Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-10-10 | Page 8 | Law Violators Lose 3 Hours

LAW VIOLATORS LOSE 3 HOURS B Resides Besides ic cs Fine New York Motorists Forced to Delay ny By I y TEA SE Service NEW Oct 9 9 ot of a 0 traffic law In New York mans the loss of at least leut three hours bours besides the fine and nd the Inconvenience In in helping to fill filla filla rilla a stuffy old courtroom A survey luney made at this lone courtroom for tor law y violators violator of all Manhattan shows that more than men and women crowded Into this place last alt year car to sweat and fume for tor ail arl aver aver- aver ige Ige ge of three and II a halt half hours before they could get the ot pann paying their fines lines tor for a trivial offense In some rome cases It has been found up to six elx hours were wasted In waiting for tor cases to come up Meanwhile the drivers sat or stood with lIh others other In a room that could accommodate only persons persona It took less than half balf an hour to with the a average erae cue case which left a loss lollS of oC o three hours houn on tho the average In waiting waIting- Mor More than hours were ere thus wasted last lut year by motor motor- motorists who had to attend this court The grand total of tines was or about 11 U 4 to a customer customer This court Is divided Into three parts with a L magistrate mag-Istrate In Iq each But Dut part two t Is II for the meager few that plead not guilty just to fight tight the tho of If It- nIl white while part one carries the greater burden burlen of the rest of o the cases CUI J The Tho survey y shows how the need of ad additional court for tor trat tic tle traffic cases case caBe