State v. . Jessup
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Long, J., at October Term, 1921, of StTRRY. Indictment for manslaughter, caused by negligently running an automobile, thereby causing the death of one O. N. Swanson. 1 There*was evidence on the part of the State tending to show that the Swansons, the father, O. N. Swanson, and son, Claude Swanson, driver, on the front seat, two daughters and a younger son on a rear seat, were traveling in a Mitchell car on the improved highway going north from Pilot…
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Appeal by defendant from Long, J., at October Term, 1921, of StTRRY. Indictment for manslaughter, caused by negligently running an automobile, thereby causing the death of one O. N. Swanson. 1 There*was evidence on the part of the State tending to show that the Swansons, the father, O. N. Swanson, and son, Claude Swanson, driver, on the front seat, two daughters and a younger son on a rear seat, were traveling in a Mitchell car on the improved highway going north from Pilot Mountain to Westfield about three o’clock p. m. on 12 June, 1921. About four miles from Pilot Mountain, and on a curve…
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
Notwithstanding the earnest and forcible presentation of his case by defendant’s counsel, we are constrained to hold that no reversible error has been shown in the record.
The jury, accepting the State’s version of the matter, have convicted the defendant of causing the death of O. N. Swanson, as charged in the bill of indictment, by his criminal negligence in driving his car on the wrong side of the road, and in operating the same without taking reasonable and proper care, contrary to the provisions of the statute applicable. C. S., 2617-2618.
Both of these sections were enacted as necessary…
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