State v. Gardin

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal from an order of the municipal court of Minneapolis denying defendant’s motion to set aside the court’s finding of guilty and requesting that a finding of not guilty be made instead or, in the alternative, for a new trial.

On October 16, 1956, at approximately 5:28 p. m., while it was still light outside, Jimmy Hill, a 2-year-old child, was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing Thirty-seventh Avenue North, between Hum boldt and Girard Avenues, in the city of Minneapolis. The automobile involved was being driven in an easterly direction on Thirty-seventh…