People v. Padilla

The defendant appeals from a judgment fining him $10 for violating subdivision (b) of section 12 of the Act to regulate the operation of motor vehicles of April 13, 1916. The charge against the defendant is that his car having collided with that of the complainant which it damaged, he' did not stop at the place of the accident and did not give his name and address and license number to the complainant.

Subdivision (b) of that section reads as follows:

“In case of accident to person .or property due to the operation of a motor vehicle; the person operating such vehicle shall stop and give his…