Commonwealth v. Dalton

Dannehower, J.,

Defendant, William F. Dalton, was indicted, tried and convicted by a jury of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquors, an offense defined in The Vehicle Code of May 1, 1929, P. L. 905, art. VI, sec. 620(/), as last amended by the Act of June 27, 1939, P. L. 1135, sec. 11, 75 PS §231.

He has filed a motion for a new trial, alleging the usual reasons, and also earnestly contending that the trial judge erred in admitting in evidence the testimony of two police officers and another witness who heard defendant say that he was the operator of the…