State v. McLaughlin

Mr. Associate Justice Taylor

delivered the unanimous Opinion of the Court.

The Appellant, Hayden McLaughlin, being charged with murder, was tried at the May, 1945, term of Court of General Sessions for Aiken County before the Honorable E. H. Henderson, presiding judge, resulting in a verdict of guilty of involuntary manslaughter, from which he now appeals to this Court.

The first question raised by the exceptions is whether or not it was proper upon the evidence adduced, for the presiding judge to charge the law applicable to involuntary manslaughter.

An examination of the testimony shows that…