Springfield v. Hanlon

OPINION

By HORNBECK, PJ.

Defendant, in the Municipal Court of the City of Springfield, was convicted and sentenced for the offense of recklessly and negligently operating his automobile within the city limits. An appeal on questions of law is prosecuted.

The affidavit, insofar as pertinent to the question presented, charges that defendant did operate upon West Main Street, a public street in the City of Springfield, an automobile, and did then and there recklessly and negligently operate at a speed so as to endanger the life, limb and property of a person, contrary to an ordinance of said city…