JUDGE GETS CASE OF UNSEALED METER WEIGHTS AND MEASURES SEEKS CAB FINE

From: Evansville Courier & Press | Date: September 21, 2002| Author: BYRON ROHRIG, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7426 or blrohrig@evansville.net | Copyright information

A judge heard and then took under advisement Friday a case in which the city-county Weights and Measures inspector seeks to fine a local company for removing an inspection seal from a taxicab meter.

Inspector Loretta Townsend called in Checker Cab No. 78 Feb. 22 and ordered a deputy to remove the meter after she found -- as an anonymous caller had reported to her -- that the meter had been unsealed.

The cab had been inspected and sealed Jan. 17, but Townsend acknowledged document...

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