Commonwealth v. McConaghy

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

Oliver A. McConaghy, the appellant, was convicted of driving an automobile under the. influence of intoxicating liquor and involuntary manslaughter. In this appeal he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a conviction and complains of the trial judge’s charge.

About 6:30 on the evening of December 6, 1941, MeConaghy was driving his car west on East Washington Street, 30 feet wide, in a built up section of the city of New Castle. Archie C. Johnson, 71 years of age, walked from a store on the south side of East Washington Street, passed in the rear of a car…