State v. Richards

SPERRY, Commissioner.

Defendant was charged in magistrate •court by uniform traffic ticket (which was signed by the Prosecuting Attorney as an information) with careless and imprudent driving, by failing to yield the right of way on the public streets and highways. He was convicted and a fine of ten ($10.-00) dollars was assessed. He appealed to the circuit court where a jury found him guilty and assessed a fine of one hundred ($100.00) dollars. He perfected his appeal to this court.

His chief contention is that the information upon which he was tried is fatally defective in that a valid charge…