This Day in History: 1924-08-17
Robert J. Burrows of Newark got away with a fine of $5 and costs for speeding in Oakland when he showed Magistrate Rodgers a letter from the Newark Commissioner of Police asking that the young man be shown courtesy if in trouble. Considering that another Newark man, without the letter we presume, had only been fined $10 for speeding and driving without a license you wonder how persuasive the letter really was. (Bristow)