Sallas v. State

Marcus Sallas, the plaintiff in error, was tried in the Criminal Court of Record of Duval County on an information charging him and Earl Holt with inflicting mortal wounds on the body of David Hamilton Butler by striking him when driving a certain automobile in a careless, reckless, culpably negligent manner, from which mortal wounds the said David Hamilton Butler did die. At the close of the testimony there was an instructed verdict for Earl Holt and a mistrial as to Marcus Sallas. In a second trial the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Marcus Sallas and a sentence of five…