State v. Wilbanks

The defendant was tried for manslaughter and by a verdict of nine to three was convicted as charged. The judge refused a new trial and imposed a sentence of not less than one nor more than three years in the penitentiary.

There are four bills of exception exclusive of the one reserved to the denial of a new trial, and, as they all relate to the same subject-matter, we shall consider them together.

The defendant was driving his automobile in the nighttime on a highway without any lights. He crashed into an approaching horse-drawn vehicle commonly called a buggy. There were two people in the…