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Show Court Fines in Pi. Grove Set Record in 1956 Just like prices, wages, taxes, population and most everything else in the Pleasant Grove area, the incidenoe of crime is also moving mov-ing up. Up about 17 per cent, to be exact. According to a report issued on Monday by City Judge C. O. Newman, New-man, 74 more cases were handled in the City Court during 1956, than were handled during 1955. The totals were: 445 for 1955 and 519 for 1956. In- keeping with the trend which began soon after the automobile came into universal use about 50 years ago, traffic violations were the cause of 440 criminal cases prosecuted in 1956, or about 85 per cent of the court actions. Of these speeding was the most prevalent; there being 351 of this variety. Other traffic violations were listed by Judge Newman as follows fol-lows : Running through stop sign, 30; Drunken driving, 15; No operator's opera-tor's licence, 18; Wreckless driving, driv-ing, 14; Failure to yield right of way, 10; Improper passing, 9; Failure Fail-ure to keep vehicle under control, 8; Improper parking, 8; Driving under suspended or revoked license, li-cense, 4; Excessive noise, 2; Crossing Cross-ing over double line, 2; Faulty lights, 1; Improper registration, 1; Resisting an officer, 1 ; Expired license, li-cense, 1; Making improper turn 1, and following too close, 1. Of the 42 nontraffic criminal cases handled, excessive use of alcohol al-cohol accounted for the large majority ma-jority of these actions. Non-traffic offenses are as follows: Public intoxication, 25; Distraction Distrac-tion of property, 1; Assault and battery, 1; and dismissals and suspensions, sus-pensions, 15. In addition there were 37 civil actions handled by the City Court. Fines and bail forfeitures totaled total-ed $7,871 for 1956 as against $5,442 for 1955; an increase of approximately ap-proximately 7 per cent. |