Another one of those automobile wreck cases, wherein the prosecuting and defendant witnesses fail to agree on most of the major and minor details connected with the wreck, was tried before Judge Graham in Recorder’s court Saturday morning. C.J. Cole of Blacknall street, West Durham, was charged with injury to property, N.J. Brandon being the prosecuting witness. Cole was found guilty, and judgment was suspended upon payment of the costs and sum of $54.75 to the use of Thomas Doyle, whose truck Brandon was driving at the time the collision occurred between it and a Ford touring car being driven by the defendant. Counsel for the defense, J.W. Barbee, gave notice of an appeal and bond was fixed at $100.
As to some of the details on which the prosecuting witness and the defendant failed to agree upon, Brandon testified that he was traveling south on Broad street at about 10 miles an hour when Cole came out of C street, driving west, and struck this car while going at a rapid rate. Cole testified that it was the other way around, that is, the truck driven by Brandon hit his car. Cole, however, testified that he failed to stop or blow his horn or slow up very much on entering the street intersection. Under cross examination by W.B. Guthrie, counsel for the prosecution, the defendant stated that he guessed he was going about 30 miles per hour. Other witnesses testified that although Cole was going at an excessive rate, it was very doubtful if he was going that fast.
From page 3 of The Durham Sun, Sunday morning, May 17, 1925
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