COLTS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 5050.

38 F.2d 535 (1930)

COLTS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided February 4, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. T. Whelan and W. B. O'Connell, both of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff in error.

W. W. Bride, C. H. Gray, and R. E. Lynch, all of Washington, D. C., for the District of Columbia.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices.


ROBB, Associate Justice.

Writ of error to the police court, involving the question whether one charged with reckless driving on a city street is entitled to a jury trial.

In an information, it was charged that Colts, on the 19th of July, 1929, "on O Street, Southeast, and on divers other streets" in the District of Columbia, "did then and there operate a certain motor vehicle at a greater rate of speed than twenty-two miles an hour over said public highway...

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