Wells v. State

Fred Killian and M. A. Wells were jointly indicted for the offense of involuntary manslaughter. Wells alone excepts to the judgment overruling their joint demurrer to the indictment. The demurrer is general in its nature, though special in form. The indictment contains three counts, the first and second charging the offense of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act, the third involuntary manslaughter in the commission of a lawful act without due caution and circumspection.

The first count makes substantially the following case; The defendants Ivillian .and Wells, were…