Commonwealth v. Rex

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

Appellant was convicted of driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Only the later stages of the trial were stenographically reported, and therefore we have paraphrased the Commonwealth’s version of its testimony, to which no objection was made in this Court.

On August 16, 1950, at 1:15 a. m., a police officer of Lower Merion Township purposely stationed himself in the center of an intersection as a result of what a motorist had told him. In this position he observed defendant’s car moving westwardly on Lancaster Avenue, pass through a red…