State v. Burton

This case is a criminal complaint charging the respondent with operating a motor vehicle on Thames street, a public highway in the city of Newport, at an unreasonable rate of speed.

The respondent is a machinist mate, second class, regularly enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve Force, and said alleged violation of law occurred while the respondent was on duty as a dispatch driver. The case is before us upon the certification by the Superior Court of a question of law raised by the Attorney General.- The question certified is as follows:

“1. Is a machinist mate, second, class, regularly…