People State New York v. Philip R. Firth

[3 N.Y.2d 472 Page 473] 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, nor at a rate of speed greater than will permit such person to bring the [3 N.Y.2d 472 Page
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