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PEOPLE v. FIRTH

3 N.Y.2d 472 (1957)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Philip R. Firth, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 5, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Rosenthal, District Attorney (Nicholas P. Varlan of counsel), for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (John R. Davison, Philip J. Fitzgerald and Peter E. Herzog of counsel), in his statutory capacity under section 71 of the Executive Law.

William L. Clay for respondent.

Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE concur.

DESMOND, J.

Defendant was convicted and fined $50 after a trial before a Justice of the Peace in Monroe County on an information which charged a violation of subdivision 1 of section 56 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, which subdivision is in full as follows: "1. No person shall operate a motor vehicle or a motor cycle upon a public highway at such a speed as to endanger the life, limb or property of any person...

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