People v. Bartlett

The defendant was charged with speeding while operating a private ambulance over a road under the jurisdiction of the Long Island State Park Commission. The information alleges a violation of section 243-6A of Ordinance 6 heretofore duly adopted by that agency.

The defendant testified that at the time the violation is said to have occurred, he was responding to an emergency call; specifically to transport a patient to a local hospital. At the close of the case the defendant moved to dismiss the information upon the ground that his vehicle was exempt from the operation of the ordinance by…