Seidenberg v. District of Columbia

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Appellant was charged with operating art automobile on Brentwood Road, N. E., in excess of twenty-five miles per hour, which was the maximum there permitted. He was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or serve thirty days in jail, and haS' brought this appeal.

His first contention is that the trial judge should have found that a reasonable doubt existed as to his guilt. The arresting officer testified that he had paced defendant for about two blocks at a speed varying from thirty-three to thirty-eight miles per hour. Despite this clear testimony on the basic…