Commonwealth v. Ushka

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

On March 29,1937, at 6:15 a. m., defendant was driving his Ford car south on Limekiln Pike, in the city of Philadelphia, and Edward Ferris was driving a one and one-half ton truck west on Washington Lane. The motor vehicles collided at the right angle intersection of these streets, and as a result David Ferris, a fourteenvear-old boy, seated beside his father, the driver of the truck, was killed. Defendant was indicted, and convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Defendant’s motion for new trial was refused, and defendant has appealed.

At the close of Commonwealth’s case,…