Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1936, Page 16

A—16 = COURTS CALLECT $430,000 IN FINES Automobile Owners and Drivers Pay Most of 12- Month Total. The four branches of Police Court exacted a total of $480,337.89 in fines during the 12-month period ended Friday, according to figures compiled by the court clerk’s office. On the basis of reports by the finance and fiscal clerks, automobile owners and drivers paid a majority of the fines collected and collateral forfeited. Of 26,031 warrants issued | by the warrant clerk during the 12- month period, 21,268 were for viola- tions of District” regulations, the re- mainder being for cases appearing in | the United States branch. While no definite figures are avail- | able, it is estimated that only about | 1,000 of the 21,268 warrants were for other than traffic offenses. 1 12,134 Speeders Arrested. | Fines or collateral forfeitures of $5 | or less figured in 66,608 cases of minor | traffic violations. Speeders arrested numbered 12,134; reckless driving, 497 cases; leaving after colliding, 214; operating without a permit, 2,017; operating on a revoked or suspended permit, 533, and violations of hacking | laws and regulations, 1,319. ! The District branch disposed of 19,- 126 cases of drunkenness and 7,924 cases of disorderly conduct.. Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal | yesterday informed the Commissioners | traffic cases alone handled in the last fiscal year numbered 31,295, an in- | crease of 17 per cent over the 1:u'e<1 ceding year. In all, Seal reported, a total of 54,- | 292 were filed in the court, but 22,- | 997 of these cases were filed in the other branches of the court. In other ' than the Traffic Court, the cases were | reduced by 4,973. Intoxication Cases Decrease. In the other Police Court cases, Seal reported, intoxication cases decreased 3.401, the comparative figures being 18,458 for the 1935 fiscal year and 15,- 057 for the last year; drinking in pub- lic went up 46 cases; disorderly cases fell down 695, while other major of- fenses also showed a decrease. Seal gave credit for carrying the administration of the office to E. Bar- rett Prettyman, who resigned as cor- poration counsel March 31, and Ver- non E. West, who acted as head of the office until August 5, when Seal’s term began. Traffic Court cases, the report re- vealed, numbered 31,295 during the last fiscal year, as compared with 26,662 cases in the previous year. However, the report showed a falling off of 24 in “hit-and-run” cases, 20 passing street cars, 186 reckless driv- ing, 3 operating on revoked permits and 2 in cases of reckless driving, sec- ond offense. I SERVICE ORDERS l ARMY ORDERS. Grifiin, Maj. Benjamin F., Air Corps, San Antonio, Tex., to Bolling Field. Germain, Maj. Chambard H. St., Infantry, Howard University, to Fort George G. Meade, Md. Cerecedo, Capt. Javier H., Specialist Reserve, Chicago, to active duty in office of Assistant Secretary of War, November 8. Leehey, Capt. Donald J., Engineer Corps, Eastport, Me., to Fort Belvoir, Va., November 1. Rhudy, First Lieut. Ralph C., Air Corps, Kelly Field, Tex, to Bolling Field. Sweet, Second Lieut. William B, Ordnance Department Reserve, or- dered to active duty in office of Chief of Ordnance, September 28. NAVY ORDERS. Medical Corps. Clark, Lieut. (J. G.) William V., de- tached, Destroyer Division 7, to Quan- tico, Va. - CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Bartenders’ Union, Local 75, 720 Fifth street, 3 p.mi Services, Martha Washington Re- bekah Club, Odd Fellows’ Home, 4 pm. TOMORROW. 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