Two months' imprisonment was ihe sentence imposed by Mr. Tiutchison and Magistrate Li, at the Mixed Court on Monday, on one Tsung Zaing-ling, for "unlawfully and improperly driving a car," and doing so without a permit.
Chief Inspector Kinipple, _pro-scouting, said the accused was driving car 406 east to west on Bubbling "oad on Sunday morning, when he urned south into Seymour Road. Tnstead of taking a short cut, the man took a broad sweep' and collided with car 1054, damaging' the foot guard and windscreen and injuring one Yueh Kying-kwan, who was in the second car. accused was an unlicensed driver. Several witnesses corroborated: the evidence. The accused said he did not hear the other car sound its horn, and that he was only trying the car, intending to get a permit later. 'Two months' imprisonment was the sentence.
In connexion with this case, Tsz Foh-sung was charged with breach of his permit in allowing Tsung, the accused driver, to drive the car, and with failing to notify the police of change of his employment, contrary to conditions of his permit. Tsz sat beside Tsung and allowed him, an unlicensed person, to drive. Tsz had received his permit when an employee of the Horse Bazaar, which place he had left. He has the choice of a fortnight in gaol or paying $15 fine, On Tuesday, Mr. Ezra appeared as witness in a motor car case which ended in the chauffeur, one Tseu Fok-noon, being fined $30. The witness, whose evidence was supported by that of Mr. Gensburger, said the car w Jessfield Road near the about 35 miles an hour, and there was a lot of traffic in the road at the time.
The accused's defence was that he was not driving the car, that it was being driven by his ' master. But the defence broke down when Chief. Insp. Kinipple said the chauffeur's employer brought the man to the Police, who had been looking for him for a week. admitted to me that he was driving the car, and as a matter of fact his master cannot drive and knows nothing about driving cars."
Asimilar case was that of a driver who disregarded a foreign constable's signals to stop_ near Chaoufoong and Seward Roads. He was fined $90. The constable saw the car coming and put out his hand for it to stop, but the driver took no notice. Instead, he dashed across through the crowded traffic in Chaoufoong Road at from 2 to 25 miles an hour, according to the officer's best judgement.
Chauffeur—I went a little fast to get out of the way of a ricsha. The constable's signal was meant for the ricsha, not for me.
Five other minor speeding cases were treated by Assessor Tenney, who inflicted a fine of $10 in each.
Twenty dollars was the fine imposed on a chauffeur by the Mixed Cowrt on Wednesday, the man haying turned his car into a carriage and injured a pony. Beside the fine, the driver will find his licence suspended for three months, and he is ordered to pay the cost of repairing the carriage and of curing the cut pony. Other breaches of regulations by Chinese chauffeurs coming before the same assessor were: reckless driving $10, failure to obey police signals $10, improper tighting $6, and speeding $5.
Chief Insp. Kinipple gave evidence in the first case mentioned the car was being driven west to east on Bubbling Well Road when
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