Hudson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment lor murder — conviction of involuntary manslaughter; from Jones superior court — Judge Park. December 6, 1930. The 3d division of the decision relates to the following part of the charge of the court: “ If you reach the conclusion that the defendant, in this county, at any time previous to the finding of that bill of indictment, if he was driving a certain automobile along the public roads of this county, was driving said automobile under the influence of liquor,…
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Indictment lor murder — conviction of involuntary manslaughter; from Jones superior court — Judge Park. December 6, 1930. The 3d division of the decision relates to the following part of the charge of the court: “ If you reach the conclusion that the defendant, in this county, at any time previous to the finding of that bill of indictment, if he was driving a certain automobile along the public roads of this county, was driving said automobile under the influence of liquor, under the influence of intoxicating liquors, and if you reach the conclusion he was driving that automobile along the…
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
The. indictment in this case charged the accused with murder by rijpning an automobile against Miss.JDrunilln. Devlin. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. The evidence showed that, while the accused was driving an automobile at a high rate of speed over a country road in Jones county, Georgia, Miss Devlin was struck, and, from the injury thus inflicted, died the next day.
*5981. A witness was allowed, over objection, to testify that a short time before Miss Devlin was injured, about a quarter of a mile •away, he met the accused driving a car and approaching the place where she was struck,…
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