State v. Powell

The defendant was convicted of manslaughter as a consequence of the death of Charles Jorgenson, who was run over by the defendant. The defendant has appealed.

The cause was tried upon the theory of involuntary manslaughter, and the only question we concern ourselves with on appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain that theory.

At about 10 o’clock on the night of November 15, 1941, the' defendant, while driving his automobile across the intersection, of Main Street and Central Avenue in the city of Cut Bank,, struck a pedestrian, Charles Jorgenson, who was crossing the-street and…