Royals v. City of Hampton

Clyde R. Royals, Sr., sometimes hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was tried on August 14, 1958, in the Police Justice Court of the City of Hampton, Virginia, on a warrant which charged that he did, in violation of a city ordinance, “unlawfully operate a motor vehicle on the public highway in a careless and reckless manner, involving an accident.” The police justice entered and signed the following judgment order on the back of the warrant: “I do find the accused guilty as charged in the within warrant and adjudge reduced to fail to give right of way. 15 & costs.”

Royals thereafter…