City of St. Paul v. Ulmer

Nelson, Justice.

Defendant appeals from a conviction for driving an automobile while under the influence of alcoholic liquors which conviction was obtained in the municipal court of the city of St. Paul.

At approximately midnight, January 1, 1960, two St. Paul police officers, James J. Bearth and Arnold Westphal, received a radio call to investigate an accident which had occurred at the intersection of Fairfield and Robertson Streets. As a part of their investigation, the officers inquired as to who had been the drivers of the two vehicles involved, and the defendant identified himself as the…