People v. Smith

Dethmers, J;

On December 22, 1951, defendant was arrested on a drunk driving charge. . Upon arraignment in the recorder’s court of' the city of Detroit on December 24th, trial was set for January 2, 1952. On Friday, December 28th,’ the. president of défendant’s employer, Overhead Conveyor Company, located in Detroit, wrote a 'letter to defendant’s attorney, received during the middle of the afternoon on Monday, December-31st, stating that defendant was one of its valued engineers and that it would be necessary for him to be in-Gary, Indiana, on January 2d in connection with the instah lation,…