People v. Layman

Defendant, James Layman, was convicted of the offense of involuntary manslaughter by the operation of an automobile. The information charged that James Layman “did by the operation of a vehicle, to wit, an automobile, in a careless, reckless and negligent manner, wilfully and wantonly, cause the death of James Barnhard.”

In the city of Detroit, Pembroke avenue runs east and west and Wyoming avenue runs north and south. About 1:30 a.m., on December 24, 1939, defendant, driving a Dodge car, was traveling west on Pembroke avenue approaching’ Wyoming avenue. At the same time, James Barnhard was a…