State v. Simler

— The appellant was convicted of manslaughter by culpable negligence in driving an automobile which collided with another driven by Samuel H. Roberts, on State Highway No. 11 about 13 miles west of Kirksville, on June 11, 1941, about 5:30 p. m. The punishment assessed by the jury was six months' imprisonment in the county jail. Both cars were badly damaged and Roberts died in a hospital in Kirksville that night about 2 a. m. There was no living eyewitness to the collision except the appellant, who stood on a demurrer to the State’s evidence. The evidence was all circumstantial. Appellant…