Jones v. State

CARR, Judge.

The defendant below was indicted, tried, and convicted for manslaughter in the first degree. His punishment was fixed at ten years in the State penitentiary.

Without dispute in the evidence, about 2 o’clock p. m. the appellant was driving a one and one-half ton delivery truck, traveling east along 8th Street in the City of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The deceased was riding a bicycle and going on said street in the same direction. The latter was well to the right of the traveled portion of the street; in fact, he was moving along in the gutter near the curb.

8th Street intersects with 35th…