O'Rourke

The defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction based upon a verdict following a trial wherein the information filed against him charged an offense in the following language (omitting title): “It. J. O’Rourke is accused by the District Attorney in the County of Tehama, State of California, by this information, of the crime of violation of the provisions of section 74 of the California Vehicle Act, committed as follows: The said L. J. O’Rourke, on or about the 9th day of January, A. D. 1932, at and in the County of Tehama, State of California, prior to the filing of this information, did wilfully and unlawfully drive and operate a motor vehicle upon the public highway, without having at said time, a legal and unrevoked operator’s license authorizing him so to do; that prior to the 9th day of January, 1932, on or about the 17th day of November, 1931, the Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of California, did revoke the operator’s license of L. J. O’Rourke, which license was numbered 240,486; contrary to the form, force and effect of the statute in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of The People of the State of California. ’ ’

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