Dunn v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for negligent homicide in the second degree; the punishment, one year in jail.

The indictment charged that while engaged in the performance of an unlawful act of driving and operating an automobile “in violation of and failing to obey a red traffic light and signal * * * lawfully existing and erected by the city of Dallas, a municipal corporation,” the appellant did by negligence and carelessness cause the death of Guy William Hall by causing his (appellant’s) automobile to collide with the automobile driven by the said Hall, thereby causing injuries to the…