People v. Hosier

The appeal herein brings up for review a speeding conviction — namely, a traffic infraction under the Schenectady ordinance. Neither the ordinance itself nor any of the rules or regulations emanating from the Schenectady Traffic Commission created thereunder were offered in evidence on the trial.

The trial record sets forth the testimony of the police officer who states that on November 8, 1958, while riding alone in a police prowl car, he observed the defendant ahead at the intersection of State Street and Consaul Road, followed him for a few blocks on Consaul Road, looked at his speedometer…