Morrison v. State

HARWOOD, Presiding Judge.

This appellant’s jury trial on an indictment charging manslaughter in the first degree resulted in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, the jury fixing punishment at 12 months hard labor for the county, and a fine of $250. Judgment was entered pursuant to the verdict, and appellant’s motion for a new trial being overruled, an appeal was perfected to this court.

The evidence presented by the State tended to show that Richard Barry Austin, a boy ten years of age, was struck by an automobile driven by the appellant. Young Austin was riding a bicycle…