Prison Sentence for Fatal Automobile Accident
In a stern sentencing, a Tacoma man was sent to the state penitentiary for manslaughter following a highway crash that claimed the life of Mrs. Minnie Hogue.
W. H. Englehardt of Tacoma, who was convicted of manslaughter last month for careless driving of an automobile, whereby Mrs. Minnie Hogue was killed on the Pacific highway, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in the state penitentiary. At the trial witnesses testified that Englehardt was intoxicated, which he denied, saying he had taken only three drinks.
“At the trial witnesses testified that Englehardt was intoxicated, which he denied, saying he had taken only three drinks.”
Early 20th-century traffic laws struggled to keep pace with the arrival of the automobile. This case reflects the beginning of public efforts to criminalize reckless, intoxicated driving on Washington roads.
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