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Show Inst Sunday owning, the testimony' showing lhat lie drove his machine along Twenty-fifth street to the depot nt a rate of spued uot less than 20 uilles nil hour. W. P. Compton, charged with obtaining ob-taining money undor false pretense, was not In court to answer, the city attorney stating that he Is on a vacation. vaca-tion. The case was Indefinitely postponed post-poned on motion of the prosecuting uitorney. j Wright changed hist plea of "not gi.ilty" to that oT "guilty" of exceeding exceed-ing the spool limit with nn automobile, automo-bile, and the court took the matter of passing sentence under advisc- 1)1 CD t. Angus T. Wright, father of the young man, appeared before the judge and explained that the hoy was not i wilfully driving his machine faster than six miles an hour, and that the load was perfectly clear, leaving no chance ot do anybody any harm VIOLATIONS OF SPEED P R. O Shea e xplained to Judge Murphy this morning that he Is from Nevada, where a little question of imped with an automobile is not considered, con-sidered, and that If he had violated tlo laws or Ogden by fast driving he was willing to settle the account "If 1 have done this. Judge. It Is i:p to me to make It right," said O Shea, "but I did not intend to break the law. Down in Nevada, where I come from, why in a little speed like that there would bo nothing to It I am certain that I was not traveling j more than L'O miles an hour, and I don't see- how I could go much slower than that." "You may not have intended to break the law. but you did." said the judge, "and it Is up to ino to do something some-thing toward stopping this excessive speed with motor machines I will fine you In default of the pay ment of which you will spend 2f days iu the city jail. This .-peejing must cc ase." O Shea was charged with exceeding exceed-ing tho speed limit in his automobile. M M mwn-M-mii |