State v. Haggerty

This is a criminal complaint and warrant which charged that the defendant “did not stop for the signal light at the intersection of Warwick Avenue and Occupasstuxet Road, when set red against him.” After the defendant’s plea in abatement and demurrer were overruled he was tried and found guilty by a justice of the superior court sitting without a jury. The case is here on the defendant’s bill of exceptions to such rulings and decision.

On the view that we take of defendant’s exception to the overruling of the demurrer it will not be necessary to consider any other exception. The demurrer avers…