Lilly v. State of West Virginia

WADDILL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, is a pro hibition agent in tbe service of the federal government. While chasing an automobile which he had reasonable eause to believe was engaged in transporting intoxicating liquor in violation of the National Prohibition Act, the automobile which he was driving struck and killed a pedestrian at a street intersection in "the outskirts of Huntington, W. Va. He was indicted for involuntary manslaughter, and the case was removed to the federal court. He was there convicted of the charge, and in this writ of error he asks…