Jordan v. State

Nelson Jordan was indicted for murder. A special demurrer, consisting of two grounds, to the indictment, was overruled, and the case proceeded to a verdict for involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act. The motion for new trial was denied, and that judgment and the judgment on the demurrer are assigned as error.

The indictment charged that the accused, on December 21, 1941, in Walton County, Georgia, unlawfully and with malice aforethought, operated a Eord automobile, “which was a weapon likely to produce death, on the public road leading from Monroe to Youth, while under…