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Assault in the Evening Journal, 1900 & 1920

DRIVER SENT TO REFORMATORY

Item

Title
DRIVER SENT TO REFORMATORY
Source
Perth Amboy Evening News (NJ)
Date
1923-02-09
page
8
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85035720/1923-02-09/ed-2/?sp=8&q=%22Assault%22+%22Assaulted%22+%22Assaults%22&r=0.474,0.638,0.366,0.17,0
Crime
Assault
Subject
vehicle , DUI , child , boy
Gender of alleged offender
Male alleged offender
Gender of alleged victim
Male alleged victim
Stage of the Legal System
Convicted and sentenced to "full term"
Location
In state
New Brunswick
Length of story
80
Description
DRIVER SENT TO REFORMATORY NEW BRUNSWICK, Feb. 9 – Jerome Weingart of New Brunswick, indicted on charge of assault and battery which resulted from driving a car while intoxicated running down and crippling a young boy for life was sentenced this morning by Judge Daly for a full term in the reformatory. In sentencing Weingart. Judge Daly said, “There must be such a sentence as to deter others from attempting to operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor.”