State v. Dugan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kalisch, J.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of manslaughter. The testimony adduced at the trial tendered to establish that the defendant, in an intoxicated condition, propelled an automobile through the public thoroughfare of Orange with such gross carelessness as to evince a reckless disregard of human life, and which resulted in the killing of Leo McDermott, a lad fourteen years of age, who was in the act of crossing one of the thoroughfares. The case is up for review upon assignments of errors, and specifications of causes for reversal under…