United States v. Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

BEAMER, District Judge.

The defendant is charged in a Fifteen Count complaint filed under Title 45 U.S.C. §§ 1-16 with violating the Railroad Safety Appliance Act.

The defendant has confessed judgment on all counts except Five and Nine. The Government dismissed Count Five and the parties have submitted Count Nine on an agreed stipulation of facts.

Count Nine involves a charge that GACX covered hopper car 44833 had defective air brakes when it arrived at the Gibson yard in Hammond, Indiana as a part of a New York Central train on March 13, 1962. The stipulation of facts is as follows:

“1. A train…