Lawrence v. Commonwealth

Johnny Lawrence is charged with having killed Alvin Montgomery. He was indicted for murder. His case was by consent submitted to the court and was heard without the intervention of a jury. Evidence was taken and by it a judgment of guilty entered. His punishment was fixed at six months’ confinement in the county jail.

Montgomery’s death grew out of a disastrous automobile accident which occurred on Highway 460 between Waverly and Wakefield at 6:45 p. m. on April 26, 1942.

*585Route 460 is a four-lane highway with two outside lanes constructed of concrete and the inside lanes of treated gravel. At…