State v. Dixon

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Boni-iam.

The appellant was convicted, before Judge Sease and by a jury, of involuntary manslaughter, and appeals from the judgment and sentence thereon.

It appears from the record that on the night of April 14, 1935, the appellant, with Fred Williams and Marie Fitzgerald, was riding in an automobile on the highway between Greenville and Greer. Near the western limits of the Town of Greer the automobile ran off the highway into a ditch and struck a telephone pole. Fred Williams suffered injuries from which he died. The defendant was charged…