Williams v. State

. Richard S. Heller, J.

On August 3, 1956 at 3:40 a.m. claimant was driving a truck, owned by his employer, westerly on the New York State Thruway. Claimant had entered the Thruway east of Syracuse and when he was west of Syracuse en route to Rochester he was stopped by a State Trooper because his tail lights were out. After some discussion claimant was placed under arrest.

Claimant was taken before a Justice of the Peace and two informations were sworn to by the trooper — one for insufficient lights, the other for driving without a license. The arrest for driving without a license was made by…