State v. Haddon

A complaint was filed in a justice of the peace court charging Dan Haddon with the crime of “driving and operating a motor vehicle on, over and across the public streets and highways while he, the said Dan Haddon, was under the influence of intoxicating liquor.”

He was arrested upon an arrest warrant and tried the next day after the crime was committed. He pled “guilty,” on having the complaint read to him at the trial. Thereupon, the testimony of three witnesses was taken, evidently pursuant to Rem. Rev. Stat., §1931 [P. C. §9439], which reads:

“No justice shall assess a fine, or enter a…