State v. Wood

The defendant claims that R. L., c. 118, s. 14, as amended by Laws 1951, c. 180, s. 2, and Laws 1951, c. 229, s. 2, is unconstitutional in that it requires that upon conviction of such an offense as here involved before a municipal court or justice, pending an appeal, the court or justice shall forthwith suspend and return to the Motor Vehicle Commissioner the license of the convicted person. His contention is that this action, without affording him the benefit of a trial by jury, is unconstitutional in that it offends Part I, Art. 15, of our Constitution, which is similar to the Fourteenth…