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Show I FINE OF $50 IS GIVEN SPEEDER Heavier Penalties and Then Jail Sentences, Says Judge Roberts Ell Brown, nero bootblack, srrea ed vesterdav afternoon on Twsnl fourth street between Jackson :mJ Harrison avenue von tho charge of poodinir bv Motorcycle Officer C. E It Ueiser, pleaded guilty in the dtj court i his morning before City Judge 1' R. i Loberta He wus sentenced to pa Hne of $50 or to serve $50 days In jaJl and he paid his fine In commenting on the disregard of the law relative t" speeding .Judge Roberta said thai on March I he h id announced that the court would follow the same procedure this year as last rear, namely sentencing speeders to pay fines of $20 or to serve 30 days In Jail. He staled ihat such fines had evidently evi-dently been without avail In checking speeding and also called attention to his published statements about ten Bays ago that unleae speeding was ItOPpJd Jail sentences would be resorted re-sorted to instead of fines. The admonition, he said, had ap-j parently had no effeol n at lera In-,,mn..li In-,,mn..li a- sin. e that ilme there 1 1 1 been two persons kille.l In automo-blle automo-blle accidents where the drivers had been alleged to have been speeding The public sentiment was aroused ... a high pitch. Judge r.obt-rt --aid 0 lis time, clue io such accidents and l.t- added that in such limes he did' H not believe it to be good policy to! il make any drastic changes in Imposing ' He slaved, however, that in the event V eavier fines did not stop speeding .1 sentences might be resorted to and -ailed attention to the fact ihat 10 days in Jni1 "'f tnf" minimum penalty :i.- then sentenced Brown B Brown said that he had. been tak-j ing a woman to the hospital to make, a oo |