State v. Gordon

In his appeal from a conviction of speeding the defendant claims, in effect, that the court erred as a matter of law in reaching the conclusion that he violated the applicable statute, § 2407 of the General Statutes.

The finding discloses the following undisputed facts: On April 9, 1956, at dawn, about 4:45 a.m., the defendant, while alone in his 1956 Chrysler New Yorker automobile, was operating it in a southerly direction on the Wilbur Cross Parkway. His car, equipped with power brakes, power steering and puncture proof tires, was three months old and had been driven about 8000 miles. During…