Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-04-26 | Page 24 | Motorist in Crash Gets Fine, Comment on Breath

Motorist in Crash Gets Fine, Comment on Breath Elmer H. Peterson, M, of 15 West Fourteenth North street, arrested ar-rested early Wednesday at Sixth South and State streets, denied a drunken driving charge and will be tried before a Jury May a. Fine Suspended Because he proved he was on his wsy to take relatives to sick uncle un-cle In a hospital, Evan W. Hansen, 3a, of 1754 Richards street, was given giv-en a suspended 129 fine for speeding speed-ing M miles sn hour. Bill Reimisch, 20, of MS Belmont avenue, was likewise like-wise given a suspended speeding fine when be proved he was hurrying hurry-ing to deliver medicine from a pharmacy phar-macy in answsr to a rush call from a physician. Other speeding cases: Frits Wsll-mueller, Wsll-mueller, 02, of 1621 South Main street, forfeited (25 bail bond; Nrel Smith, 20, of City Creek Canyon highline, plea guilt, fined $25; Ralph Rominger, 25. American Fork, plea guilty, fined S29 with tit suspended; Kent McDonald, 18. Heber City, forfeited for-feited 110 bail bond, with bench warrant issued for tig additional bond; L, V. Jenkins, 27, of 1306 Fourteenth East street, plea guilty, fined 15; Paul Maag, 24, of M3 East Seventh South street, plea guilty, fined $10, suspended; Lloyd Jack son, 42, of 1750 ' Twentieth East stregt, plea not guilty, trial Thursday. Thurs-day. Jenkins and Maag made their pleaa before City Judge Bryan P. Leverich lata Tuesday. Fines Implied Judge Leverich also handled, the . following cases on charges of ignoring ignor-ing stop signs: Ernest M. Hansen, 40, of 1314 East Third South street, and Jack Boud. 2ft, of .1120 Gilmer drive, $10 each, suspended, and Frank Latino, 47, of 37i Thirteenth East street, $5. Jack Visneaon, 24, of MM East First South street: Harold Tanner, 18, of 2200 South First West street: George A. Hill, 20. of 2300 North Redwood road, and Walter D. Kroger, Kro-ger, 38, of SIX East Fourth South street, were fined f 10 each by Judge Bosons, with the latter two getting suspensions, while H. C. Christsn-sen, Christsn-sen, St, of 1591 Denver street, forfeited for-feited $10 bail bond on a ike charge and Ben H. Rich, 19, of 71 Eighth' avenue, denied guilt and will be tried Thursday. Accused of passing a red traffie light, Lester J. Larson, 35, of 24 Angelo avenue, who posted $5 bail bond, failed to appear in court and a bench warrant was issued. An admitted reckless driver whose breath in police court Wed-nesdsy Wed-nesdsy drew a caustic comment from City Judge Reva Beck Bosone was sentenced to pay $150 or serve 45 days In JaiL Hs is Meivia Blckford. 27, of 176 Hubbard avsnue, who was arrested after a two-car crash March SO at Fourth South 'and Third West streets, la 'which an elderly passenger pas-senger In the other machine was injured. in-jured. - Blckford. originally booked at police po-lice headquarters on a drunken driving driv-ing charge, with the reckless count substituted when the arresting officers offi-cers said they were not certain he was intoxicated at time of the accident, ac-cident, had SoO of the fine suspended. sus-pended. I Breath Brings Csmuneat ' Appearing for sentence Wednesday, Wednes-day, he told Judge Bosons he had taken eight bottles of beer prior to the crash. As he told his version of the accident. Judge Bosons snapped: "What have you been drinking this morning?" He replied: "Nothing, your honor." hon-or." She then asked what he had been "drinking or eating" that would make his breath smell of Intoxicants, Intoxi-cants, and hs admittsd having been one of four persons who "last night drank two gallons of beer between o,