People v. Peet

less driving. The only witness for the People was an officer who testified that while patrolling a boulevard in the county he noticed the defendant driving between forty-five and fifty miles per hour down the boulevard, by other automobiles and across street intersections. We are not impressed by the strength of the evidence in the case, but find it sufficient to uphold the judgment. The only question in the case arises out of rulings on the evidence.

The defendant by way of cross-examination asked the officer the following questions: “Por what .purpose were you patrolling the highway?” “Were…