People v. Vadakin

This defendant was convicted before Justice of the Peace Keller of the Town of Kinderhook on the 25th day of April, 1953, for violating subdivision 8 of section 14 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law and was fined the sum of $100.

*905This conviction must he set aside for two reasons. The proof as to the weight of the vehicle was introduced over the objection of the defendant that the proper foundation for its proof had not been laid in that there was no proof that the scales upon which the vehicle was weighed were accurate. There is no presumption that the scales of the State of New York are accurate,…