Two chauffeurs were summoned at the Mixed Court on Wednesday for having driven their cars at excessive speed in Vu Yuen Road on the 10th instant.
Mrs. B. M. Gull gave evidence that while walking along Vu Yuen Road, towards Shanghai, she saw the two cars turn the corner at what she thought was an excessive speed, and dangerous to the public. She did not hear a horn sounded. Accordingly, she reported the matter to the police.
One of the chauffeurs explained that half of the road was muddy and the other part narrow. Seeing the foreign lady walking in the middle of the road, he sounded his horn. The lady did not get out of the way; and he was obliged to pass on the muddy side of the road. The result was that the mud flew over the lady's clothes, so that she became angry, and reported the matter to the, police. He was not driving at! 20 miles an hour.
The second driver said that he; was merely following the first.
The Court, fined defendants $7 each.
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