Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-02-16 | Page 4 | Death Driver's Trial Started

DEATH DRIVER'SJ TRIALSJARTED A young motortrt aecuaod of fall-. Ing to yuld tho right of way laat Novombor I to aa oldorly oouplo truck by bla machine waa boing trlod baforo a polico court jury Uto Thuraday. " ' Tho motortit, Hugh Smith, It, of tag East Thtrtoanth Booth atroot had hla trial poatponod aavaral Umaa bocauao ono of tha victims, Mra. Ella Morton Wagitaff, at, of Tabl-ona, Tabl-ona, Utah, waa atlll blnf traatod for sovoro lnjurtu aufforod la tho accident Har husband of ono woak, Alma WagsUff, 7a, dlod U hours aftor tha aectdant, which oocurrad at Sixth South and State streete. With City Judga Wllfdrd Moyto Burton presiding in the absence of Judge Reva Beck Bosons, who la III, Eliaa Morris, 12, of leg Second avenue. ave-nue. Involved In aa accident January Janu-ary 2t at First avenue and State street, waa found guilty of cutting a corner and aentsncod to pay (36, with 118 auspsndsd. Kay H. Fish burn, 11. of S3M Seventh Sev-enth East street. Involved In aa accident acci-dent February I at Thirteenth South and Fifth East streets, changed plea before trial to guilty of failing to keep to tho right aide of tha road and will be sentenced February 23. A second charge, falling to give aa arm aignal, waa dismissed. Mrs. E. Daniels, U, of JTl North Sixth West street forfeited 11 ball bond whea charged with "starting against aa ember light against policeman 'a orders" Tuesday at Second Sec-ond South and Main streets. . Charged with speeding. Norman C Tanner, 25, of 140 Sixth East street forfeited 115 bail bond and also forfeited 110 ball bond for falling fall-ing to keep to the right aide of the road. - - Other speeding cases, with guilty pleaa entered In each ease: Darcey L, Nye, 41. Ogden. fined $2S. U suspended: sus-pended: Harold a Morr. 25, ef 2M East Third South street, fined 110; C G. Waltere, M, of 210 Sixth East atreet, fined 17.50, also f lnsd 15, suspended, sus-pended, when he admitted passing a red traffic light; J. Wallace William, Wil-liam, 40, Farming-ton. and L. W. Man sell, 3a, of Oil Drlgg avenue, fined 18 each. Wayne Boyles, 26, Bingham, was flnsd (10, with t suspended, when ha admitted passing a red traffic ' light, while Jamea Kakunee, 50, of 1605 Third East street waa fined 18 when he pleaded guilty to A Ilka charge.