Show i I I A Good Precedent II t T THAT HAT the city court h has s reached he end of oJ tolerance of traffic violations for which there can be no defense is lis is evidenced evidence in the fhe disposition of a case tried before Judge F. F W. W Crockett of the municipal court After a jury had found aman aman a aman man guilty gunty of driving an automobile while drunk and failing ailing to tp stop after an it lt Judge Crockett imposed a sent sentence nce of four months in jail The sentence may see seem seeni a a. bit severe to the driver of the car but it is in keeping with t tie the e crime charged and will carry the full approval of the citizenship Liquor especially the kind which is available today and gasoline will not mix and efforts to accomplish the feat are to 10 t te be e discouraged discouraged discouraged aged by stiff jail sent sentences nc s. s This was but one of the the crimes ch charged to this auto driver however The other ther failing g to stop after an accident is a serious serious' offense lacking the fundamental principles principles principles prin prin- of human sympathy Its only defense isto isto is isto to be found in the other offense and this can command no mercy Salt Lake cannot afford tobe tobe to tobe be lenient with drunken automobile drivers nor d dt drivers who fail fait to meet the r responsibilities entailed entailed entailed en en- t tailed in an accident nt The claims to be the victim of mistaken mistaken mistaken mis mis- t taken identity but the fact remains that he has t been found guilty by a jury This is the fairest t trial that c can n be given a man charged with crime and we are bound to accept the verdict at least until it has been set aside by a higher court ourt In view of these facts it would seem that the sent sentence sentence sen sen- i t tence nce imposed by Judge Crockett is not only fair 1 but commendable |