Commonwealth v. Mara

The defendant was convicted under a count charging him with operating a motor vehicle upon a public way so that the “lives and safety of the public” might be endangered. This count is in proper form to charge a violation of the statute (G. L. c. 90, § 24) which makes it a criminal offence to operate a motor vehicle upon any way so that the “lives or safety” of the public might be endangered. See Commonwealth v. Atkins, 136 Mass. 160, 161; Commonwealth v. Ahern, 228 Mass. 547, 548. See also the forms prescribed in G. L. c. 277, for setting up or promoting a lottery, neglect of wife or minor…