Hardwick Automobile License Case

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

On May 27, 1942, Lew Hardwick was arrested for exceeding the statutory speed limit for a tractor-trailer. Hearing before a magistrate was dispensed with, the fine being paid by money order. Subsequently, after hearing before a representative of the Secretary of Revenue, on August 3, 1942, Hardwick’s operating privileges were suspended for a period of ninety days, beginning October 19, 1942.

Upon appeal to the court below from the action of the Secretary, Hardwick established that he had been operating a truck for twelve years; that he had driven a…