Shockley v. State

Appellant was indicted in the circuit court of Crawford county for the crime of negligent homicide for running over Billy Bradley with a truck on the 23rd day of January, 1938. He was tried and convicted and sentenced to serve a term of six months in the county jail of Crawford county as a punishment therefor and from the judgment of conviction he has duly prosecuted an appeal to this court.

Appellant filed a motion to quash the regular panel of the petit jury because Pearcy Bradley, the father of Billy Bradley, was a member thereof and was one of the prosecuting witnesses against appellant,…