Finley

People v. Finley

Good Law
1915 Cal. App. LEXIS 76·27 Cal. App. 291·149 P. 779
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 30, 1915Crim. No. 534.California1,713 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

The defendant in this ease was charged in an information filed in the superior court of Alameda County with the commission of the felony defined by section 367c of the Penal Code. The charging part of the information, in substantial accord with the language of the code section referred to, alleged that an automobile, which was being driven by the defendant, collided with a motorcycle which was being ridden and driven by one Sumner Blacow, and that, although the defendant knew that his automobile had struck said Sumner Blacow and collided with a motorcycle upon which he was riding, the defendant “did then and there unlawfully, willfully and feloniously fail and refuse to stop or cause to be stopped, either immediately or at all, said automobile, or to forthwith or at all render all necessary or any assistance to said Sumner Blacow . . . and carry said Sumner Blacow to a physician or surgeon for medical or surgical treatment, and said W. A. Finley then and there refused to give or cause to be given to the said Sumner Blacow, the person struck by said automobile, . . . the number of said automobile, with the name and address of the driver ... or the name of the driver of said…

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