Appellate Division of the Superior Court of California November 23, 1940, Crim. A. No. 1741 (People v. Selbares)

SHAW, P. J.

Defendant drove past a mechanically operated traffic control signal erected and operated by the City of Los Angeles in a public street of the city, at a time when the semaphore arm thereof purporting to control his motion directed him to ‘ ‘ Stop ’ ’. This is made a misdemeanor by the Vehicle Code, unless the facts relied on by defendant relieve him from the charge.