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the georgetown herald wednesday nov 9th 949 what iqamici ojj vreoxhtctiay xoyembbe z protect what you have fire teaches a tragic lesson walter t evans company insurance agents the log cabin phone 183 k stand between yo and loss f furnace work and eavestroughing good workmanship at reasonable price don houston authofhsed the police committee chairman and the police committee to contact the attorney general with a view to having apr outside maglatralc- handle all 6urt carta heard lh georgetown moved m davidson arid goocu- let mcnaliy and lyons voted against the matter jwhlcb had drawn province wide attention through repjorta in the toronto dailies was irrftoduced byacttng mayor jack armstrong prior to a dlscussjpn on a sewerage dobontuna issue for- which the mcctrwit hnd been ori ginally called mayor armstrong criticized vic toronto papers qll of vshjeh were represented by rci porters at the meeting for false quotations and said that as the provincial police and life magi strate were both appointed by the province he bolioved it was up tb queens park to decided who was wrong and not the job qf council i he called on police chairman cecil davidson who read reports of provincial ray schlsler relating to the machlln case the reports ap pear in detail in another part of the herald mr davidson said that after consultation with the police committee not the council as dally papers reported he wished to state that the police committee was 100 behind the polico and believed that constable schlsler had carried out his duty in this case the case had been dismissed and the committee felt that this was out of their hands but the pur- poscjrin discussing it with the press wbb jhat they they did not feel that jrmagistratc who was also town solicitor shojild handle all local cases as seconder of the motion deputy reeve jim goodlct said that this was not the first time that the thought hnd occurred to the committee to hove mr langdon replaced in fairness to both mr langdon and the town he did not think it proper tfor o magistrate to be town solicitor and conduct a private practice in georgetown and acton cr arthur herbert stated that he was one hundred per cent be hind our policemen there had been many complaints about speed ing and a few weeks ago council had been bearing down on the con- ice to do something about it i have every confidence in the schlsler report and i believe it said mr herbert the provincial police are the finest trained men on the continent i think an apol ogy is owed to constable schlsler in answer to a question by cr mcnally cr davidson said that if a man refuses to give information to the police when lawfully reques- i ted he may be charged with ob- struction j this isnt the only case which has brought about this motidn said deputyreeve goodlrt yes- i terday a parking case brought by constable schislcr was turned down constable sheffield says that the police refuse to chalk any more cars until some method of proving overtime parking is devised which will stand up in court this motion has no direct bear ing on the rachlln case said cr davidson there were three cases yesterday in which the police con sidered they had sufficient cvl- dence one of these he explained concerned a car which had been chalked at 1 1 am and checked again at 1 pm but was thrown out on testimony of the defendant and witnesses that the car was not there that long another concern ing a charge of parking in a no parking nrca on mill street in with the ontario provincial polico to continue polling georgetown in 1050 moved by davidson and good- let is paulbjeakee at funeral of aunt constable scwstorsv reports to the police committee on the rachlin ase october 2blh 1 i beg to- report that at 203 am tuesday october 25th last while patrolling east on guchh street pio 7 highway j at a point opposite armstrongs garage j ob served a motor vehicle approach ing from the opposite direction at a high speed the car- in question failed to lower his headlight beam tfler my tipping the lights on the atrol cnv several limes i turned and gave chase and ati- j reached i hie georgetown high school at a sliced of fill jnp h the accused wgs post the cautlcn light at john si i this would be npptonnaicly one quarter mile from vttelc i had i turned the cruiser the distance be- tveen the accused andjtc speeder would be in excess or 1000 foetal maintained a speed of 50 but the car in question disappeared in the disbknec i increased my speed to 05 but was unable to catch up to him until we reached the town boundary a distajjp of approxi- matcly and quchalf miles from where i gave chase 2 upon asking the driver his reason for excessive speed i em phatically denied speeding aria a c manded to know where 1 earn from he accused me offiaving a belligerent manner and refused to give his name i asked him for 11s drivers license and he refused to show it i asked him four timfes for his identity and told him that if he continued to disobey this re quest i would be forced to lock him up he wos extremely hostile and said i was trying to bully him and that he did not intend to cater to any policeman i took him to the police office and again asked him for ills identity and offered him a chdnce to go on his way if he would identify himself he refused lo answer my questions and de manded to see his lawyer immed iately he was therefore placed in a cell 3 i might add that immediately before placing him in a cell he look his drivers license from his pocket but maintaining his prev ious hostile attitude he refused to hand it to me and it was neces sary to take it from his hand i ad- i vised the accused that it was nec essary to remove his car- from the highway due to it presenting a traffic hazard and inquired what lie wished done with the car to which he replied viciously just what are you trying to talk me into throughout the entire inci dent 1 was tolally unaware of this mans identity until such time as i took the license lrom his hand he incessantly voiced the fact thai he was a business man from acton and he was not accustomed to be ing bullied by police 4 this man appeared at 10 am ilie same morning bdfore magi strate k m langdon at his re quest he was granted a remand of one week lo obtain counsel 5 a further report will be sub mitted in duo course r c schlsler mr ijrant swackhamcr acted as n pallbearer at the funeral of his nunt the lato mrs it h wans- brough who was burled in falr- vlcw cemetery acton after a ser vice in churchill united church she was the last surviving mem ber qf the family of hve daugh ters and four sons of christopher swackhamcr and elizabeth denny ondwas born 8ft years ago at the swirckhamor homestead atchurch- 111 with her husband she lived on oi farm at crewsons corners ind in lolv moved to acton where her husband toredeceased her twcj ty ycass ngox i surviving an two sons and three i i daughters royjharold and mrs i gordon mnckay annelto all of toronto mrs frank day of rock- wood afipv-jdrs- allan smith of ac- i ion lrev milton sanderson of inoiuv parkrile united church i toronto was assisted by rev a o w foreman of aclon in con ducting the amoral service anjj psillboarers were arthur and hom er swnckhainct hranipton brant i swackhamcr of georgetown bruce aliekny toronto f red day hain- puiii and edwin darncc toronto have you tried advertising ill the new advertisements column every week we hear of more satis- on highways electrical and refrigeration service king st glen rl phone 379j fairbanksmorse stoker oil burners heaters pressure water systems its electrical call carney 1 mm huh cash dead stock hones ea 2js0 cattle ea2jk hogs per cwt m according to alas and esndtttob raoni mam u collect darling company of canada limited pt k47w georgetam m a aplendld aarlety ol materials trine bouele mohair velaar upestry silk broeatette auk and cotton rep upholstering at its lowest price and highest quality dkk the upholsterer operated by jack sudermann air iiitmt arraatad 1 dar aarvtoa wa wul be bleaaad to al jreja ham with styla aanpls fessks mo obuoation l be quick phone dick phone 310 barbers lisp- nd report november lst 1 willi reference lo the marginal ly noted occurrence nnd further to which the defendant claimed he did w report no 1 dated the a5bi ul- not sec the signs i can tak you back over the records of many cases where the police thought they had sufficient evidence nnd the cases mere f dis missed continued cr davldson we might as well do away with police and hire boy scouts if they havent the backlngof the magi strates court asked the water committee to report at the next meeting their recommendation as to what to do about an offer from mr schofleld yor having water service to his new home behind normandy blvd speaking for his fnther jim scho fleld said thnt councils decision to pay only 10 of the cost didnt seem fair when over 150 feet of main hnd been dug for another house in that district if the town would dig the line from the boule vard to the property mr schofleld offered to supply the pipe nnd to beck fill mayor armstrong said that council had considered that 10 would represent the normal cost of water installation gave first- and second readings to a bylaw to borrow 31000 to pay the balance on sewerage installa tion the debentures will be 3v 20 year debentures extras and coat increases under the escalator clause in the contract had booated the coat 130050 over the original contract dblea of 9875000 municipal board approval la uacaaaary before third aadlag can be ivan to the bylaw author tad tha mayor and dap- uttraava to aln an afraamant timo i beg to submit the following 2 defendant assisted by defence counsel mr h l daufman of kitchener ontario reappearcd before magistrate k m langdon in georgetown this date and plea ded not guilty to obstructing pol ice crown attorney mr l d dingle notified this detachment prior to the hearing that due to pressure of other courts lie would be unable to attend trial and issued instructions to prov const j w sheffield therefore to ask for an adjournment to nov llth const sheffield presented the crown at torneys request lo the court but the magistrate ruled that hie case must proceed nevertheless 3 evidence as outlined in report no 1 was presented by the under signed to the court the writer emphasized unit the accused wis travelling at 60 mph when stod- ped in a 30 m ph zone hnd that the accused persistently refused to identify himself even though tlfreafened with arrest defendant iir his testimony denied specdiqjlt but admitted being unable to esti mate his actual rate of travel he claimed that he had been bullied by the writer and hd been refused permission to telcphono his lawyer on completion of testimony the magistrate stated that his court was usually inclined to place more credence in police evidence but that in this case ho felt obllgod to accept defendants story ai being truthful he thereupon dismissed the obstruction charge and tender ed the accused the apologia of the court for having been guhjae tad to such humiliation tha uaa urtrate than dlanuiasd tha meaning down through the yeors gray coach lines passen gers have enjoyed a full measure ol new model comfort as better and better buses have been built this record is your assurance that youi will continue to enjoy all the advantogesojprog public travel service on to highways st louis 2510 halifax 5475 owen sound 535 los angeles 8545 hound tmip subject lo change r0sedale floral cut flowers potted plants if its a spray wreath wedding flowers we can please you our prices are right phone 2811 we deliver charge without requiring the ar raignment of accused on this extra count i might add thsjl the only other defence witness called was una william mlddleton of acton who testified as to defendant previous good character 4 in view of the foregoing i bag to submit thli report te b c behlslar nature unspoiled vyours to enjoyv the longeared owl is probably ojir most efficient 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