People v. Hildebrandt

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1955-04-14

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Desmond, J. The question of law on this appeal is: may it be inferred, from the fact that a person is the owner of an automobile, that he is its driver at a particular time? Defendant’s conviction, in a Court of Special Sessions, was for the “ traffic infraction ” (see Vehicle and Traffic Law, § 2, subd. 29) of driving an automobile at a speed illegal in a restricted speed zone (Vehicle and Traffic Law, § 56, s…

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