State v. Fennewald

HYDE, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to imprisonment in the Workhouse of the City of St. Louis and fined $1,000, this being the punishment assessed by the jury. Defendant has. appealed and contends the court erred in refusing to direct a verdict of acquittal. ⅝

The case was submitted on Count II of the indictment which charged that defendant “agreed to an automobile race with onq Walter Schweppe”; that “acting jointly in pursuance of said agreement” defendant and Walter Schweppe were driving separate automobiles “being propelled upon, over and along Riverview…