People v. Morse

Defendant appeals from a conviction of negligent homicide, assigning as error the admission into evidence of testimony concerning the results of a test voluntarily taken by him on a so-called “Harger Drunkometer” and deductions drawn therefrom as to his being under the influence of intoxicating liquor at the time of the accident.

It is plaintiff’s position, supported by proofs, that it is generally accepted by medical authorities (1) that a chemical analysis of a specimen of blood, urine or other body fluid will accurately disclose the percentage of alcohol contained in the blood and (2) that…