State v. Smith

This is a criminal complaint charging that the defendant, at Westerly, on the first day of August, 1908, “being then and there the driver of a certain motor vehicle on a certain highway in the said town of Westerly, known as the Watch Hill Road, did not, after knowingly causing an accident by collision with a horse and team on said highway driven by one Frank Collins forthwith bring said motor vehicle to a full stop, or return to said scene of said accident, but then and there, voluntarily and without excuse drove said motor vehicle away from said scene of said accident, with great speed,…