State v. Colohan

The defendant was convicted of the crime of “Operating a Motor Vehicle While under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor,” under the provisions of § 2 and § 62 of chapter 162 of the Session Laws of 1927, the specific facts charged being that “the said defendant did wilfully and unlawfully operate and drive a motor vehicle upon the streets of Pargo, North Dakota, while being under the influence of intoxicating liquor.” The maximum penalty set forth in § 62 of the act is imprisonment in the county jail -for one year and a fine of five hundred dollars for the first offense and imprisonment in the…