Austin v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of manslaughter for the alleged wrongful death of a child.

The information charged in effect that the death of the child was caused by the negligent act of the accused in leaving a truck and trailer loaded with logs on the public highway in the night time without lights and that by reason of the truck and trailer being so left on the road in the night time without lights, an automobile driven by another person and in which the child was riding as a passenger ran into the rear end of the trailer and load of logs, resulting in the death of the child.

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