Lewis v. State

Minor W. Millweb, Justice.

The defendants, Steve Lewis and Harry H. Wren, were jointly charged with involuntary manslaughter in the killing of Mrs. Nancy Pounds, 86 years of age. The defendants were tried jointly and convicted and their punishment fixed by the jury at one year and one day in the penitentiary.

The charges arose out of an automobile collision which occurred shortly after midnight on U. S. Highway 64 about three miles west of Morrilton, Arkansas. The, evidence on behalf of the State shows that defendants who resided at Atkins, Arkansas, were close friends, and that Wren usually…