People v. Dwyer

Freschi, J.:

The defendant is charged with unlawfully operating an automobile at and along Central Park West, a highway in the city of New York, on August 7, 1911, at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, in violation of chapter 12, section 454, page 109 (1911 ed.), of the Ordinances of the City of New York, which provides as follows

“ Sec. 454. Speed of Vehicles. — The following rates of speed through the streets of the city shall not be exceeded, that is, eight miles an hour by bicycles, tricycles, velocipedes and motor vehicles, however propelled, or by passenger or other vehicles drawn by…