The People v. Stacker

An information charging that William Stacker on July 4, 1925, while intoxicated, operated a motor vehicle upon a public highway in Hancock county was filed in the county court of that county. Stacker pleaded not guilty and waived a trial by jury. The court found him guilty, and after motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled Stacker was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and to be imprisoned in the county jail for thirty days. This writ of error followed.

The prosecution is based upon section 41 of the act entitled “An act in relation to motor vehicles and to repeal a…