Jones v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless

Reversing.

Talmage Jones was convicted of the crime of manslaughter and on this appeal urges numerous grounds for reversal. The facts are: A public school building is situated on Seventh street, in Pikeville, about three blocks from ■ Cline street. School had closed for the afternoon, and some fifty or sixty children were walking along the pavement; Della Smallwood and her sister being considerably in advance of the others. These two children had moved to town from the country three or four days before and were not familiar with street traffic. Della…