Commonwealth v. Hoskins
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 150, October T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Philadelphia Co., January Sessions, 1914, No. 880, on verdict of guilty in case of- Commonwealth, v. William K. Hos-kins. Indictment for voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. Before Sulzberger, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 150, October T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Philadelphia Co., January Sessions, 1914, No. 880, on verdict of guilty in case of- Commonwealth, v. William K. Hos-kins. Indictment for voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. Before Sulzberger, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict of guilty of involuntary manslaughter, upon which the prisoner was sentenced to pay a fine of $250 and undergo imprisonment in the county prison for a term of six months. Error assigned, among others, was (14) “that the trial judge erred in not instructing the jury…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The defendant was charged with voluntary and involuntary manslaughter in causing the death of Eliza B. Rothwell, by striking her with his automobile while she was on a street crossing.,
■ The facts of the case were so unusual that the trial judge instructed the jury, “there is nothing in the evidence that would warrant any other verdict on the first count, than not guilty” and in conclusion, said, “I have no doubt whatever that there is not one person in the Commonwealth who regrets this accident as much as the *232defendant.” The defendant was convicted of involuntary…
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