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Show FINES HIMSELF FOR SPEEDING British Columbia Magistrate Hears His Own Case and Imposes Penalty of $5. Vancouver, B. C. Police Megistrate Adolphus Williams sat on his own case in police court and fined himself five dollars and costs for over speeding speed-ing his automobile. His honor had just disposed of the cases of two well-known well-known citizens for speeding, when his own name was called. In vain the magistrate's eye scanned the courtroom court-room for another Adolphus Williams. "Does that charge refer to me?" asked the magistrate, rather meekly, of Crown Prosecutor Kennedy. "Yes," said Kennedy, "I think you have a right to try it yourself. It is not worth while making a written request re-quest to another magistrate." His honor found that he had been going 19 miles an hour when the law ' allows only eight. "Williams is ordered to pay five dollars dol-lars and costs," said the court. |