Wylie v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

Dismissing appeal.

The appellant, Burnie Wylie, was tried and convicted in the court below under an indictment charging the offense of assault and battery, the acts constituting the offense being set forth in the indictment as follows:

“The said Burnie Wylie, on the 12th day of August, 1918, in the county aforesaid, did unlawfuly, willfully and maliciously, and with gross carelessness, negligence and recklessness, and with reckless disregard to the life and safety of one Clarence JoneS, run an automobile against, upon and over the body, limbs and person of…