The Archive · 1923

Traffic Cases in U. S. Court

Judgment Reserved in Case Against Mr. Glemby

At the continued hearing of charges of reckless driving against Aaron Glemby, who was defended by Mr. F. J. Schuhl and prosecuted by Mr. L. G. usar, 4 U. 8. District Attorney, Mr. Sidney Moss, of Moss Haskell, watched for the injured man. At a previous session several months ago one of the complainants, the other being in hospital, told the Court that the car driven by Mr. Glemby had swerved squarely from where he had been travelling and had run into him and his friend and then had crashed into a porcelain shop. On Saturday several of the shop assistants mentioned the crash of the machine into the premises and said that a large amount _of damage had been done. One when asked as to the speed of the car replied, It was a little lower that than that of a fire engine." He claimed that $300 worth of porcelain had been shattered.

Mr. Glemby, in the box, declared that he had been going along Nanking Road in a leisurely manner on his way to the Race Course where he was due a few minutes later, when a pedestrian" had jumped fiom the kerb on the left hand side of the road and stopped before his oncoming car. The only recourse he had was to swerve so as to avoid striking him and if possible run into the post on the opposite side. He missed the post but ran into the complainants and continued as far as the shop. He immediately took the injured man to hospital and re-

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