Ballard v. State

SAMFORD, Judge.

The defendant, driving a Chrysler ear, dashed down North Three Notch street in the city of Troy at 2:30 a. m., struck a ¡barrier in the middle of the street erected to protect some repair work and on which was a torch burning, swerved, knocked down an iron electric light post, turned, went back up North Three Notch street for two blocks, turned'into a side street, stopped his car, got out, and walked back towards town, where he was arrested by three policemen, all of whom had seen the performance and who testified that they could smell whisky on defendant’s breath, and that he…