People v. Ross

The police officer was unable to identify the defendant as the person who had driven the speeding car and received a summons from him. He issued a summons upon the basis of an operator’s license in defendant’s name presented to him by the driver of the car.

Defendant testified that he was the sales manager for the company owning the car; that he had not driven the car or been in it at the time of the alleged offense; that he had not received the summons from the officer or even seen him before the trial; that his custom was to leave his operator’s license with the owner’s registration card in…