People v. Dougherty

Defendant was convicted of negligent homicide. On the 4th day of October, 1924, defendant, who was 17 years of age and a high school student in Muskegon high school, in company with three other students started for Grand Haven. The defendant was driving a Reo car. They came in collision with a Ford touring car going in the same direction, which was being driven by Mr. Field. As a result of the accident, Mr. Field died. The case is in this court on exceptions before sentence.

There are four groups of assignments of error discussed, but we shall refer only to those growing out of the charge of…