O'CONNOR, J.
The defendant was tried before a jury of six on a complaint that he had operated a motor vehicle on a public way while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, in violation of G.L.c. 90, § 24 (1984 ed). That statute provides in pertinent part that "[w]hoever, upon any way or in any place
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