Sawyer v. State

The offense charged against this appellant by tbe indictment was manslaughter in the second degree. There have been many definitions of this offense. See cases cited in Bailum v. State, 17 Ala. App. 679, 88 So. 200. Generally it is defined as the unintentional killing of another in the commission of an unlawful act. However, when death is produced by an intentional blow, but without malice or the intention to kill, if the blow was wrongful, this, would be manslaughter in the second degree, commonly called “involuntary manslaughter.”

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