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Show I Taxi Driver Guilty Under Ancient City Ordinance For Hacks I Under nn ancient ordinance, said to have been drafted when backs were In vogue as a means of transporting passengers, John Doe Lee, charged with having aeked iare for taxi str-ice str-ice In excess to the 25 cents per mile as allowed by the one city ordinance on this subject, wa3 found guilty bv Judge D. R. Roberts this morning and fined f5, David Wilson, attorney for the defense, de-fense, obtained a stay of execution. He signified intention of appealing the caco. Mi6s Lila Van Kirk, formerly con nected with a department of the Italian Ital-ian governmen'. was the accuser. She said that upon the previous day that n taxi driver had conduc t-J Herself, Her-self, her dog. a dog crate, f i v r- caaefl of lantern Blides, a picture projector, and a nuitcase from the depot to the Arlington hotel for 75 cents. 1a p, he alleged, asked $L'.50 for making tho same trip. Sho is said to have admitted to the police officer trat "she might have made Let angry waen she called him stupid." Lee alleged that his charge was made becauso of the time which elapsed between the time when ht re- lved the call and the l;me when hfl bad safely landed NfUfl Van Kirk on the OgC.en valley car. lie claimed t."iat from 4o to 45 imnutes had eltpsei', Te&r'raony of two stM-pf r,,r employ) J C Woods and Raymond u Tonco, was. that Miss Van Kirk had arrived in time to catch the car. which departed depart-ed at 4 45 o'clock Lee said that in loading parapherha Ilia into the automobile, Miss Van Kirk jaaked him to clean the dog cage for j her. t'pon leavhig the Arlington hotel,' Miss Van Kirk. according to Lee, j asked him i fhe had sr-r-n her keys. He i hud nui Mi.-:s Van Kirk then repri-manded repri-manded him f'jr allowing her to depart j 'without her keys, he said. Tin- driver slowed the car, preparatory to stnn- i ping the car and returning for tho keys. "Drive on, I have found the key6," BiiBfl Van Kirk is alleged to hae sa'd. Lee, according to the testimony o: R. R. Tonce, stated upon delivering Miss Van Kirk to her destination Hut, he would not cam her as a passenger lagaln for $10. This statement wis made following an argument over the fare. Lee testified thru Ml&s Van Klrk had appeared to him prior to his ar-r ar-r t ;'nd told him thr.t If he would io 'fund ?1.50 of the fare he had collected. ahe would keep his nome out of the paper and would nut arrest him. i Attorney Wilson attempted to prove that the payment was not excessive In 'view of the service rendered |