People v. Davidson

On January 20,1955, on Brooks Avenue, in the town of Gates, two State troopers saw defendant’s automobile being operated in an unusual manner and, after a pursuit, stopped defendant within the city of Rochester and arrested him on a charge of operating an automobele while in an intoxicated condition. Defendant consented to a test of his sobriety by the use of a “ Harger Drunkometer the results of the test furnished prima facie evidence that defendant was in an intoxicated condition within the standards set forth in subdivision 5 of section 70 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. The result of this…