State v. Strobel

HONORABLE E. F. FENTON, District Judge.

The appellant, Frances Strobel, was convicted of the crime of manslaughter upon an information, filed June 2, 1954, charging that on or about October 25, 1953, she did wilfully, and feloniously kill one Gerald Little. The appeal is from the judgment and from the order of the district court denying a new trial.

Gerald Little came to his death upon TJ. S. Highway No. 10, approximately four miles east of Big Timber, Montana, while driving an oil truck carrying 3,800 gallons of ethyl gasoline in the tank mounted on the truck and 4,000 gallons of regular…