Commonwealth v. Kohan

Opinion by

Me. Justice Musmanno,

On May 10, 1955, while driving his car on Hardy’s Road in Hampton Township at a speed which ignored the hazardous conditions of the highway — a light rain was falling, the roadway was wet, winding and slippery —Joseph A. Kohan, 17 years of age, not unnaturally attracted the attention of a State trooper fortuitously on the scene. The officer pursued him an unnamed distance and finally apprehended him on a certain Wild-wood Road. A month later the youthful motorist was taken before a Justice of the Peace who fined him $10.00 and imposed costs in the sum of $3.50.

On…