Faust v. State

The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Amite County on a charge of manslaughter for the killing of James (“Shorty”) Martin, and was sentenced to serve a term of six years in the. state penitentiary. The indictment charged that the appellant “did unlawfully and feloniously kill and slay” the deceased “by culpable negligence.”

The deceased was killed in an automobile wreck which occurred on State Highway No. 24 about three and one-half miles east of GHoster between 4:30 and 5:00 o’clock *467on Sunday morning’, March. 19, 1950.. The culpable negligence upon which the…