State v. Sawyers

Appellant' and another were jointly informed against in the Circuit Court of Dade County for an alleged violation of Section 4016, Eevised Statutes 1929 (Séc. 4016, 4 Mo. Stat. Ann., p. 2824), in that they drove an automobile against-J. P. Morris recklessly and carelessly with gross and culpable negligence and in wanton disregard of human life. Upon a separate trial, a severance having been ordered on his motion, appellant was convicted, and his punishment fixed by the jury at a fine of two hundred dollars; judgment was entered and sentence pronounced in accordance with the verdict and he…