State v. Sexsmith

By proper demurrer, the defendant challenged the sufficiency of the indictment as a charge of manslaughter, or of any other crime. This demurrer was overruled, and error is assigned and argued on the ruling. The charging part of the indictment was as follows:

1 ‘ Did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously, with gross negligence and recklessness, so manage and drive a certain motor vehicle then and there driven by him, the said W. A. Sexsmith, that thereby, and by reason of said gross negligence and recklessness, mortal wounds were inflicted upon the body and person of one J. W. Ridpath, then…