Creps Motor Vehicle Operator License Case

Opinion by

Montgomery, J.,

The Secretary of Revenue suspended the motor vehicle operating license of John H. Creps, appellant, for driving at an excessive rate of speed in violation of §1002 of The Vehicle Code.1 The Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County sustained that action and this appeal followed.

On May 12, 1961, appellant was apprehended by the Pennsylvania State Police for speeding at the rate of 70 miles per hour in a 50 mile per hour speed zone, on Route 22, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. An information was filed before a Justice of the Peace in New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, on…