People v. Boyd

The defendant, Willard A. Boyd, Jr., was charged with driving while ünder the influence of intoxicating liquor, in the circuit court of Hamilton County. The case was tried to a jury who returned a verdict of guilty to the charge. The defendant’s post-trial motion was denied and he was sentenced to nine months in the Illinois State Farm; from that conviction he has appealed.

The defendant was involved in an automobile collision with' Mr. Ron Burke on South Washington Street in McLeansboro, Illinois. South Washington Street is a one-way street at the point at which the collision occurred, and…