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Morris wraps around Bantam Lake on a couple of country routes, and a ticket on Route 63 or Route 109 is heard at Torrington Superior Court (GA18).
Morris is a small rural town in the Litchfield hills that spent most of its history as a part of something larger. Europeans settled the area around 1723, and for well over a century it was known as the South Farms โ the agricultural district lying about five miles south of the Litchfield town center. The South Farms grew into a community with its own identity, became a separate Congregational parish in 1767, and twice petitioned to break away as its own town, only to be blocked by Litchfield in the General Assembly. Independence finally came in 1859, when Morris was incorporated and took the name of one of its most distinguished sons.
That son was James Morris, a Yale graduate and Revolutionary War officer who returned home to found an academy that became one of the first coeducational secondary schools in the country, drawing students from across the region to this quiet corner of Litchfield County. The Morris Academy gave the small town an outsized reputation for learning in the early republic, a legacy the town still remembers with pride.
Morris’s defining natural feature is its lake. Most of Bantam Lake โ known to the colonists as the Great Pond and, at roughly 947 acres, the largest natural lake in Connecticut โ lies within the town, its shoreline lined with cottages, camps, and the comings and goings of boaters and anglers. The lake, together with the surrounding farmland and the conservation lands nearby, makes Morris a recreational draw in the warm months and keeps it rural the rest of the year.
The town’s traffic runs on a pair of country routes. Route 63 crosses Morris north and south, connecting Litchfield with Watertown and the towns beyond, while Route 109 runs east and west, and both skirt the lake. These roads carry steady seasonal and through traffic and see regular enforcement, with citations turning up along the busier stretches. We follow these roads and the equipment used along them, which is generally where the violations described below begin.
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Jay built Mr. Speeding Ticket on the belief: that everyone deserves a champion in their corner. Despite all the lawyer jokes and everything you hear, he still believes in the justice system,
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Continuances buy time but don't resolve anything on their own. Pushing the case off again and again usually just stretches it out. It's generally better to have the ticket reviewed and a real strategy chosen.
Morris is served by Torrington Superior Court (GA18), the geographical-area courthouse that handles motor-vehicle matters for the town and much of Litchfield County.
For many traffic matters an attorney can appear at the Torrington courthouse on your behalf, so you may not need to make the drive yourself. We can review your ticket and explain what your appearance would involve.
Depending on the violation and your record, a conviction can add points to your Connecticut license and may affect your insurance. How serious that is depends on the specifics, which is why it helps to review the ticket before deciding how to handle it.
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