Commonwealth v. Muska

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

Appellant was convicted of assault and battery, in knocking down and running over with his automobile a young woman, Anna Vorlander by name, as she was walking across the street in front of her home at about one o’clock in the morning of December 26, 1925. He appeals on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict.

The evidence is not as full and complete as it might be, but we think it is sufficient to support a finding by the jury that the defendant was operating his car recklessly and in wanton disregard of the safety of others at the time he…