Westrup v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 12. — PROSECUTION AGAINST ARTHUR WESTRUP FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. — Appeal from Campbell Circuit Court. A. S. Berry, Circuit Judge.
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Case 12. — PROSECUTION AGAINST ARTHUR WESTRUP FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. — Appeal from Campbell Circuit Court. A. S. Berry, Circuit Judge. Defendant convicted and appeals. 1. Involuntary Manslaughter Neglect of Wife by Husband-Death of Wife — Where a husband neglects to provide necea saries for his wife", or medical attention in case of her illness, he will be guilty of involuntary manslaughter, provided ii appear that she was in a helpless state and unable to appeal elsewhere for aid, and that her death, though not intended nor anticipated by him, was the natural and reasonable…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Settle
Reversing.
The appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Campbell county and tried in the circuit court of that county for involuntary manslaughter, alleged to have been committed by willfully neglecting to furnish his wife, then pregnant and about to be delivered of a child, with such care and attention as wére necessary during her confinement in childbirth, thereby causing her death. Upon the trial the jury found appellant guilty as charged and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the county jail eight months, in. conformity to which judgment was duly entered.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Trimble v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1879
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