Commonwealth of Pa. v. Wm. v. Brown
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 228, Oct. T., 1923, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Chester County, Jan. Sessions, 1923, No. 35, on verdict of guilty in the ease of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. William V. Brown. Indictment for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Before Butler, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Yerdict of guilty upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 228, Oct. T., 1923, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Chester County, Jan. Sessions, 1923, No. 35, on verdict of guilty in the ease of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. William V. Brown. Indictment for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Before Butler, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Yerdict of guilty upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Érror assigned was the refusal of motion for new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Notwithstanding the informality of the assignments of error, we have considered the case on the merits. Appellant contends the evidence is insufficient to convict him of driving an automobile in Chester County while intoxicated. Though no witness was called who saw him drive, there was ample evidence, if believed, to justify the jury in finding that about midnight, January 5, 1923, defendant, while intoxicated, drove his car westward along the Lincoln Highway in Chester County and collided with a motor truck headed eastward; in his car he had a bag containing two bottles of liquor,…
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