State v. Ball

Defendant admitted he was operating a motor vehicle on a public highway on the night of 21 January 1961. He admitted his license to operate had been revoked, but asserted the revocation could not lawfully extend beyond 20 January 1961.

He preserves and presents this defense by an exception to the court’s charge that operation of a motor vehicle on a highway subsequent to 23 January 1960 and prior to 23 January 1961 would be a violation of the Department’s revocation of his license to drive and hence criminal.

To support the charge of criminal conduct, the State put in evidence a certified copy…