Rogers v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree with a maximum sentence of 15 years in the State penitentiary.

The killing which gave rise to the prosecution and conviction of the defendant was the result of a collision between an automobile driven by the prosecutor, A,. B. Howell, and one by the defendant, and which occurred a. short distance southwest of the Waynesboro Public Square. Howell’s wife and five year old daughter were killed in the wreck as was one Monk Skelton, who was riding in the car with the defendant. The accident occurred about 7:00 o ’clock p. m.. on May…