People v. Stringfield

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

Ronald Stringfield was found guilty of driving while under the influence of liquor and of following too closely the vehicle in front of him under the prevailing traffic conditions. The consolidated cases were tried without a jury. The court fined him $106 and revoked his driver’s license on the first charge and fined him $25 on the second charge.

Stringfield, an employee of a cement contractor, was returning from work about 5:00 p. m. on March 31, 1961. As he approached Clybourn and Wellington Avenues, Chicago, the truck he was…