State v. Gardner

WILLIAMS, C.

Indictment: Careless Driving: Automobile. Defendant was tried and found guilty in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, under an indictment charging manslaughter in the fourth degree in that defendant caused the instant death of one Jesse B. Williams by feloniously, carelessly, recklessly, and with culpable negligence, driving an automobile against and upon him. The punishment assessed was a fine of five hundred dollars, and defendant appealed.

Defendant failed to file any bill of exceptions, and we are therefore limited in our review to the record proper. The indictment…