179 A.2d 298 STATE OF MAINE v. W. THOMAS HOLT Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Oxford. Opinion, March 10, 1962. Motor Vehicles. Left Turn. R.S., 1954, Chap. 22, Sec. 123. Although penal statutes are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature. […]