Osius v. State

Strum. J.

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, takes writ of error to a judgment convicting him of manslaughter. The charge is based upon the alleged culpable negligence of defendant in driving an automobile along the Miami-Miami Beach causeway recklessly and at a rate of speed greater than was reasonable and proper under the circumstances, resulting in the automobile being driven by the defendant into Biscayne Bay, two of the passengers therein being drowned, for the death of one of whom defendant was on trial.

The transcript discloses the following procedure at- the close of…