Commonwealth v. Shea

These two complaints were brought originally in the First District Court of Northern Middlesex and were there tried, and on appeal were tried together to a jury in the Superior Court.

The first complaint is for violation of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 90, § 24 (2) (a), as appearing in St. 1936, c. 434, § 1, which provides that "whoever without stopping and making known his name, residence and the register number of his motor vehicle goes away after knowingly colliding with or otherwise causing injury to any other vehicle or property . . . shall be punished . . .. ”

The second complaint is for violation…