State v. Jenkins

Favíele, J.

On May 15, 1925, the appellant was driving a Ford coupé in a westerly direction on a public highway about two miles east of Grinnell. A hog came upon the traveled portion of the highway, and appellant’s car struck it. The car was thrown from the highway, and was badly damaged. The contents were scattered near the scene of the accident; the cushions, and portions of the car, tools, and four bottles were found in or about the ditch near the highway. The evidence in behalf of the State tends to show that the defendant was observed, as he approached the scene of the accident; that he…