Commonwealth v. Owens

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sampson—

Affirming.

It is defectively alleged in the indictment that Mrs. Dan Browne, who was afflicted with a serious heart disease, was so terrified, agitated, excited, angered and *656shocked by the threats, words and conduct of appellees, Mrs. Owens and her daughter, Mrs. Evans, that she swooned and shortly thereafter died. The indictment attempted to accuse appellees of the crime of involuntary manslaughter, but the trial court held it bad on demurrer and dismissed the prosecution; the Commonwealth appeals.

We have defined “involuntary manslaughter” as the…