Clark v. State

Martin Clark, plaintiff in error, here designated the defendant, was by a verdict of a jury rendered October 6, 1921, found guilty of mansaughter in the second degree, and his punishment was assessed at imprisonment in the county jail for a period of one year and a fine of $500. From the judgment on this verdict he appeals.

This prosecution and conviction were based on culpable negligence. The defendant was the foreman or pit boss at Mine No. 19 of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Coal Company in Latimer county. This was a large mine, the excavations and underground workings of which extended over…