Williams License

Griffiths, J.,

On Independence Day in 1968, before most, if not all celebrations started, petitioner, who had been working late on July 3rd, in his downtown Philadelphia office, was, at about 4 a.m., stopped by an officer of the law.

The purpose of the apprehension was a violation of the speeding law. The ticket introduced into evidence stated “68 miles per hour”, which counsel have agreed had been altered in the duplication process from “65 per hour”. The limit, on the Roosevelt Boulevard Extension of the Schuylkill Expressway, where the infraction occurred, was 50 miles per hour.

The…