Commonwealth v. Bleakney

By the Court.

The subjoined opinion was prepared by Mr. Justice Carroll, and was adopted after his death as the opinion of the court.

The defendant was found guilty in the Superior Court of *200violating G. L. c. 90, § 24, as amended by St. 1928, c. 281, § 1. This statute, so far as here material, provides that “Any person who operates a motor vehicle upon any way, or in any place to which the public has a right of access, and who, without stopping and making known his name, residence and the number of his motor vehicle, goes away after knowingly colliding with or otherwise causing injury to any…