Installation work was begun so the department would know about when a furnace furnace furnace fur fur- nace would be ready for tion Then you haven't enforced the ordinance replied Mr Henriod Judge M ss said that in suspending suspend suspend- ing the jail term he made it conditional conditional conditional con con- not only on payment of tho the fine but on condition the defendant de- de defendant defendant de de- take out permits for all jobs he has outstanding and that in the future he obtain permits before beginning work regardless regard less of what the smoke division asks you to do |